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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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Power Farming Value of Keeosene

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1932 · page 8

Australia produces approximately 3 1/4 per cent, of the total world production of wheat, but, nevertheless, Australia, has ranked fourth among the exporting…

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Butter Factory

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 2

The plant at the Macquarie Valley Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd's factory at Wellington was given a trial run this morning in the presence of…

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On the Land Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 5

Interest in the opening wool sales of the season, which take place in Sydney this week, is most pronounced, and is accentuated by the…

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Butter in England Increased Consumption Australia's Improved Prospects

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 4

THE most remarkable feature of the butter situation in England, according to Mr. Frank Mills, of A. J. Mills and Co, Limited, of London, well…

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Farm Debt Relief. Details of Proposed Legislation F.S.A. Efforts Rewarded

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 3

Expressing his pleasure at the drafting of a Farm Debts Relief Bill by the State Government, the President of the Farmers and…

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Dairying Possibilities

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 3

Reiterating the consistent advice of r. McInnes, the Director of Dairying, Mr. Bruce Arthur, Agricultural instructor for the…

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An Open Letter to the Farmers of Wellington District

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 6

Ladies and Gentlemen.—On the first of next month there will be an event that means wealth to you and the district if you are prepared to…

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Rise in Wool Market

The Western Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 2

Pitt Son & Badgery wired us as follows:—The wool market opened to-day 20 per cent higher than June, and 5 to 7½ higher than opening rates…

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To-day's Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 1

At to-day's market bulk wheat was quoted at 3/4 3/4 and bagged at 3/7 per bushel…

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Wool Market Twenty Per Cent. Higher Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 1

The wool market opened yesterday, 20 per cent. higher than June and 5 to 7 1/2 per cent. higher than the opening sales of last season…

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When Dipping Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 7

A convenient way of ascertaining the capacity of the bath when dipping sheep is to measure water into it from a tank of known capacity…

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Rail Freight on Sheep Skins

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 7

Representations have been made by the Graziers' Association to the Minister for Transport to have the freight reductions recently made of…

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Sydney Wool Sales Keen Competition

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 1

Richardson and Scott, of Dubbo, are in receipt of this message from Dalgety and Co:— Offered 5185 bales of wool and…

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Butter Factory Opened To-Day. Makes Good Start

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 1

TO-DAY marks another move in the progress of the town and district. The Macquarie Valley Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd's butter factory…

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Its Gratifying Tone the Higher Wool Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 4

The most cheering feature of opening Sydney wool sales was the general confidence denoted by the widely distributed competition experienced…

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Grazing of Sudan Grass Warning to Dairy Farmers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 7

Owing to a number of mortalities occurring during the 1931-32 season in cattle from grazing on Sudan grass, the Department of Agriculture…

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Last Season's Wheat Minister's Warning Regarding Stocks in Silos

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon Hugh Main, M.L.A.,) views with some concern the relatively large amount of wheat at present on hand…

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The Wool Market. 20 Per Cent. Higher. Its Gratifying Tone

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 6

Following upon the gratifying rise in wool values of 20 per cent. at the opening sales on Monday, values were again up 5 per cent. on…

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The Man on the Land Page Pastoral Fodder Conservation [?]Essons From Inland Divis[?]on Championship Competitions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 7

OWING to the unprofitable returns from sheep husbandry, due to the [?]ow wool prices which have ruled during the past couple, of years…

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Rise in Wool Merinos Up 20 Per Cent. at Sydney Sales Its Gratifying Tone

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 8

Responding to strong competition from all sections, market values showed a strong upward tendency at the opening sales…

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