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

Farming & the land, 1931

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Manilla & District News Wheat Stealing Charge

Manilla Express · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1

At Manilla Police Court on Friday last before Messrs O. J. Guyott and J. A. Rochfort J's.P., Clifford Walter Kermond was…

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Time to Sow Nabawa Wheat at Manilla

Manilla Express · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 3

Being a popular variety the Department of Agriculture's District Instructor arranged with Mr. W. Boman to conduct a test…

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Grain Sickness in Sheep a Caution to Wheat Growers

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 3

In those portions of the State which are adapted to running sheep in connection with wheat-growing, losses occasionally occur after harvest…

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Inverell Cattle Sale

North West Champion · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 2

Thirteen hundred head of good quality cattle will be yarded for auction at Inverell on Monday, 15th inst., by Messrs. Kinross Bros., Inverell, and [?]…

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Goondiwindi Cattle Sale Postponed

North West Champion · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 2

Owing to the heavy rain the Special Cattle Sale, which was to have taken place at Goondiwindi on Tuesday next, 15th December, has been postponed to…

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Shade for Sheep Another Argument for Trees

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 3

The economic importance of trees on the form and the attractiveness they add to the homestead have frequently been emphasised in these…

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Wool and its Price. a Cheat Raw Material

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd., report:— No unsettling developments have occurred abroad to hinder the steady course of wool selling. At London…

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Land Matters Farm Board U.s.a

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 3

The methods of organisation and practices adopted by the Farm Board in the United States of America have been subject to considerable adverse…

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Wool Stabilisation

North West Champion · Monday 14 December 1931 · page 2

A lengthy letter has been received from Mr. F. C. Deakins in reply to Mr. J. W. Allen (General Secretary, Graziers' Association). Owing to…

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The Wool Position. Mr. Abbott's Address

North West Champion · Monday 14 December 1931 · page 1

During the course of his meeting in Moree on Thursday night, Mr. C. L. A. Abbott commented on the wool position, and his remarks were loudly…

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Wool Stabilisation. Mr. Abbott Explains His Attitude

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1931 · page 1

In the course of his big meeting in Moree on Thursday night last Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, endorsed United Country Party candidate for Gwydir at the…

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Cotton Crops Destroyed Loss In Dawson Valley

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 December 1931 · page 1

The cotton crop in Dawson Valley (Queensland) on which the district mainly depends, has been completely Wiped out by floodwaters…

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500 Cattle for Auction

Manilla Express · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 2

At Manilla on Friday next, 18th inst V. J. Byrnes, auctioneer, will be offering 500 good quality cattle (mostly steers)…

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Wheat Bounty Payments

Manilla Express · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 1

The bounty of 4½d a bushel on all wheat of this season is to be paid direct to the grower, as provided for in the Act…

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Rate of Sowing Wheat

Manilla Express · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 1

This season's results of different amounts of seed sown per acre at Experiment Plots at Mr. W. Bignall's, ''Arlington"…

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Wheat Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 6

New season's wheat is quoted at 3/3d. per bushel for bulk and 3/4 for bagged (Sydney value.) London reports that the market…

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Wheat Destroyed Fire Caused By Tractor

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 1

The backfiring by a harvesting tractor at Barellan, resulted in the loss of a machine the severe burning of the tractor attendant,…

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The Same Objective Both Labour Parties Pulling Wool Over Countrymen's Eyes

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 3

Country electors should not allow themselves to be deluded into the belief that, unlike Lang-Labor, Federal Labor is a benevolent institution with…

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An African Wool Bounty. Money and Local Sales (Wincbcombe, Carson Ltd., report:)

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 3

For some little this season sales of wool in South Africa were negligible as a result of that country remaining on the gold…

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Wool Sales

Manilla Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 3

At Wednesday's wool sales Goldsbrough Mort, & Co. report 10 to 15 per cent decline crossbreds, especially burry…

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