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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 23 of 90

Fat Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

On Thursday we saw two sheep killed by Rice's Butchery, and purchased from Mr. A. Honeyman of the Collingwood Dairy. Both are…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 9

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 31st March, 1938:—The tension in international affairs has eased…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

Under good competition from the Continent, Japan and Yorkshire, the wool market closed firm yesterday. The outstanding feature…

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Farmers Debts. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

The adjustment of farmers debts under the federal scheme may be seriously affected by the heavy expenditure during the next three…

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Champion Cattle

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 2

Although an exhibitor at Sydney of only three years' standing, Mr. Eric L. Killen, of Pine Park, Burrendong, has made a State-wide…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 4

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report:—Generally, prospects during the week did not differ to any marked extent from…

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Pasteurised Milk Introduction to Wellington (J. W. G. Smith, Senior Dairy Instructor)

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 5

A move in the right direction has been made by The Macquarie Valley Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd. when that…

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Sheep Stealing Rife in Victoria Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

A deputation from the Victorian Graziers' Association submitted to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hogan) proposals to reduce sheep stealing. It…

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Price of Wheat To-day's Market Quotations Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

The local wheat market was easier today. Bulk parcels were quoted at 4/1¼ (Sydney March basis) and bagged lots at 4/3 per bushel…

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Testing of Dairy Herds for T.B. Proposal Before Chamber of Commerce Railway Level Crossings

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 2

The question of having dairy herds in the Dubbo district tested for tuberculosis, with a view to establishing a…

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Wheat For Sheep-Feeding. From Grain Elevators

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 6

The following is the procedure to be adopted to obtain delivery of wheat from country elevators for sheep-feeding purposes:…

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Water for Dairy Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 12

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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Local Jottings Butter Pay

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Macquarie Valley Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd. (Wellington) on Saturday afternoon the…

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BODANGORA Buying Sheep Feed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 4

What a pity! A beautiful change for a good fall of rain came up on Sunday morning from the N.E., and a light shower fell about 7 o'clock…

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Pine Park Cattle Prominent at Royal Show Gobolion Cattle Also Succeed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 3

The Parade of close on 2,000, cattle took place at the Sydney show on Monday, and the value of the…

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The Wool Outlook

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 3

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Ltd., report: Wool auctions are suspended for the Easter recess, and will resume on Tuesday week. In the…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 9

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd: reports on the 8th instant:—We submitted at our sal on Thursday, 7th instant, a…

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Trains Bring Water to Sheep

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 1

For more than a month, graziers around Lockhart and The Rock have been buying water from the Murrumbidgee for their sheep at…

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The FARMER & His Markets Wool and the [?] Effects on Industry

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 12

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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LOST 1000 SHEEP Drover's Gruelling Drive from Bourke

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

Pity the drover who started from Bourke with 2500 sheep some weeks ago. Yesterday he arrived at Ulamambri with a lean flock of 1500…

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