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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

2,019 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 15 of 101

For the Farmers Topics of Interest for the Man on the Land Agricultural Societies Meeting of Western Group Election of Officers

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

Representatives from Dubbo, Wellington, Orange, Carcoar, Bathurst, Millthorpe and other P.A. and H. Associations were…

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Wool & Wheat Meat & Mutton Trangie Wethers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

Sheep and lamb rates were unchanged at Homebush on Monday. Pennings totalled 22,000. On the [?] at the yards mutton made [?] per [?]…

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Pastoral Award

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

As a result of the fall in cost of living, shearers, shed hands and station hands under the Federal Pastoral Award will be paid less. The…

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Pastoral Land Values

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

Asked by the Graziers' Association for a reduction in Federal land taxation, the Prime Minister replied that there was not sufficient proof, in the…

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Wool Auctions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., advise that the quantity catalogued for their Sydney sales on Thursday totalled 11.061 bales, and the sales, including…

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Grading Seed Wheat for Clean and Uniform Crop

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

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, but also…

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Cost of Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

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

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Crutching of Sheep Seasonal Operation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

Crutching usually takes place about midway between shearings, and is therefore considered to be of some value as a preventive of blowfly…

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Sowing of Wheat the Question of Variety

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

The popular varieties of wheat change so frequently, one being superseded by another of more recent introduction, that it is perhaps wise to consider…

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Control of Sheep Blow-fly Use of Poisoned Carcases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 3

The systematic poisoning of blowflies and maggots by treating the carcases of dead animals willi a poison in solution in an important factor in the…

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Wool Sales. Values Advance 10 Per Cent

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. writes on 5th February:— On the 4th February we offered…

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The Cost Of Wool. Cheap Raw Material

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The upward trend in wool values has been maintained and with the closing of London sales, Australian…

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The Price of Wheat For Consumption Message from Mr. Moloney Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

Mr. Parker Moloney, Minister for Markets, says that the fact that nearly 3,000,000 bushels of Australian wheat have been sold overseas in the last…

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Meat Is Like Wool Both Selling at a Loss. Graziers' Association on the Job

The Western Herald · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

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 production, and mutton…

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"The Tocsin" for the Farmer What Have You Profited? Open Letter to the Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

Farming Friends and Fellow Countrymen. Since I last wrote you, conditions have rapidly become wrose, even through…

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Farmers' Meeting on Tuesday Next

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

Road the special article on Page one of to-day's "Liberal," and make a point of attending the big meeting of primary producers and all live people…

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Sheep and Wool Class. To be Established in Wellington

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 4

AS the outcome of an agitation for the establishment of a Sheep 'and Wool Class at Wellington, Mr. C. S. Middleton, of the Technical…

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Wool Dearer Confidence Returning

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 4

THE Secretary, Farmers, and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. report:— On 12th February, we offered 7,309 bales, the selection being of…

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A Sheep or a Box of Chocolates?

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 2

Apparently the people of Wellington place a very low value on sheep just now. On Saturday night at the Hospital carnival, a sheep,…

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Review of the Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mo[?], and Company Ltd., write under date February 13th, as follows:— The improvement recently reported…

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