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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Second Grade Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 6

Second quality wheat in. bags form New South Wales was fixed at 561/2 lb per imperial bushel by the Grain Trade Sectional Committee of the…

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Wheat Stabilisation Mr. Morgan's Scheme Adopted By Parkes Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

What is known at the Morgan Wheat Stabilisation Scheme has been unanimously adopted by a large and representative meeting…

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Grade Your Seed Wheat For a Clean and Uniform Crop

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 11

IT is very important in the sowing of wheat that only graded seed be used. Grading not. only removes wild oats and other foreign seeds,…

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Farmers Benefit By Exchange Rate Extra 6½d For Wheat SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

It is estimated that farmers are gaining 6½d per bushel fur wheat sold as the result of the Australian exchange rate. This calculation was made at a…

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The Morgan Scheme Stabilising Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 10

AT the time of the State election, Mr. G. E. Morgan introduced his. wheat stabilisation scheme. At a meeting recently held at Parkes, he…

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Hope at Last! For Dubbo District Wheat Growers Second Grade Wheat Pool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

The "Dispatch" was reliably informed to-day that the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. are making the necessary…

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Wool Market Strong Prices Prevail

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that under decidedly strong, general competition, prices for all classes of merino wool showed a further upward…

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On the Land Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report Under decidedly strong general competition, prices for all classes of merino wool showed a further upward…

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The Cost of Wool Cheap Raw Material

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

THE upward trend in wool values has been maintained and with the closing of London sales, Australian markets now have a clearer field…

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Meat and Wool Both Selling at a Loss Graziers' Association on the Job

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 5

Neither wool nor mutton can be sold to-day at a profit to the producer. Wool is selling at pence per pound below costs of…

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Piambra Farmers

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

Farmers at piambra are still busy on their wheat carting. An average fall of 75 points or rain was registered throughout that district in the…

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Farmers' Plight Mr. Dunn's Ideas Everyone Must Help

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

Difficulties in which farmers are now placed by the curtailment of credit by storekeepers can be solved only by co-operation of all interests,…

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Assistance to Farmers Gain of 61/2d Per Bushel Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

It is estimated that farmers are gaining 61/2d per bushel on wheat Bold overseas, as a result of the rate of exchange…

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"The Tocsin." a Second Open Letter to the Farmer Farming Friends and Fellow Countrymen

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 3

Since I last wrote you, conditions have rapidly become worse, even though the Oracle has returned to us—I refer to the Prime…

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Cowra Farmer Takes Stock Home

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 6

The bottom fell out of the cattle market at the fortnightly sales last week at Cowra. About 500 were yarded, and prices dropped about £8 per…

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"Hands Off!" Farmers Will Act Southern Decisions

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

A course of drastic action has been agreed upon by the wheatgrowers in two southern districts to ensure that no bankrupt farmer…

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Dubbo Enterprise Praised By Western Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

That Dubbo had received much limelight through the onion crop competition conducted by the P.A. and H. Association was the…

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Hints for Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

DO YOU KNOW --? That disinfectants used at too great a strength may do more harm than good by killing the tissues to which…

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DAIRYING Losses of Calves Result of Insanitary Pens

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 4

It is usual to provide some small shelter for calves when feeding, and to have a small yard attached thereto, but the condition…

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Crusade Sweeping Country! Genesis of New Movement Farmers Unite for Protection Man on Land Must Be Saved

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 3

"In response to a request, I have agreed to tell the country people all about the present movement and just where we hope to get with it," writes Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, formerly Minister for Home Affairs and at present Organising Secretary to the Advisory Council. "While I can say that it is possible that I was instramental in getting the…

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