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

Farming & the land, 1940

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Wheat Payments

Manilla Express · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

Payment of advances on wheat certificates have commenced. So far only a few certificates have come through but these will…

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Melon Crop Destroyed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 2

Moree District Hospital has developed under the direction of the late Matron, and has one of the finest vegetable gardens in the district. A…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report :-- Next Monday will witness a resumption of wool appraisements…

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Shade Trees for Sheep

Manilla Express · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 4

It is at this time of the year that the value of shade trees in the sheep paddocks becomes evident. There is no question that…

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Paton's Sheep Food. Freight Free

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 1

The New South Wales Government again introduced the starving stock [?] of [?] per ton, with a minimum [?] of 10 per consignment, on…

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War and Wool. Possible Trade Changes

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 9 1 1940:— War-time conditions produce trading problems in all countries, but…

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Land Notes Varieties of Wheat Recommendations For Different Districts

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 4

Following are the latest wheat variety recommendations of the Department of Agriculture. Unless otherwise stated the…

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Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the lenth instant: Our appraisement Catalogue No. 10 comprising 12,638 bales was submitted…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the tenth instant: Our appraisement catalogue No. 10 comprising 12,…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report: -- Appraisements were presumed in Sydney on Monday, January 8,…

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Paton's Sheep Food. Freight Free

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 2

The New South Wales Government has again introduced the starving stock rates of 1 8 per ton. with a minimum freight of 10 per consignment on…

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Australia's Wool Sale. [?] ADVANTAGES

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd., report:— The wool market in the United States and elsewhere has not shown signs of booming. The New York Futures top…

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Wheat Sale 56,000,000 Bushels for for United Kingdom

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 3

The sale to the United Kingdom Government of 50,000,000 bushels of wheat and 100,000 tons of flour at a price which Is regarded as very…

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Big Wheat Sale

Manilla Express · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 2

The Federal Government has completed the sale of 80,000,000 bushels of Australia's wheat harvest, representing about 60 per…

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Big Wool Price

Manilla Express · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 2

Congratulations to Mr. G. A. White, of "Narara," whose wool clip, sold in Sydney on Tuesday, reached 22½d. The wool was from…

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Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 2
Also in The North Western Courier

The Farmers & Glaziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 18th instant:— Our appraisement catalogue No 11 comprising 12, 653 bales was submitted…

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Wool Appraisements

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 4

The Country Producers Selling So. Ltd., Sydney, report under date 18 1 1840:— The offerings submitted for…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Wrong Wool Price

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 1

In the Farmers and Graziers Co-op Co., Ltd's. wool report appearing in the issue of January 15, an error occurred in the appraisement on…

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Wool Position Sales to U.S.A.

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 2

It is interesting to learn, on the authority of the Chairman of the Central Wool Committee, states a report from Pitt, Son and Badgery…

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