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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 6

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report:—The fat lamb market is particularly buoyant, with keen overseas enquiry awaiting the…

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Japan's Effect On Wool Market Opinions Divided

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 1

The re-entry of Japan into the Sydney wool market is expected with the opening of the first series of 1937 to-day. Opinion…

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New Year Wool Wish. Stability in Prices Desirable

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 6

The English woollen manufacturing trade has this season experienced the busiest times for ten years. At mid-November the number of…

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New Year Advice to Farmers and Others Senior Agricultural Instructor [?] Oat Variety Trials in Dubbo District Also Some Fertilized Trials

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 4

For this excellent report, all engaged in the agricultural industry are indebted to Mr. B. M. Arthur, who has just completed an exceptionally heavy year. The knowledge garnered in the various grain trials, with and without…

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Butter Factory Pay

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Macquarie Valley Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd. (Wellington) on Tuesday last, the pay…

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Wool Sales

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery wire: On Monday's Sydney wool sales we submitted 3684 bales of wool, which met with very keen competition,…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports:—We submitted at our sale on Monday, 4th January, a catalogue totalling…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 7

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report:—Much, interest centred in the opening sales of the new year, as, in view of the conclusion of a…

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Wool Sales Local Prices

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson wired us this morning:— We sold 8,400 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Wednesday…

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District Wheat and Oat Tests

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. Bruce Arthur, Senior Agricultural Instructor, Dubbo, has compiled a most informative report on the Agricultural Department's wheat…

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Supplies of Merino Wool Bright Selling Outlook

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2
Also in The Wellington Times

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Provided he cost of merino wool does not rise to a level which checks sales of mill products. a strong…

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Wool Goes to Japan Fiery Bidding at Sales

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

Japanese buyers again dominated the Sydney wool market on Tuesday. Prices were fully maintained at…

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Out with the Sheep at 86 At One Time He Suffered From Rheumatism

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

Going out with the sheep, miles from home, this old farmer has forgotten all about the rheumatism that once kept him indoors. Like many…

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Leaf-eating Ladybird Beetle Protection of Crops

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 14

The leaf-eating ladybird beetle. (Epilachna 28-punctata) is mainly a pest of potatoes, but it attacks tomatoes and melons,…

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The Man on the Land Page Dairying. Fundamentals in Profitable Dairying. "Breed Feed and Weed"

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 14

The three fundamentals that make for profitable da[?]ying are better herds, better pastures, and better feeding methods, points out a…

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Free Agricultural Training At Government Experiment Farms

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 16

A recent departmental announcement draws attention to the fact that a splendid opportunity exists at certain of the…

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Farmers & His Markets Stability in Prices Desirable

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The English woollen manufacturing trade has this season experienced the busiest times for ten…

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Wheat Improvement By Research Scholar

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 8

Olaf Perkinan, who has graduated Bachelor of Science at the age of 23, has been awarded the Farrar Research Scholarship…

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Wheat-oat Variety Experiment Trials By Farmers of the Western District Additional Notes of General Interest to Growers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 4

During 1936, farmers again co-operated with the Department in conducting wheat and oat variety trials at Eurimbla, Neurea, Gcurie, Gollan,…

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