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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 3

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report:—Business in the wool trade during the Christmas and New Year holidays has been…

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Big Clip Over 13lb. per Sheep

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

One is always glad to learn of big wool cuts, and some of those reported from time to time are certainly worth recording…

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A Payable Sheep £5 for the Year

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

What is claimed as an Australian record for production from one flock sheep for a season was achieved by a comeback…

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Wellington's Wheat Yield Five Silos Filled

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

Harvesting operations in the Wellington district are now completed, and most of the district yield has been…

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World's Wheat And the Trade Outlook Annual Review

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

The value of wheat statistics is always a guide to grain traders and flour millers, but under existing world…

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Interest to Farmers

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 6

Following on the cases recently reported of cattle having died from the effects of eating Sudan grass in the Wagga district, a report has…

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Yesterday's Wool Sales

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery wired this morning: "At our wool sale yesterday there was a strong inquiry for the better…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd. report: The second half of the wool season was entered upon in this market on Monday…

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The Farmer His Markets Easier Wool Values America Absent

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The variation in wool values this week has been due to the reduction in Japanese purchasing compared…

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Western Wheat Experiments. Sound Farming Defeats Drought Fallowed Land Favoured

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7

During 1937, selected farmers again co-operated with the Department of Agriculture in conducting wheat and oat variety trials at Wellington, Geurie, Nubingerie, Gollan, Dubbo (2), Narromine, Mungeribar, Eumungerie, Balladoran, Gilgandra (2) and Coonamble…

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Binnaway—busy Wheat Centre

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 9

During the current season the silos at Binnaway have been bulging with wheat. Altogether 300,000 bushels were sent in and in…

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Local & General Premer Wheat

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 8

The wheat carting to Premer has practically finished, and so far this season about 35,000 bags have been brought in…

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Commercial News Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson's telegraphed report reads:-Yesterday we submitted a catalogue of 4080 bales of wool. The market was firm on the previous day's…

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Easier Wool Values. America Absent

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6

The variation in wool values this week has been due to tie reduction in Japanese purchasing compared with December, the continued…

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Easier Wool Values America Absent

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

The variation in wool values this week has been due to the reduction in Japanese purchasing compared with December, the…

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PASTORAL Prussic Acid Poisoning Following Feeding on Blue Couch

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 12

There have been several heavy mortalities in the west due to prussic add poisoning following feeding on blue…

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Wheat and Wool Pools to Enable Men on the Land to Carry On. Should Not Apply to Government for Relief

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

The Hon. P.M. McGirr, M.L.C., speaking on the Noxious Plants Amendment Bill in the Upper House last week, advocated a wheat…

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Easier Wool Values American Buyers Absent

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that the variation in wool values this week has been due to the reduction in Japnese purchasing compared with…

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Wool Prices Prospective Demand. Yorkshire Buying

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6

The Sydney wool sales reopened in Sydney this week. These are the first Australian auctions for the second half of the season…

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Harvesting Lucerne Seed With A Wheat Header

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7

Provided seasonal conditions are favourable, lucerne seed can be successfully harvested with a header, and, although it is more wasteful…

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