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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Cabinet Decisions. No Wheat Pool This Year

Western Age · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 4

The State Cabinet on Tuesday adopted the decisions of the recent Conference between the Primary Productions and Consumers held at…

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Farm Buildings. Control of White Ants. Preventive and Remedial Measures

Western Age · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 4

A number of different methods have been evolved to protect timber against white ant attack. For the most part these consist of treating the timber…

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EULOMOGO. Weather and Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 5

The anxiously awaited rain which recently fell, has made a wonderful Improvement In the outlook. "Wheat crops in all stages are looking well, and give…

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Trangie Farm. Annual Field Day. Many Lessons for Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 8

The annual field day a Trangi[?] farm attracted a gathering of about three hundred farmers and graxlers from all over the west. As the…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—Sales during last week, at which offerings totalled about 44,000 bales were submitted, have…

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Continental Wool Activity

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—The Continent has set the pace for the wool market of late. As was the case last season, it is a strange…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Demand for fine wools displayed outstanding vigor at our Sydney sale lust Thursday. The trend of…

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Wheat Grades. Mr. Dunn's Proposal

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 3

Further information was given on Thursday by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) regarding his investigations while in England on…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: At the sales held during last week a confident tone was manifest in the sale room, with good general…

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Rural Award. Farm Hands £2/15/- and Keep. 50-Hour Week Harvesting

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 3

The schedule of rates, terms, and conditions of the new award covering all agricultural employees, was made available last week. The award…

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Record Wool Carting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 October 1926 · page 2

Mr. W. E. Digges, a Gilgandra carrier, has, according to the "Gilgandra Weekly," delivered to Curban 1067 bales of wool from Berida Station…

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Pastoral. More Sheep Trucks

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 1

Mr. Goode, Goods Manager, stated the other days that the railways would be able to bring to Homebush this summer all the sheep that the meat works…

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Wool and Sheep

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 4

The outstanding feature of the 1925-26 wool season a statistics is the record [?] and aggregate value of the turnover. The average value per base…

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Trangie District Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The Terangan wool clip, from C. Roy Hunt, Dandaloo, was among the offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney…

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9000 Bales of Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 2

According to records at our local railway station it is a certainty that about 9000 bales of wool will be depatched this season from Trangie. This…

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Letter to the Editor. Empire Delegation and the Farmer

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 1

Sir,—Among those places included in the itinerary of the Empire Parliamentary delegation was Byron Bay, the meat of the butter factory of that…

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Compulsory Pool Proposal. North-western Farmer Speaks Out

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 2

A North-western farmer, writing to the "Gunnedah Independent," with regard to the Compulsory Pool resolution carried at the Bathurst…

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Pastoral Fat Sheep Market Bigger Killings

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 21 October 1926 · page 6

Stockowners will be interesting and pleased to hear that increased accommodation for mutton slaughtsrings is being provided at the…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 October 1926 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) has advised Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., that, in order that wheatgrowers may have an…

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Record Wool Price

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 21 October 1926 · page 3

The record, price in recent years, which means the actual record, for Australian greasy wool in the Australian markets was 53¼d per lb.,…

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