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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

2,282 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 59 of 115

Returns From Wheat-growing. Necessity for Increasing the Yield Per Acre

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 10

Addressing a gathering of farmers recently at Tullibigeal, the Director of Agriculture prefaced a discussion of the fundamentals of fallowing with…

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Farmers Complain. Red Tape at Narromine Post Office

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 2

At the Farmers and Settlers' meeting on Saturday afternoon last, Mr. W. H. Foster, in plain language, complained of the unfair treatment that…

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Narromine Farmers Meet And Decide To Vigorously Support The Proposed Pool. Other Matters of Importance Discussed

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 6

Present at last Saturday's meeting of the Narromine branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association were: The President, Mr. Tom Shearwood (in the chair) and Messrs E. Wilson, W. Gardiner, I. Griffiths, C. Gelfius, A. Gelfius, E. Jones, H. Barling, J. Haley, H. Coram,…

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The Wheat Pool

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 2

PROMISES, like the sands of the desert, are many. In the wheat pool we see another good promise gone west. The double…

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Local Wheat Price

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 2

The local price of wheat to-day is quoted at 3/4 1/2 per bushel…

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Australian Wool Campaign

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 5

A meeting of the recently constituted Australian Wool Campaign Committee was held last week, in the Graziers' Association rooms, Sydney…

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Review of the Wool Season

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 5

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., write: The close of June represents the end of another official wool season. It is considered orthodox then to…

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Wool Prices for Thirty Years

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 6

AT a conference of Westralian woolgrowers (who, incidentally, decided to send delegates to Queensland to discuss a proposal from that State…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery Limited re-port:—We submitted a catalogue of 4709 bales at our sale on 1st instant, comprising a number of New…

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The Wheat Pool Rejected by Senate. No 4/- a Bushel

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 2

The motion for the second reading of the Wheat Marketing Bill was negatived in the Senate on Friday by 15 votes…

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Wonderful Prospects FOR 1930 HARVEST Six Million Bags of Wheat Expected from Dubbo Railway District 300,000 More Acres Sown This Year

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 2

Interviewed by "Dispatch" representative, Mr. J. Usher (District Railway Superintendent), said today that it was expected that…

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Bulk Trucks For Non-Silo Stations and Sidings Good News for Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 2

For the information of wheatgrowers and agents interested in the handling of wheat, the District Railway Superintendent (Mr. J…

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Wool and Wheat At Home and Abroad Western Blues

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 6

Nyngan, Warren and Trangie, for years, have been noted for stud sheep. To have exhibited at Sydney Sheep Show on only three occasions, and to…

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 6

The catalogue which Winchcombe, Carson's brought forward on Monday of last week, comprising 4380 bales, marked the close of season in so far as…

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 6

We submitted a catalogue of 4709 bales at last Week's sale (advises Pitt, Son and Badgery), comprising a number of New England and Monaro wools,…

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Worms in Sheep Value of Medicinal Agents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 7

Although dry seasons are the order, sheep are suffering from worm infestation, and, since in their weakend condition the animals will be very…

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Scour Your Wool Overseas Demands It

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 7

District woolgrowers and proprietors of woolscouring works trhoughout the West should be interested in what is termed the chief feature of the third…

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Thorby's Aid To Western Farmers Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) has approved of the advances being made for the purchase of cornsacks, chaff bags and binder and…

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Thorby's Regrets About Coonamble Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 1

Answering a petition from Coonamble residents, asking that his decision to close the Experiment Farm at that centre be reversed, and the farm retained…

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PASTORAL Licks for Sheep Their Functions and Use

Western Age · Wednesday 9 July 1930 · page 3

Discussing in a current report the question of licks in relation to sheep, the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture touches on…

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