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

Farming & the land, 1939

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Ford's Experiments in Plastics May Help Unite Factory And Farm

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 3

The day is coming when not only jewelry and furniture but motor car bodies, and even sky-serapers may be made from plastic materials from…

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Importance Of Farm Bookkeeping

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 2

Discussing the "costing" of pasture improvement, a speaker at a recent conference of farmers emphasised that no part of farming paid better…

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Scarlet Line. Croppa Creek Win

North West Champion · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 2

Finishing well in the straight, Mr. H. R. Munro's entry, Scarlet Line, won the Club Bracelet Handicap at the Croppa Creek Amateur Picnic Race Club's Spring Meeting at Baroma on Saturday. The odds-on…

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Wool Appraisements

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

Prices given to Manilla district' woolgrowers in the appraisements now in operation include: A. Baldwin com. ewes 16¼d; J. and…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Co. Ltd. reports oh the 26th instant: Our third appraisement…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 4

The Country Producers' Sealing Co. Ltd. report:-- The appraisement scheme has been in operation for the past…

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Marketing of Wheat

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

Messrs. Stoddart and Hay ward Pty. Ltd. report that they have been appointed a licensed agent in the receival of bagged wheat…

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Increased Taxation Manilla Farmers Protest

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

At the Farmers and Settlers' Association meeting on Saturday the secretary introduced the matter of increased taxation on…

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Master Farmer Competition

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

Mr. J. M. Phelan, of "Bonnie Doon," Attunga, won the North West district Master Farmer competition. and is among twelve…

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Manilla's Prize Crop

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

The Royal Agricultural Society's judge, Mr. H. C. Stening, will visit Manilla next Friday and judge Messrs. Britton and…

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Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd, reports on the 20th instant: Our third appraisement catalogue…

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Wool Appraisements

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 1

The Farmers and Graziers' So-op. Co. reports that the following prices were realised at their appraisement held on Tuesday last:—A Dawson, Moree…

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First Payment for Wheat

North West Champion · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 5

Perturbation at the poor prospects of a payable or satisfactory price being obtained for the 1939-40 wheat harvest, which is to be…

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Wool Purchase Benefits Sales Assured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 31/10/39:— The pace of wool appraisements has restated in quantities of wool being…

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Wheat Receivals. Arrangements in North-west

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture. Mr. A. Reid, has notified Mr. W. J. Scully. M.H.R., that the bulk of bagged wheat will be received into the elevator…

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Graziers Protest Wool Appraisements. Representative Meeting

North West Champion · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 3

A representative meeting of graziers, held in the Moree Memorial Hall on Monday afternoon, passed several resolutions of protest against the appraisements already made of the North-western wool clip. Figures…

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Wool Appraisements. Graziers' Protest. Moree Meeting Resolutions

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 2

At a meeting of Moree graziers on Monday afternoon last at the supper room of the Memorial Hall resolutions were passed, protesting There weas a very representative attendance including graziers from the Moree, Mallawa, Garah, Boomi, Pallamallawa and Gurley districts, and…

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Grass Our Greatest Crop. Method of Pasture Improvement

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 6

Grass is Australia's greatest crop, but farmers and graziers have come to realise in recent years that our grasslands are not as good as they used to be. In…

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Moree Special Sheep Sale

Manilla Express · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 2

Mr. V. J. Byrnes, auctioneer of Manilla, in conjunction with the Moree Agency Pty Ltd., report holding a most successful sale of…

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Donations of Sheep to Red Cross

Manilla Express · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 2

A pen for sheep for the Red Cross has been erected by Mr. V. J. Byrnes at Manilla sale yards. At the special sheep sale on…

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