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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 63 of 115

Boon for Farmers Relief Unemployment Act Money Available for Reproductive Works

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 5

Good news for farmers! Following representations made by the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to the…

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DAIRYING Scours in Calves Measures Recommended for Control

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 6

Blood scours in calves is rampant in a certain class of dairy, usually occurring where the conditions ore insanitary and the methods of feeding careless…

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Wongarbon Whispers Tree Pruning Demonstration the Junior Farmers' Club

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 5

On Monday last, Mr. Atkins, Government fruit expert, visited the village and gave a tree pruning demonstration at Mr. W. Baker's orchard,…

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40,000 Acres Cleared in Four Years What Power Farming Can Do Shell Company Entertains New Zealand Delegation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 5

In keeping with its traditional interest in practical agriculture, the Shell Company of Australia extended splendid hospitality to the visiting New…

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Wool and Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 6

So good is the feed on some of the local runs that owners are carrying as much as a sheep and it half to the acre, eating back. Of course it won't last,…

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Coming Sales. Cattle and Sheep

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 9

To-morrow, July 19, at the Trangie saleyards, C. E. Skinner and G. Paul will sell 4,500 mixed sheep and 200 head of store cattle. The sheep…

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Straying Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 6

A member of the N.R.M.A., travelling by motor cycle along the Western road towards the Blue Mountains, dashed into a cow that was resting…

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Wool Auctions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 6

The New South Wales clip having been dealt with, interest centres on the closing series now current in Brisbane, at which all available wools in the…

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Cattle Sate at Orange

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 9

Since the recent good raina the Orange auctioneers have resumed holding their important stock sales. In this issue Leeds Bros., Ltd., the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. advise receipt of the following wire from their Brisbane offices:—"Brisbane wool sales resumed under very animated…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 1

At the wheat market this moring bulk wheat sold at 3/9½ per bushel and bagged at 3/11…

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London Wool Sales Prices Fully Maintained London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 1

At the London wools sales there was a medium-sized offering of Merinos, principally of Continental style and top-makers and spinners' wools. The…

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Mogriguy News Weather and Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 2

Mogriguy, at last, has had a few fine days and a bit of sunshine after a lot of showery weather. Many of the crops around the district are forward,…

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Utility Avenue Farmers Practical Move

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers and settlers' Association, the members outlined a scheme in which the bulk of the…

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Failing to Brand Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 1

Several stockowners were fined in the Police Court to-day for having failed to legibly brand travelling sheep P.M. Adams said that although the…

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Local Wheat Price

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 2

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

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Wheat Quotations Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 1

Wheat quotations this morning were: Bulk, 310; bagged. 31112…

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Wool Decline. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 2

The New Zealand wool clip for the present season showed a decline in value of nearly £7,000,000 compared with last year…

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The Wool Position "Nothing Doing"

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd. report:-- "Nothing doing" aptly gums up the present wool position in Sydney. Buyers are for the most part enjoying a…

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Broken Promises? Dubbo Farmers Discuss Defeat of Wheat Marketing Bill Gravity of Position Emphasised Governments' Assistance to Be Sought Men Who Have "Used Every Ounce of Energy and Spent Last Shilling" in Sowing More Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 4

"That this meeting of farmers views with grave concern the prospects of marketing the coming crop under the open marketing system. We consider that with the amount of crop in prospect, and the restricted finances…

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