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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,246 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 13 of 63

Wool Auctions

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

Pitt. Son and Badgery, Ltd., report under date 7th March:— The past week's auctions concluded the February March series in Sydney…

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Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Sydney, report under date 6th March:— The catalogues of 2458 bales whoch…

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Wool Exhibition

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

Country interests arc coming in solidly behind the "Use More Wool" exhibition which will be held at David Jones, Ltd., Sydney, on April 7 to 17…

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42 Sheep Poisoned on Narrabri Creek Reserve

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 1

Suffering from the effects of hydrocyanic acid poisoning after feeding on blue couch grass, forty-two sheep were found dead on Narrabri Creek…

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Wool and Its Users. Price an Attraction

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report, under date 4.3.30:— Judging by the recent wool selling experiences in Sydney consumers…

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Moree Graziers' Association. Important Discussions at Annual Meeting. Bawra and Stabilisation of Wool Market

North West Champion · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

"If something is not soon done to alter the present precarious position of the wool market," said Mr. F. C Deakins, at the Annual Meeting of the Moree Branch of die Graziers' Association in the Shire…

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The Wool Question (Reprinted form the "Canowindra Star" at Friday, February 28, 1930.) To The Editor

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

Sir,—Woolgrowers in Australia to-day are in a serious position considering that the ruling prices for their staple product is far below the…

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Electricity on Farms

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 3

A typographical error appeared in the last bulletin of the Australian Country Party. The published version stated that the cost of electric…

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Mount Eden Proof Positive the Value of Scientific Farming

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 3

A convincing example of the value of scientific farming is provided in Mr. S. Osborne's "Mount Eden" farm near Mendooran, to which a visit…

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Wheat Glut

Manilla Express · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

Repeatedly have we warned farmers through these columns that the reported shortage of wheat, in United States and…

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Cattle Stealing MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 1

George Heywood of Bungendoore Victoria, was sentenced to two years hard labour on a charge of cattle staling. It was stated the stolen…

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The Wool Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 8

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd. report:—Sydney, 6th March, 1930. Some slight consolation con be derived from the fact that the wool…

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Increasing Wheat Acreage. Departmental Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 5

The State Director of Agriculture, in his report for February, states that farmers are making strenuous efforts to increase their acreage under wheat…

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Loss in Sheep. 100 Poisoned at Narrabri

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 1

Suffering from the effects of hydrocyanic acid poisoning after feeding on blue couch grass, approximately 100 shee pwere found dead on the Narrabri…

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42 Sheep Poisoned. On Narrabri Creek Reserve

North West Champion · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 4

Suffering from the effects of hydrocyanic acid poisoning after feeding on blue coach grass, forty-two sheep were found dead on Narrabri Creek…

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Wool in the War Years

North West Champion · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 4

Because there is talk her and there "of reviving Bawra" or "something similar to Bawra," it is well that attention be drawn to what happened in…

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Wool and World Conditions. Prices Generally Affected

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 11/3/30:— The eyes of the wool world are on London sales opening in that centre on…

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THREATENED! Riverena Wheat Lands Growers May Revert to Pasture

The North Western Courier · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 7

The continued spread of skeleton or naked weed in certain districts of the Riverina is causing alarm among wheat growers who regard the…

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The Farm Home. Menace of the House-Fly. Some Suggestions for Control

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 8

Although the season during which the house-fly constitutes the most serious nuisance is beginning to draw to a close, it, is still proving a source of…

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Farming Machinery. Statement by Treasurer

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 5

In the absence of the Minister for Agriculture, the State Treasurer, Mr. Stevens (who is a member of the Government Guarantee Board), staled on…

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