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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

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Superphosphate for Wheat Most Suitable Quantities for Western District

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 14

Discussing in a report on wheat and oat trials on farmers' experiment plots for the season 1935-36 the…

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Mr. G. W. Walker on the Wheat Problem Food for Thought

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 1

Mr. G. W. Walker, of the Lindley, Walker Wheat Company Limited, commenting on the Commonwealth plan to secure unanimity among the States…

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Local Wheats Milling and Baking Tests Bleached Wheat Show Best Results

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 6

Although there is generally a "dockage" of 1d, to 2d. per bushel on bleached wheat, it will be interesting to local…

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Japan and Our Wool Increased Demand Will Result New Factories Being Erected to Manufacture Woollen Articles

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 7

After a tour of Japan arid an opportunity of observing many aspects of this remarkable nation there is one thing of…

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Baker's Swamp Active Farming

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 4

FARMING operations are in full swing since the wonderful fall of rain, and some have already finished. The wheat that was sowed before…

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Cheaply-made Rug for Dairy Cows Increase Winter Production

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 14

As a means of assisting the dairy cow to conserve heat (and thus preventing food wastage), the rugging of the animal during at…

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The Man on the Land Page Farm Book-keeping a Seasonable Reminder

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 14

The farmer who starts a system of book-keeping with his capital in cash, and then purchases the farm, stock, etc., has a much…

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Marked Improvement Again Featured Trangie P., A. & H. Association's Annual Show Fertile District's Pastoral and Agricultural Wealth Cleverly Displayed in Both Quantity and Quality From Happy Carnival, Trangie, with Record Entries, Advances to Premier Stock Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 5

Early in the present century, one of the big events of the year in Trangie district, then in its swaddling stage as a fat stock area, was the annual Carnival, conducted by the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association. It was a gay re-union for the pastoralists and agriculturalists, who, however, did not exhibit their stock or produce. In…

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Sheep Shearing Competition

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

Mr. McMahon suggested holding a sheep shearing competition on the block near Hales' premises. He and Mr. Pearson had been…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 6
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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 22nd inst: Recent reports from overseas seem to indicate that there has been a…

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Artesian Water Now a Major Problem of Sheep Industry

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 5

We clip the following from Winchcombe Carson Ltd's annual wool review :— A serious reduction in the flow…

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Opposition to Wool Publictiy Scheme. Attempt At Censure Fails. "Wool Needs No Publicity," Says Narromine Grazier

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

What was tantamount to a motion of censure was brought up at a meeting, held in Narromine on Saturday night, after Mr. T. M. Scott had given an address on the wool publicity. A section of the meeting objected to the manner in which the Act had been brought…

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[?]Onth of May [?] Condition of Crops [?] the Brightest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 1

[?] the month of May no [?] rains have fallen in the [?] District, and conditions [?] considerable proportion of…

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DAIRYING Winter Increases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 4

As a means of assisting the dairy cow to conserve heat (and thus preventing food wastage), the rugging of the animals during at least a portion…

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Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort & Company, Ltd., report:—During last wed there was a fair enquiry for local fellmongered and passed-in wools…

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Wool Levy Parliamentary Consideration Mr. Thorby's Action

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 6

In the House of Representatives recently Mr. H. V. C. Thorby, Acting Minister for Commerce, spoke at length…

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The New Tariff Japan's Wool Buying No Cause for Alarm

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes:—The main topic of interest in the wool trade just now is the probable effect on wool…

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