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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Sydney Wool Sales Yesterday's Offerings

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 4

Winehcombe, Carson Ltd. wire this morning:— We sold 7,800 bales of wool at our Sydney sale Wednesday. There, was…

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Wool Prices and Trade Justification for Better Values

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 10

Present indication point to values for merino wools having reached "rock" basis, but the decline in prices has been due…

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Artificial Wool "A Very Real Danger" Graziers' Move

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 7

Graziers have applied to the Tariff Board for heavy duties against the introduction to Australin of German artificial wool…

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Good Crop Due to Sound Foundation Work (Reprinted From "Land" Newspaper)

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 1

Mr. A. R. Burrell, of "Windsor,' was the most successful of the 16 competitors in the Gilgandra district crop competition…

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ARTHURVILLE Crop Competition

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 4

A few points of rain fell on Monday morning, following several days of fine, sunshiny weather, which had enabled the hay to be carted in…

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Prevention of Soil Erosion Bega Farmer's Success

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 14

Mr. C. N. Squire, dairy farmer in the Bega district, after four years experience with soil erosion control on…

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Good Farming a Baradine Example

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 2

Born and bred in Shropshire, on the Welsh border, of a family with 400 years of farming tradition behind him, Mr. C. Bunner, the…

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English Farmers Worse Off Than Most Workmen. London, October 23

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 4

An English farmer, who is finding it difficult to make ends meet, has written to a London newspaper giving details of his budget…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Company reported on the 11th November:— Throughout the week good…

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London Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

A moderate selection was offered at the wool sales yesterday, and met with slow demand, the home trade and demand, the home trade and Continent being…

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The Wool Market. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

The Chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers Council (G. Dalmier) said last night that the Sydney and Melbourne wool markets this week…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

At yesterday's wool states greasy merino sold to 28d, being a new Sydney record for the season. Competition was general and the…

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International London Wool Sales. London

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

A fairly good selection was offered at Wednesday's wool sales, and there was a keen demand for better kinds from home trade, and…

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Draft Allowance on Wool. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

The draft allowance on wool will be abolished under the provisions of a bill which the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) will…

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Wellington's Wheat Yield

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 2

On Friday morning last considerable interest was taken in the line of lorries at McLeod's Flour Mill, there being 12 or 13 of them all…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 4

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report:—Values during the week still continued to show an easing tendency, as compared with the…

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Wool Allowance To Be Abolished

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 5

The draft allowance on wool will be abolished under provisions of a Bill of which the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hugh…

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Good Farming at Wellington Some Fine Crops

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 3

The "S.M. Herald," referring to the recent wheat crop competition held by the Wellington P.A. & H. Society,…

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Freights on Wool and Wheat

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly this week Mr. Main, M.L.A., asked: Is the acting leader of the House aware that when high prices were…

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Butter Prices Better Returns for District Dairy Farmers

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 3

Owing to the large quantities of Australian butter exported to the United Kingdom, and the fact that under the equalisation…

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