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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Gilgandra's Eighteenth Annual Show Pastoral and Agricultural Association Citizens of Castlereagh Defy the Drought Right Royal Western Re-union

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 4

On Tuesday and Wednesday the Gilgandra P. and A. Association staged its eighteenth Annual Exhibition. Taking into consideration the serious…

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Farmer Tom O'brien In Dubbo for Holiday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 7

Years ago, when a young man, Mr. Thomas O'Brien selected "Suntop," in a locality colloquially known as "O'Brien's Land," in the Wellington…

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Picnicking in Golden Showers Farmers and Graziers' Delight

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 6

The Directors of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company (Sydney) tender annually to the representatives of the Fanners and Settlers'…

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Mysterious Sheep Mortality

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

Recently, Messrs Smith Brothers, of Tallawonga, placed a mob of fat wethers in a paddock in the Elong Elong district, and upon…

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Some Wheat Pool Scarecrows

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 4

Out of the very kindest regard for the whent-grower, the wheat speculator is putting up scarecrows to try and keep the farmer from organising in a…

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Use More Wool Campaign

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 6

MR. H. K. Nock, President of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, expressed whole hearted support of the proposed wool publicity…

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Wellington District Hospital. Sheep Skin Week

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

THIS week is "Sheep Skin Week" in connection with the District Hospital. No doubt this news conveys very little meaning when one is not…

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The Wheat Pool (To the Editor)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

Sir. Mr. Trethowan at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference on the 8th instant, suggested that the Wheat Merc[?]s' Association had spent £20,000…

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Elong Mysterious Sheep Mortality Over Hundred Lost

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

On Sunday Inst, Smith Bros., of "Tallawonga," Elong Elong, put a mob of fat wethers in a paddock. On going round the sheep some time inter they…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 5

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—Jubilation reigns inland consequent upon the really beneficial rainfall of the past few days…

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Wool Inquiry Better Position With Competitors

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:--In the local wool trade market conditions show a somewhat brighter tone. Signs have materialised, which…

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Stirring the People "Use More Wool" Campaign

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 4

Mr. H. K. Nock, president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, expressed whole-hearted support of the proposed wool publicity campaign…

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Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Another Successful Year

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 5

THE twelfth annual meeting of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company Ltd. was held in the Railway Institute, Sydney,…

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Limiting the Farm Area More Intensive Production

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 6

THE campaign studiously planned by the Development and Migration Commission for significantly increasing production from rural…

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Helping the Farmer Tribute to Mr. Thorby

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

The Cootamundra "Herald," in a recent issue, pays tribute to Mr. Thorby in the following strains-- Than Mr. Thorby, the farmer has…

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A Compulsory Wheat Pool Means Government Interference

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 6

There was a time before the war when Russia was a very important wheat producing country. Last year, and again this year Russia imported wheat. Not…

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Some Scarecrows on Wheat Pool Reply by David Kelly To the Alleged Mis-statements

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 1

Mr. David Kelly, of Wongarbon, requests space to reply to an advertisement which appeared in Friday's "Liberal," and in all the principal…

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Farmers and Graziers' Co-oerative Co. Another Successful Year

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 7

The twelfth Annual Meeting of the Fanners and Graziers' Co-operative. Company Ltd. was held in the Railway Institute, Sydney, on 8th August. The…

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Our State Parliament Upper House Reform Assistance to the Farmer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 6

In consonance with the pre-election promises of the Premier and Mr. Buttenshaw, the Government has resolutely attacked the very difficult problem of…

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Flemington Sheep Market. Effects Op Rain

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Co. Ltd. writes, 13th August:— The week-end general rains, so…

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