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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1978

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Cattle duffers at work

Western Magazine · Monday 24 July 1978 · page 14

Improved cattle prices In recent weeks has cause an upsurge in cattle duffing in the…

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Focus on Simmental Cattle Waterloo sale of performance Simmentals

Western Magazine · Monday 24 July 1978 · page 15

All stock offered in Mr Dugald Mactaggart's Si[?]ental sale to be conducted at…

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Wheat — major irrigated crop

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 17

Production of [?] wheat [?] following [?] of the [?] Dubbo…

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Irrigated wheat research

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 10

In the [?] it should be possible to [?] wheat yields of up to [?] per [?] under [?] There [?] are…

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Irrigated wheat area expanding

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 14

Irrigated wheat sowings in the Macquarie Valley have increases by about 80 per…

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Irrigated wheat pays off for Noonan family

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 8

A swing to irrigated wheat seven years ago has paid good dividends for Jack Nooman and his family at Brae[?] Nevertire…

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Wheat grower group active in lower Valley

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 13

Wheat growers of the Western Region have had it rough for years, yet production has increased to where it is now the second largest wheat production…

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Farmers want Cudgegong Dam finished

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 8

Vegetable and produce farmers in the Cudgegong valley around Mudgee are wondering how much longer their livelihood will be affected by…

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Around and About One way of living happily down on the farm

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 2

[?] [?] [?] They [?]…

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Travelling irrigator for small farm areas

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 25

[?] irrigator for the [?] has been [?] in recent years and is [?] being…

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Valley citrus crop boosted by irrigation

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 24

A single orange tree planted by D[?]can McKillep at “Buddah”, Narromine in 1863 has budded into an industry with an annual production of about…

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Soybeans vital crop

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 23

The soybean is one of the oldest of all cultivated food plants — it was used as [?] food [?] than 4,000 years ago in C[?] and has been a [?]…

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Janke Specialised row-crop equipment

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 20

For [?] years [?] Janke Bros. of Mr Tys[?] implement [?]…

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Record sunflower crop

Western Magazine · Monday 31 July 1978 · page 14

One of the highest yielding sunflower crops ever seen in the Narromine district was…

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here there and anywhere $12m. wheat loss

Western Magazine · Monday 7 August 1978 · page 4

Wet weather through June and July could cost wheatgrowers in the Dubbo, Wellington and Gilgandra districts up to $12.25 million. District sowings this winter were expected to be…

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Western Stock Roundup Store Cattle at Nyngan

Western Magazine · Monday 14 August 1978 · page 9

The 950 head of cattle yarded on August 3 at Nyngan by Elders GM and AML and…

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Vast farm machinery exhibition at Agquip

Western Magazine · Monday 14 August 1978 · page 13

The annual Agquip Field Days at Gunnedah next week from Tuesday to Thursday August 22-24 will have one of the biggest exhibitions of farm…

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Many decisions for the buyer Focus on small farms

Western Magazine · Monday 28 August 1978 · page 10

Decision time for the small farm buyer does not end with selection of his block as fencing, housing, stock, and water supply are other important considerations…

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Training the farmer at Trangie Station

Western Magazine · Monday 28 August 1978 · page 6

The first group to undertake a farmer training scheme assisted by the Trangie…

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Cattle bloat warning

Western Magazine · Monday 11 September 1978 · page 12

Good grazing seasons unfortunately also bring their problems with bloat in…

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