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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

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Our Coming Show Gulargambne's 18th Anniversary Considerable Interest Centres in Sheep Section

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 3

There is nothing more gratifying to promoters of any sporting function than to see the general public evincing interest. The same must…

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Wheat in the West Increased Acreage Mr. B. M. Arthur's Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 5

That there probably will be an increase of from 10 to 20 per cent. in the area, sown to wheat this year, in the Western district, is…

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Dairy Produce Board New Representatives

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 8

The Dairy Produce Export Control Act was recently amended by the Commonwealth Parliament to provide for the alteration of the title of the Board…

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DAIRYING Good Money In It Constant Job

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 7

On the score that dairying is too constant a job, many people in this district will not undertake it…

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Wellington District News. Exclusive News Bodangora Dairy Show Team

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 4

NEARLY summer again! The days are hot, but the nights are cold. One night last week there was a black frost on the flats and low ground…

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The FARMER & His Markets Value of Fallowing As an Insurance Against Drought

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 8

The production of an average acre yield of 28 bushels for all competing crops in such an erratic season as was experienced in the…

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Dubbo Sheep and Cattle

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

On Friday, April 17 (a week after Good Friday) the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Dubbo, will offer for sale in the afternoon some…

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Orange Cattle

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

MrNeilly, Crampton and Martin Ltd., of Orange, report on their weekly market of Wednesday last: Cattle: A yarding of about 800 to…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6
Also in Narromine News and Trangie Advocate

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 27th instant:— Market conditions ruling in…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 26th March . The major portion of wool sales in Australia for the present…

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Market Reports Orange Sheep

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

Messrs. Leeds Bros Ltd. report on the usual weekly stock sales, held at Orange sale yards on Wednesday:—Sheep: About 12,000 yarded. The…

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Sound Wool Position. Prospects Favorable

The Western Herald · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 6
Also in Narromine News and Trangie Advocate

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report :—Markets for tops in Great Britain and on the Continent indicate confidence in the wool…

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The Cattle King. Story of Sir Sid. Kidman

The Western Herald · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 7

Ion L. Idress has issued his book of Sir Sid. Kidman (better known in Australia's wide spaces as "Old Sid"). It is illustrated…

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Rotation Of Crops. Benefits the Farm and the Farmer

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 7

Plants are composed of a great many compounds or substances, but of the eighty or more elements known to the chemist, only fourteen…

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Dubbo Sheep and Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 2

The Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co., Ltd., invite further entries for their special sheep and cattle sale to be held at Dubbo on Friday, April 17. The…

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Price Fixing of Wheat For Home Consumption

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 7

The latest catch is the fixing of wheat prices for home consumption. Very nice on the face of it, but pretty rotten and absurd when probed beneath…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 6

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report:—Business in local wool circles is, generally, very quiet, although fair inquiry has…

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Senator Hardy on Wheat Bill Price Levelling No Solution of Problem

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 5

Urging that temporary restoration of price levels would not solve the debt structure of the wheat industry, Senator Hardy…

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