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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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Macquarie Valley Butter Factory Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Past Activities Fully Explained. Completion of Two Years' Battle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 3

TWENTY-SEVEN MONTHS AGO several men of Wellington, realising at wool and wheat had taken a decite and lasting fall in price in the…

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Gored by Bull Victorian Farmer in Bad Way Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 1

Mr. Paul Fletcher was shockingly gored by a bull near Nhill yesterday. He was admitted to the local Hospital in a serious condition…

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Dust in the Dairy Yard. a Source of Cream Contamination

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 1

Dust and mud due to neglect to give proper attention to the surface of the dairy yard are not only a nuisance, but a menace to cream…

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Dairy Rations Feeding for High Production

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 4

IN the attainment of an average annual butter-fat production of slightly over 500 lb. per cow as compared with 170 lb. fourteen years ago there had…

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Sydney, Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 2

An active market prevailed at the wool sales especially for skirtings and wool suited to Japanese and Yorkshire demand. Prices rated firm, and greasy…

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Wool Sales. Good Competitions

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Coy. reports:—At our sale of the 17th instant we submitted 5,311 bales, the selection…

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Price of Sheep. in N.z

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 2

New Zealand is at present suffering from a severe drought, and the price of stock has fallen lower than it has been for many years. The following…

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Drought Rations For Sheep. Experiments at Trangie

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

For some years investigations have been conducted by the Department of Agriculture at the Trangie Experiment Farm to ascertain the minimum…

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The Golden Grain. Dundee: The Coming Wheat Proves Best at Cowra and Wagga Experiment Farms

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 5

A new crossbred wheat that is most promising under the conditions that obtain throughout the central and south-western slopes is Dundee…

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Exchange And Wool. the Future of Prices

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

Winchcombe, Canon Ltd. report:—At this time last year Australian wool markets were in process of recovering from the slump in prices…

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Professor's Wheat Forecast. 5/- Per Bushel in Couple of Years' Time

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 5

Prosperity will come again to farmers if they can only hold on for two or three years, according to Professor A. J. Perkins. South Australian…

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N.S.W. Wheat Harvest 54,140,000 BUSHELS. Increased Average Yield

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 5

The State Statistician (Mr. T. Weites) estimates the New South Wales harvest at 54,140,000 bushels. The estimate is based on returns…

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Black Slave Labor in Australia. Scathing Indictment Of Police Methods. Glimpses of Life in North Australia. On An Outback Cattle Station

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 1

Writing in the "Rallroad," Mr. Francis Birtles, the well-known explorer, makes pubic the following gruesome facts of life in North…

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Exchange and Wool the Future of Prices

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

At this time last year Australian' wool markets were in process of recovering from the slump in prices experienced in late January, 1931, report…

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Grow Cover Crops Toe Humus in Soils

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 7

The upkeep of humus in orchard soils is of great importance, but the ploughing in of cover crops, sowing of [?] may take place during February, must…

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Dairy Cattle Successful Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 2

MR. George Paul advises that at his special dairy cattle sale at Wellington saleyards on Saturday good clearances were made at satisfactory…

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Dubbo Butter Factory

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 4

On account of certain information not being available in time, the meeting of shareholders in the Dubbo Butter factory as stated in our last issue…

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Wool Review

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

The sales which terminated in this centre on Thursday extended over about seven weeks, and about 283,500 bales were submitted. It was on…

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Tariff and Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 2

Mr. John Storey, Senior Vice-President of the Chamber of Manufactures, talking about the wheat position, referred to Mr. John McFarlane, general…

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Wool Sales Good Competition

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 4

The Farmers and Graders' Co-operative Coy. reports,-- At our sale of the 17th instant we submitted 5,311 bales, the selection…

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