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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Wheat Poll Enrolment of Voters Roll Closes August 19

Western Age · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

The question of establishing a Wheat Pool to handle the next New South Wales crop will be decided on September 13 next by a…

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Australia's Wool Clip. A Discrepancy of £3,600,000

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 4

HAS the Commonwealth Statistician slipped in his estimate of the Australian wool clip of 1928-29? The chairman of the…

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New South Wales Merino Wool the Clip and the Season

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 4

Winch[?]ambe, Carson Ltd. report:-- An erroneous impression appears to be held abroad that Australia is about to shear another record clip of merino…

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New South Wales Merino Wool. The Clip and the Season

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 12

WINCHCOMBE, Carson Ltd. write: An erroneous impression apepars to be held abroad that Australia is about to shear another record clip…

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Lucerne Pastures in Dry West. Drought Resistant Crop Shows Up Well

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 7

In June, 1926, a trial was commenced at the Trangie Experiment Farm, to determine the carrying capacity of 100 acres of lucerne sown…

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Helping the Farmer. Mr. Thorby's Optimistic Scheme

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 1

MR. Thorby, Minister for Agriculture, at the meeting of delegates of the Farmers' Agricultural Bureaus last week in Sydney, proposed…

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Two Million Farme[?] Co-cperate

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 14

TWO million farmers are orga[?] into 12,000 associations in United States for the purpose marketing their products or [?]…

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A Local Patent of Interest to Farmers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 10

This Patent is known as the O'Brien Detachable Edge Flange Wheel Grip; it will be of great interest to all users of road and…

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Coolamon Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 6

With early rains and a favourable spring, it would still be possible for the Cool[?]mon district to harvest 75 per cent, of a normal wheat crop, but…

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Farm Engineering Concrete on the Farm Its Preparation and Use

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 3

The suitability of concrete for various farm structure, the nature of the material, and the standards to which its ingredients should conform were…

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Late Localisms Sheep-owners Liable

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

A number of sheep-owners in various districts in the State have recently been prosecuted and fined for failing to furnish sheep returns, as required, to…

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The Wheat Roll Closes August 19 Enrol for the Wheat Pool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 8

The question of establishing a wheat pool to handle the next New South Wales crop will be decided on September 13 next, by a poll to be taken…

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Wool Outlook Boom Days Waning Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

Addressing the Constitutional Club, Mr. J. E. Wardell declared: "Our pastoral industry has lost, and apparently lost for ever, the strong statistical…

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WAGES £1 Per Month For Sheep Hands in South Africa

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 4

Senator Guthric, who is a strong opponent of exportation of Australian sheep to South Africa, supplies extracts from an article in the…

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Government Aid to Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 2

The remarks of the Acting Premier (Mr. Buttenshaw) at the Soldier Settlers' Conference in Sydney yesterday, and his declarations at other public…

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Tangerim Lucerne Warning to Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 12

Much interest has been aroused among farmers in all districts in a new type of lucerne, known as "Tagerim." Interesting experiments involving, this…

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Western District Crops Report for July Yield Lowest for Years

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 8

Prospects for a satisfactory harvest are extremely poor, and it appears probable that the yield for tins portion of the Western district will be the…

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Rice as Sheep Feed. Its Value in Times

The Western Herald · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 2

Referring to the extremely dry times now prevailing in pastoral districts, and the necessity, in many cases for recourse to hand feeding, the…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Crop Encumbrances

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 August 1929 · page 1

THE Australian Wheat Merchants' Association has issued the following circular on this important subject:—…

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