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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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WATER For Sheep Precautions in Time of Drought

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 12

The water that sheep receive during a drought depends on the local conditions. It is known to all graziers that…

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For Success. With Wheat The Principal Factors

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 12

The principal factors that contribute to success with wheat (states a departmental pamphlet may be summarised as…

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[?]Rices Unchanged [?]day's Wheat Quotations Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

[?]cal wheat market was un[?] to-day. Bulk parcels were at 4/- (Sydney March basis) [?]ged lots at 4/2 per bushel…

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Hand-feeding of Sheep Scrub As an Emergency Fodder

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2

The varieties of native scrub and trees averable for feeding stock in drought depend on the districts affected…

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The Future of Wool America and Italy

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 7
Also in The Wellington Times, Narromine News and Trangie Advocate

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, report: A somewhat brighter tone has developed in the wool market of late prices showing a trend in sellers'…

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Commercial Future of Wool America and Italy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 6

A somewhat brighter tone has developed in the wool market of late, prices showing a trend in sellers' favor, report Winchcombe,…

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Wheat Varieties Best Kind to Sow Council to Be Formed

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2

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

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To-day's State News. British Goverment Buys Emergency Stocks of Wheat. SYDNEY, Thursday Afternoon

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 4

By working through ordinary wheat buying channels and remaining in the background, the British Government was able to buy…

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Outstanding Success for Gilgandra Wheat Exhibitor Mr. J. W. Wilson Secures First And Commonwealth Championship

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

We offer hearty congratulations to Mr. J. W. Wilson, of "Bungey," on the success achieved in the wheat section at the…

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Australian Wheat For Britain's Reserve Stocks Purchases [?]Rmers Benefit Statement by Mr. W.Walker Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

[?] W. Walker, of the Lind-Walker Wheat Company, [?]ing to the purchase of quantities of…

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Rather Strange Farmers And Tractors

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 10

"We cannot let pass the challange of the tractor," said Mr. E. B. Comans, vice-president of the New South Wales branch of the…

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DAIRYING Unsatisfactory Cream Stirrers As a Cause, of Second Grade Cream

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 12

A note in the current "Agricultural Gazette" draws attention to cases of second-grade cream which investigation by a…

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Debt Adjustment Big Help to Farmers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 6

Mr. George Wilson, M.L.A., has been informed that the following is the position with, regard to debts adjustment as at 31st March, 1938:…

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The Farmers' Lament

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 11

Under its spreading hopeless debts The farmer's homestead stands; Its lord a mournful man is he, As he ploughs his mortgaged lands,…

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Winter Schools For Farmers At Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 11
Also in The North-Western Watchman

It it proposed to hold the usual winter schools at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, from 21st June to 1st July…

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Time to Pay Income Tax. Farmers And Settlers' Request Short Extension No Help in Time of Drought

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 5

At the very same hour as a public meeting in Trangle was deciding to ask for time to pay income taxes, the Narromine…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired as follows:—Values were fully maintained at our Sydney auction on Wednesday. Germany and…

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