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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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WHEAT 7000 Years Old

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 2

Excavators in Irab who are working there for the British Museum, have found a round grainary containing a store of wheat. This was…

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Wheat Relief Minister Approves. Canberra

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Stewart, has approved the regulations governing the distribution of the grant of three million pounds by…

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Wool Position Strong January-june Supplies

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 6
Also in The Wellington Times

The lack of supplies of wool is evidently giving oversea consumers considerable concern judging by the keen competition and advance values…

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LUCERNE for Sheep Grazing Four Important Points in Management

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 8

Four, cardinal points must be observed to secure the best results from grazing lucerne: 1 Paddocks should be subdivided,…

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WHEAT & Oat Variety Trials in 1933 On Farmers' Experiment Plots For the Western District, with Dubbo as Centre Annual Report Prepared by B. M. Arthur

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 4

The season, covering the fallowing and growing period of the 1933 crop, was, perhaps, one of the most peculiar and abnormal yet experienced…

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Wheat Market Quotes at To-day's Sales Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

At to-day's market bulk wheat was quoted at 2/8 1/2 per bushel and bagged at 2/5…

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Rates Maintained At London Wool Sales London, Wednesday. 1

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day, 10.117 bales of wool were offered, Including 1632 bales from N.S.W. Of the total approximately 8577 were sold…

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"Purple Patch" Of Wheat and Oats. The Problem of Control

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 8

Of all the parasitic fungi responsible for diseases in cereal crops in New South Wales, the most important are those which inhabit the…

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Series of Land Appeals From Nyngan To the Land and Valuation Court Board's Appraisement of Cox's Homestead Farm Final Decision by Mr. Justice Pike

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 7

Landholders in the State, generally, are greatly interested in a series of appeals recently heard before Mr. Justice Pike against the decisions of the…

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VACANCIES At Bathurst Experiment Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 8

The Minister for Agricultural (Hon. Hugh Main, M. L. A.) [?] announces that there are a number [?] vacancies at Bathurst Experiment…

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Choice Dairy Herd for Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 2

Appearing in this issue is an advertisement well worth noting, for Mr. Phil Whiteley of Ponto, near Geurie, has decided to sell his splendid herd…

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Dust in the Dairy Herd a Source of Cream Contamination

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 8

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 quality…

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The Man on the Land Page Pigs and Pork. Stud Boars on Terms Assistance to Pig Farmers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 8

IN order to enable pig farmers to secure pur-bred boars for the purpose of improving the quality of their stock, announces the Minister…

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Local and General Nyngan Special Sheep and Cattle Sale

Western Age · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

The Australian Wool Brokers and Produce Co. Ltd., of Sydney, held a successful sale of sheep and cattle at Nyngan on Saturday, the 13th instant…

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Wheat Congestion Terminal Elevators Full No Movement in Wool Trade

Western Age · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 3

Mr. G. A. H. Holborow, Wheat Commissioner and managaer of the Government Grain Elevators, issued the following circular, on the 4th inst. which…

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Wool Report

Western Age · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report:— The wool market seems to go from strength to strength. The sales in this…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

At yesterday's wool sales under good general competition and with improved demand from Yorkshire and Germany, the market partly recovered…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2
Also in Narromine News and Trangie Advocate

Premier Stereos says the Farmers Relief Board acted on its own initiative to giving instructions to wool brokers not to sell wool, following the…

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