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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Farmers and Wheat Growing (To the Editor)

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

Sir.—I am sending you a copy of what I said at the meeting of wheat growers held in Wellington on Saturday week last. In…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Limited, reports:—The opening of the sales in London took place on Tuesday, and from our London House…

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On the Land. Wool Prospects

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report: The current London series has not opened auspiciously, early cables reporting a decline of 5 to 7½ per cent,…

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Seeking a Fair Price Covering Cost of Production The Farmer and His Wheat "Men on the Land" Gather

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 1

A public meeting held in the Protestant Hall on Saturday afternoon claimed the attention of Dubbo wheat-growers…

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Topics of the Day That Wheat Pool

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 1

NOW that the State Cabinet has decided to hold another ballot on the question of having a compulsory wheat pool, those who have been…

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Germany and Wool Prices and Consumption Whichcombe, Carson Ltd. report:--

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 5

Demand for wool from Germany was the strongest factor in assisting to keep prices from receding to an alarming degree in the latter half of last…

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American Farm Relief. Alexander Legge Takes Charge

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 3

A recent cable from America to Mr. M. J. Rodney, managing director of the International Harvester Company, Melbourne, states that…

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Decline in Source of Revenue. How a Farmer Puts the Case

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 4

R. H. Webster, a farmer at Ariah Park, writes thus in the West Wyalong "Advocate":— From the following table farmers…

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Helping the Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

No man has filled the important office of Minister for Agriculture with a greater knowledge of and a greater sympathy for the requirements of the man on the land than our energetic member, the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby. Whenever possible Mr. Thorby seeks to lighten the burdens of the producers…

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Splendid Advance In Wheat Price Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 1

Prices for wheat continue to rise, and the demand to-day was firm. Bagged wheat sold at 5/3 per bushel…

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Farmers' Meeting on Wheat Question To Keep the Home Fires Burning Address, fcy the Stete Slogan: Vote for the State Pool!

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 4

In response to an announcement in the local Press, about 75 people attended a public meeting in the Protestant Hall on Saturday afternoon. Dubbo…

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Sheep on the Wheat Farm Fodder Crops Essential

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 2

SHEEP are valuable on the wheat farm on so many grounds that they must be regarded as indispensable. It they are to be utilised to…

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AGRICULTURAL Sheep on the Wheat Farm Fodder Crops Essential

Western Age · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 4
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Sheep are valuable on the wheat farm on so many grounds that they must be regarded as indispensable. It they are to be utilised to best…

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Rancid Butter

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 3

You will be able to use rancid butter if yon try the following plan: Take as much butter as you require and put in to soak, for a couple of…

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Bagged Wheat Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 1
Also in Western Age

Prices for bagged wheat were quoted this morning at 59…

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Wool and Other Fibres Quietness Not Confined to Wool

Western Age · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 1
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— Despite the absence of very spirited competition at the current London wool Miles, no reason exists for growers to…

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Compulsory Wheat Ballot. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture his announced that the ballot on the question of a compulsory wheat pool will be taken on September 13th…

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