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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Silo Wheat 173,000 Bushels Hold Up With Trucks

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 8

Wheat is steadily flowing into the local silos, but it is occasionally held up owing to the shortage of trucks…

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Blaxland Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 December 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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Lax Methods Deplored What Dairymen Have to Consider

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 16

Yield per acre increase has been considered so important that many farms throughout the State are being circularised by…

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A Consistent Crop

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 10

Mr. A. Williams, of Coonabarabran, secured 5000 bags of wheat off 500 acres of land this season. Roughly this should return him…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 14th inst.: We submitted at our sale on Monday, 13th instant, a catalogue of…

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WATER For Dairy Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 13

For the best results from dairy cows the water supply should be of good quality, plentiful, and easy of access. Running water and troughs…

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Gilgandra Wool

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 7

The "Pine Lodge" clip from Mrs. M. J. Ballantyne, Gilgandra, attracted keen Japanese, Continental and Yoikshire competition at…

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Price of Wheat

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 4

In the Federal House last week Mr. Gregory, M.H.R., asked Dr. Earle Page: What action does the Government propose to take to…

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Grew First Wheat

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 12

James Ruse, who is buried in Campbelltown cemetery, has been credited as the first man “to grow grain in Australia” (as his…

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New Crossbred Wheat

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 4

Tests conducted at the Salisbury experiment plots (Vic.) indicate that a new crossbred wheat, Major that a new crossbred wheat, Major…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 8

Schute, Bull, Badgery, Lumby Ltd. report:—Although the wool trade is nominally in recess for the Christmas and New Year, it is…

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Cattle Die After Eating Sudan Grass

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 4

Mr. T. Collins, of Leemings Arm (Denman) lost 21 of a herd of dairy cows, after they had been put in a field of cultivated Sudan grass. In…

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PASTORAL Meatwork By-products As Food for Stock

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 13

The meatwork by-products meat meal and blood meal are both very valuable protein concentrates, the former…

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The FARMER & His Markets Brighter Wool Market Better Turnover at New Level

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The 30d„ 64’s merino top has again recorded in Bradford and more business has been experienced on…

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Sheep Vans To Be Increased by 100

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 1

The Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F. Bruxner) announced that the Commissioner for Railways…

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Local & General Wheat Received and Trucked

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 9

For the week ending Saturday last 6476 bags of wheat were received at Coonabarabran railway station and 3690 were trucked. The…

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Harvesting Lucerne Seed With a Wheat Header

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 13

Provided seasonal conditions are favourable, lucerne seed can be successfully harvested with a wheat header,…

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Good Tone in Wool What About America?

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 10
Also in The Wellington Times

Wincheombe, Carson Ltd. report: —The tone of the wool market during December augurs well for opening New Year sales. Competition at…

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Wool Reports Cycling Topics Goldsbrough, Mort & Co

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited report: For our final sale this year we brought forward a good to attractive…

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