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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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PASTORAL Kikuyu Grass. A Reminder Regarding Planting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 7

Plantings of Kikuyu grass, a pasture plant, especially suited to the temperate climate and comparatively small paddocks of the coast…

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Butter Factory Official Opening Saturday Week

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the Macquarie Valley Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd.'s butter factory at Wellington will have been in operation for a little over a…

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The Man on the Land Page Dairying Cattle Tick Control. Application of Department Policy

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 7

[?]EFERRING in a recent report to [?] policy adopted by the Depart[?]t of Agriculture with regard to [?]ttle tick control, the Chief…

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What It Costs To Run a Sheep

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

Evidence that over a five year period it has cost him 15/2⅓ a year to run one sheep was given before the wool inquiry in Sydney last…

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On the Land Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 5

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co Ltd. report:—We submitted a catalogue of 9,006 bales on Monday, comprising a splendid…

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Show Special New Wool Section

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 1

It is just splendid to note the interest that is being taken in the early preparations for next year's Show, which will mark tho diamond jubilee…

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Butter in England Increased Consumption Australia's Improved Prospects

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 7

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

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Wheat Market Prices Remain Firm Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 1

Bulk wheat sold to-day at 3/5 1/2 per bushel and bagged at 3/7 1/2…

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Gratified Wool-growers Burdensome Load Lightened But Not Yet Out of Wood

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

District woolgrowers gave a sigh of relief when the announcement was made by the Minister for Transport that rail freights on wool this…

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A Gloomy Outlook Mr. B. M. Arthur's Monthly Report "Crop Yields Are Going To Be Light."

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

August waning, hopes ebbing, early sown crops spindling, cereals wilting, pasture lands depleting and stock slipping back…

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Where the Farmer Pays

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

Mr. H. K. Nock, of Parkes district, tells the following:—A Farmer and Settler member recently broke the axle of his tracter; the agent sent…

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Does Dairying Pay?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

The following extract from the annual report of the Mudgee Dairy Company should be a sufficient answer to the question. "It will be…

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VETERINARY Care of the Farm Horse Some Important Points

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 7

DISCUSSING at a recent conference of the Agricultural Bureau the care and maintenance of the draught horse on the farm, and speaking…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson report: We sold 7000 bales of wool at our Sydney auction yesterday. Values were very firm on best levels of the week. The…

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Wool Reaches 20¾d

The Western Herald · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 2

The wool market reached the highest point of the season yesterday when 20¾d was paid by French buyers for N Z clip…

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Wool Market. Competition Very Keen

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 4

The Farmers and Grazers Co-operative Coy. Ltd. reports:— At our sale of the 6th instant we offered a catalogue totalling 4,937…

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On the Land. Last Season's Wheat. Minister's Warning Regarding Stocks In Silos

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 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 in the…

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Relief for Farmers

The Western Herald · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly a Bill was introduced to provide assistance and relief to necessitous fanners. The Act will be administered by a Board…

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DAIRYING. Waster—Or High-Producer?

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 7

Only an actual test can determine the productive ability of a dairy cow. The truth of this is being continually proved, the disparity between the…

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Wool and Wheat Ut Dubbo District

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1932 · page 1

The recent rain has assured a fair harvest in the best part of the Dubbo railway district, while the wool returns to date are the heaviest for years…

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