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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Wheat Quality New South Wales Superior

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 6

Discussing at a recent conference of farmers the subject of wheat in relation to market requirements and plant breeding…

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Sheep Trucks Question of Partitioning Not Favored by Railways

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 3

The Railways Department has rejected a proposal made by the Burrangong District Council of. the F. and I S. Association, reports the Young…

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Farmers' Relief Act Debts Adjustment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 2

By a recent amendment of the Farmers' Relief Act, the period for receipt of applications for stay orders from farmers desirous of availing…

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Dairy Cows

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 2

Rations for dairy cows must not only be "balanced" (contain the elements of nutrition in desirable proportions), but they must be appetising also, and…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 3rd instant:—We submitted at our sale on Wednesday, 2nd inst., a catalogue…

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Schoolboy Howlers On Wool Industry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 4

The part played by John Macarthur in the development of our wool industry is well known to most Australians, but the history of the…

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Wheat Market Dull To-day's Quotations Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 1

The local wheat market was dull to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 4/5½ and bagged lots at 4/6½ a bushel…

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The World's Wheat Advisory Committee's Review Australia's Position

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

A prominent Sydney firm interested in tho wheat trade stated, a few days ago, that Australian farmers would do well to hold on to their…

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Sheep and Wool Classes

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

The 1938 sessions of sheep and wool classes will commence on 28th instant, under the instruction of Mr. C. Thornton, who has been…

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Sheep and Wool Expert

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

Widely known in Victorian wool circles, Mr. D. J. McKenzie, sheep and wool expert, of Commonwealth Fertilisers and Chemcials Ltd., is…

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DAIRYING Dehorning of Dairy Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 12

Horns of dairy cattle serve no useful purpose, and are a source of much danger and annoyance…

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Costly Sheep

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

As reported in last issue a grazier from the Boggabri district had the misfortune to lose 660 sheep through eating couch grass at…

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How to Increase Carrying Capacity Sheep-feeders for Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3

Addressing a conference of Western district sheep farmers recently, Mr. K. G. Howe, sheen and Instructor of the Department…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 10

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. wire on Wednesday: Yesterday we submitted a catalogue of 4.974 bales of wool. We experienced good general…

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District Wool Sales

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 12

Winchcombe Carson and Co. Ltd wired us on Tuesday:—We sold 7200 bales of wool at our Sydney sale on Monday when there was strong…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., report:—For our sale on Tuesday, 15th February, we brought forward a catalogue of 4992 bales…

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Wheat Growers' Union Arthurville Branch

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 13

The annual meeting of the Wheatgrowers' Union (Arthurville branch) was held on 7/3/38. The President, Mr. T…

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The FARMER & His Markets Wool Supplies and Sales Need for Encouraging Buyers

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The more extended inquiry ruling at recent auctions raises stronger hopes that the Australian wool…

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Australia's Primary Industries Genesis of Wheat and Wool Wealth How James Ruse Showed the Way Work of Macarthur and Marsden

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3

When Governor Phillip established the first settlement at Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788, one of his outstanding problems was that of making the newlyformed community self-sufficient. He had brought…

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Wheat Market To-day's Quotations Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1

The local wheat market was a shade steadier to-day. Bulk parcels Were quoted at 4/5¼, and bagged lots at 4/6¼ per bushel…

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