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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Wool and Money Exchange a Market Help

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson L[?]d. report The increase in the money exchange rate to £115/7/6, is the best development the wool trade has experienced…

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Wheat Pool Necessary Mr. W. F. Dunn's Opinion

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. F. Dunn, declared on Saturday that it was a sorry day for the wheatgrowers of New…

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Australia's Wool Clip Its Size of National Benefit

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:--It wool markets could recover as quickly as the Australian pastoral industry can revive after a drought,…

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Wheat and Oat Varieties Some Lessons From 1930 and Suggestions for 1931

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

Appended are some results from farmers' plots in this part of the Western district of those who are co-operating with the Deportment of…

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Mr. Joe Clark Busy at Work The Wheat Position A Suitable Lock-Up For Gilgandra?

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 4

Already Mr. Joe Clark, Member for Castlereagh, is proving a live wire in matters appertaining to his electorate. Amongst…

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The Farmers' Plea—help Us to Carry On. Deputation to Cobbora Shire Council Rates Reduced ¼d and Values 10 Per Cent

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

STRESSING THEIR INABILITY TO PAY and the need for a drastic reduction in rates in order to assist farmers to carry on, a deputation numbering between forty and fifty waited on the Cobbora Shire Council on Tuesday last…

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District Conditions Crop Damage by Wind and Rain Pastures Good, Bat Financially District in a Bad Way MR. B. M. Arthur's Report

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

According to the report of Mr. B. M. Arthur, Senior Agricultural Instructor, Dubbo, for the month of December, the crops of the…

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GRAZIERS & Farmers Meet the Member Heads Together at Trangie Future of Wool and Wheat & Failure of Tariff Fully & Freely Discussed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

About fifty graziers and primary producers met the Member for the District, Mr. L. Cunningham, on Saturday, at the Imperial Hotel, Trangie…

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

At Monday's sales, Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report submitting three [?]talogues, totalling 10,844 bales. [?]yers were in full attendance and…

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The Wheat Industry

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

After a year of vicissitudes and misfortunes unequalled in its history, the wheat industry of Australia stands upon the threshold of a new…

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Commercial News Wool Auctions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

The quantity catalogued for yesterday's sales totalled 10.614 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to 10,708 bales…

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Wool Market. General Tone Better

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy, writes:— At our sale on 7th January, we offered 6416 bales, comprising a good…

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Trangie Graziers & Farmers. Meet Mr. L. CUNNINGHAM, M.H.R. The Tariff And, Wheat Position Discussed

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

When word was received in Trangie last week-end that Mr. L. Cunningham, M.H.R. for Gwydir, would be in town on Saturday, and would…

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Wool and Money Exchange a Market Help

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—The increase in the money exchange rate to £115/7/6 is the best development the wool trade has experienced…

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Export Duty On Sheep-Skins. Extract From Hansard. Our Member Bows To Speaker's Ruling

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

The following brief discussion is taken from a recent issue of Federal Hansard:— Mr. Cunningham (Gwydir).—I…

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"The Tocsin" Open Letter to the Farmer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

The Wheat Man. The Sheep Man, The Cow Man. The Pig Man, Also the Goat Man (There appear to be many goats…

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Narromine Farmers Protest

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

At a meeting of Narromine farmers on Saturday night the following resolutions were adopted:—1. That this meeting emphatically…

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Now for the Wheat Farmer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 4

At Narromine, he said: "The wheat farmers always had his sympathy." What is the use of his sympathy; they need practical help and want it…

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Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 3

Schute Bell and Co. Ltd. report:-- At our sale on Monday last we submitted a catalogue of 2142 bales, consisting of a few good wools, the…

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"The Tocsin" An Open Letter to the Farmer. The Wheat Man The Sheep Man The Cow Man The Pig Man Also, the Goat Man

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 3

(There appear to be many goats connected with our primary industries) Farming Friends and Fellow Countrymen!…

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