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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Splendid Wheat Crops

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 10

Some splendid wheat crops are reported in the district, despite the dry conditions throughout the growing period…

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Sheep and Wool Classes in Recess Until February. Lady Student Wins Cup

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 1

The sheep and wool classes, conducted by the Sydney Technical College will close down on the 19th instant and will re-open on the…

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District Wool District Wool Sold

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., wired us last Wednesday: We sold 7,800 bales of wool at our Sydney auction sales to-day. There was keen…

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Wool Reports

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:— During the week wool sales have been in progress in Sydney,…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 7

The Farmers and Graders' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 16th instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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Cattle Perish SYdney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 1

Poison spray, which had been used to combat the grasshopper plague, is believed to have caused the death of 80 bullocks near Scone…

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Maryvale Agricultural Bureau Field Wheat Crop Competition, 1937

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 4

Mr. B. M. Arthur, Senior Agricultural Instructor, who judged the Maryvale wheat competition, reported as…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. report:—We submitted a catalogue of 4469 bales at cur sale, and the selection, as a whole, was an attractive…

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Devastating Hail Ulamambri Suffers Heavy Losses. Wheat Crops Only Slightly Insured

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 9

One of the most devastating hail storms on record occurred in the Purlewaugh district on Saturday afternoon…

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Review of Wheat Crops in Central Western Slopes As at 11th NOVEMBER, 1937

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 7

Under date of 11th November, the State Marketing Bureau, partment of Agricalture, issues the following review of wheat…

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The Wool Position America's Quietness

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 10
Also in Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh

The wool market does not show signs of recovery and underselling on current Bradford top quotations still prevails. A general movement…

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The Wool Position. America's Quietness

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 6

The wool market does not show signs of recovery, and underselling on current Bradford top quotation still prevails, (states Winchcombe…

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Bountiful Crops at Binnaway Average of 30 Bushels to the Acre Rapidly Expanding Wheat Centre

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 1

Binnaway is rapidly becoming an important wheat-growing centre, the area sown to wheat having doubled since 1934. This year there is 38,000 acres under wheat, and these are expected to return an average of 30 bushels per acre. The…

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The FARMER & His Markets Wool Prices and Trade. Justification for Better Values. Fall Due to Mental Influences

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, state that present indications point to values for merino wools having reached “rock”…

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Farmers Busy Stripping Crops

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 8

The farmers in and around the district are very busy stripping their crops, and some very good results are…

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Good ‘Bad’ Country the Pilliga Scrub. Grows Wheat and Runs Stock

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

Mr. T. W. Kelly, who has a selection 18 miles out on the Pilliga Scrub country, has demonstrated that this land can be turned to…

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While We Live W’ell Grow Expansion of Wheat Areas Coonabarabran and Binnaway Districts

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 11

We are not Americans, who boost and “blow” about their country but the fact remains we cannot deny these figures which indicate…

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Fierce Storms Crops Damaged in Central West Parts of Gilgandra District Receive Heavy Falls

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 1

Crops of various kinds suffered some damage as a result of severe thunder storms which were experienced in the Central…

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Blaxland Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 2

Abel Wilkins & Co. advertise in this issue with a photo of a part of "Blaxland Farm" situated at Blaxland on the Lower Blue Mountains…

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