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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

1,792 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 22 of 90

Latest Wool Report

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. sold 4900 bales of wool at their Sydney sales yesterday. Japan, the Continent and Yorkshire competed…

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The Wool Outlook

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 8

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: Our catalogue of 4658 bales submitted at auction on Monday, comprised an average to good selection…

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Moving on Drought Stricken Sheep

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 8

At a meeting of the Coonamble Pastures Protection Board the stock inspector, Mr. A. T. Ellis. said that the very dry…

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The FARMER & His Markets the Wool Situation Russian Position

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Evidence supplied by recent wool [?] experiences indicates that the [?] is not without strength,…

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Commercial Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 6

Report on wool sale held by Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited, Sydney, 1st April, 1938—Sale 19:—…

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Worth Knowing What Sheep Will Do

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 9

Successful tests at Sandy Camp station, Quambone, have demonstrated that extensive growths of Noogoora burr on…

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Warning to Wool Industry Danger of High Prices

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 7

“While most of the civil population of Germany is dressed in zellwoole (German artificial wool), the is dressed in wool, pure wool,”…

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Wool and the Seasons Dual Effects on Industry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 5
Also in The Wellington Times

Weather has been a bugbear to the Australian sheep industry this year, report Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. Over a wide area of the Commonwealth,…

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Wool and the Seasons Dual Effcts on Industry

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Weather has been a bugbear to the Australian sheep industry this year. Over a wide area of the…

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Price of Wheat Steady Market To-day Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

The wheat market was steady to-day. Bulk parcels sold at 3/11½ per bushel and bagged lots at 4/2…

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Better Health and Greater Returns From Use of Self-Feeders For Sheep

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 9

The supplementary feeding of sheep by mean- of self-feeders':3s teervedly coming' into increasing favour. Adequate nutrition, is a vital…

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Ship on Fire Cargo of Copra and Wheat London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

The Swedish motor ship, Tienaren, bound from Sydney to Hull and Oslo, is blazing fiercely in the Thames. She tarries a cargo of copra and wheat…

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In the Grip of Drought Western Graziers Facing. Huge Losses. Sheep Dying in Thousands

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 11

Western New South Wales is in the grip of one of the worst droughts in its history. Leading graziers state that…

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Drover From Bourke Loses 1000 Sheep On The Route Looking for Grass in This District

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

Pity the drover who started from Bourke with 2,500 sheep some weeks ago. Yesterday he arrived at Ulamambri with a lean flock of 1500 stragglers. This man has had a gruelling time along the route, losing five sh[?]p a day and much sleep…

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The Man on the Land Wage Suitability Of Wheat Varieties Representative Advisory Council to be Formed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 12

Owing to some conflict of opinion in regard to the value of certain varieties of wheat, particularly in regard…

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Farm Changes Hands

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 8

Mr. H. Benson has disposed of his farming land and property, the purchaser being Mr. James Higgins…

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The Farm Home How to Cook Rice Importance of Correct Methods

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 12

Methods of cooking rice are legion; even in the almost universal preliminary operation of boiling, there are…

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Narromine Farmer's Success Mr. J. Maynard Scores at Chicago Grain Exhibition

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 5

The story of Mr. Maynard's success in what is reputed to be the greatest annual exhibition of grain in the world, is a story of years of…

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POULTRY-FARMING Reminders For April

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 12

Cut the spurs of all male birds over 12 months old which are to be used for breeding during the coming…

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