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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Wheat Prices At To-day's Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 1

The local wheat market was quiet and unchanged to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 3/11½ (Sydney March basis) and bagged lots at 4/1½ per…

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Sheep Food Freight Free Dramatic Move By Well-Known Firm

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

With graziers fighting hard to save starving stock, news that the manufacturers of Paton's Sheep Food have arranged to deliver their…

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21 1/2 Bags Per Acre Phenomenal Wheat Yield

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 10

It comes in the life of very few farmers to strip over 29 bags of wheat to the acre, but that glorious achievement came to…

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Pastoral Outlook Stock Holding Out Well. Inspector Paints a Morbid Picture of West and Central West

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 3

Unfortunately we cannot blind our eyes to the seriousness of the season, as conditions present themselves at the time…

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Alleged Shrinkage in Weight Evidently It Was Not “Come Back” Wool

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 10

According to Mr. Jack Jones, of Rocky Glen, he despatched a bale of wool to Sydney agents recently, weighing [?] 3qtrs. and when it…

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Drought Conditions Cause Disease Fears. Toxaemia Of Pregnancy In Sheep. Advice Regarding Cure and Prevention

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

Drought conditions have prevailed throughout the West for a considerable period and an unusually high incidence of toxaemia of pregnancy amongst owes in lamb is anticipated by experts. The attention of stockowners, therefore, is directed to the…

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The Man on the Land Page Dairying Quality in Cream Mow to Safeguard It

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 12

Of the various defects which result in cream being graded other than "choicest" it is surprising how many are…

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Destructive Potato Grub Orange Crops Ruined. Between £20,000 AND £30,000 LOSSES

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 7

Hundreds of acres of potato crops in Orange district have been abandoned for table use because infestation by the potato grub has…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 6th April, 1938:—Generally, prospects during the week did not…

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Sheep Food. Free Freight. Dramatic Move by Well-known Firm

The Western Herald · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 3

With graziers fighting hard to save starving stock, news thast the manufacturers of Paton's Sheep Food have arranged to deliver…

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Faith in Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 1

Sir Montague Burton, is English millionaire textile manufacturer, who said that "wool will not be supplanted by artificial substitutes if…

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Wheat Market To-day's Quotations Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 1

The local wheat market was quietly steady to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 4/- (Sydney March basis) and bagged lots nominally at 4/2 per bushel…

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DOWN £13,500,000 Australia's Wool Cheque Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 1

Exports of greasy and scoured wool from Australia in nine months to March 31 were 300,000 bales less than those ia the corresponding period in…

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Turning the Pages of Dubbo's Past Indigo Weed Caused Mortality in Sheep Rev. Leavers Ordained Items of 1907

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 5

To revive, memories of other days in Dubbo, and to recall personalities and incidents in the history of this town, "The Liberal" is…

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Wheat for Sheep-Feeding From Grain Elevators

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 7

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

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ROTATION In Wheat-Growing Detrimental Effects of One-crop Farming

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 12

Throughout the wheat districts there was a tendency on the part of many of the more progressive farmers to…

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Wool Reports

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Limited, report:— The only wool auctions held during last week were in Melbourne,…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 7

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report: The only wool auctions held during last week have been in Melbourne, where good clearances have…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 4

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Ltd. report:—Wool selling, which was suspended for the Easter festivities, will be resumed on Tuesday next…

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Local & General Wheat Trucked Away

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 6

A further 37 trucks of wheat were despatched from the Dunedoo wheat silos last week, leaving 50,250 bushels of wheat now in the silos…

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