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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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World Wheat Prospects Position Overseas Influence of Weather Shipments Below Estimates

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 5

The Lindley Walker Wheat Co. Ltd., in its weekly report dealing with the international and local wheat position, says that the…

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Share Farmer's End Died After Wife's Funeral SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 1

Four hours after his wife's funeral, Roy Wilson, aged 25 years, was found lying in his locked room, with a bullet wound in his forehead…

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DAIRYING Breeding for Increased Production Herd Recording as a Guide

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 14

To get the best from his herd, pointed out an officer of the Department of Agriculture in a recent address…

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AGRICULTURAL Damage to Maize Crops Heavy Losses Due to Disease

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 14

Addressing a recent conference of farmers at Candelo, the departmental instructor for the district referred to…

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Dairy Yards And Approaches Importance of Paving and Draining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 14

Dairy yards and their approaches and exits should be heavily stoned in order that a foundation may be obtained which will…

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For Quality in Dairy Products

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 14

Quality in milk and cream is not accidental—it is the result of care that conditions shall be satisfactory in a number of respects…

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Waking Up Farmers Know Better Now Mr. Nicholson’s Remarks

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 11

There’s a lot of truth In a statement made by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) in Sydney last week…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 8

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on 14th. July:—The inquiry for wool this week by private treaty ex previous…

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Price of Wheat Conference of Premiers Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 1

The Premier told Mr. Kilpatrick (C.P., Wagga) that he intended to call a conference of Premiers to discuss the position of a guaranteed price for…

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Market Reports and Notes For the Man on the Land Prospects of the Wool Market Factors Favourable and Otherwise

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that raw material markets generally, and including the wool market, are at the "crossroads." Favorable indications have been offset by factors which at least made some consumers hesitant. Yorkshire consumption, however, has…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 5

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Ltd. report: Very little business is being done in the Sydney wool market, the few transactions which have taken…

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Fixed Wheat Price Mr. Nock's Scheme "Justice to Industry"

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 6

After an unofficial investigation in a visit to Three States, the Country Party Whip (Mr. H. K. Nock…

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Relief for Farmers Question in Parliament

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 3

Mr. Geo. Wilson: In view of the distress amongst the farmers in the drier area of the State and their sufferings during the recent drought…

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Weevil-infested Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 2

THERE is cause for concern in a report from Narromine that wheat in the local silos is badly infested with weevils. The attention…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

The local wheat market was quiet to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 3/6¼ per bushel (Sydney March basis) and bagged lots at 3/9½…

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Home Consumption Price For Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

Mr. Nock, M.P., said last night that the plan he had submitted to the Federal Ministry for stabilising the home…

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Weevils In Wheat At Narromine Silos Alarming Statements at Farmers and Settlers' Association Meeting Proof of Badly Infested Grain

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

That the wheat in the Narromine silos is infested with weevils was a statement made by several members of the Narromine branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at a meeting on Saturday afternoon. It was…

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No Acute Alarm For Wool Industry Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

Mr. Joseph Brierley, a prominent English authority on taxation, said in an interview that while there was at present…

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Co-operative Buying Discussed by Narromine Farmers and Settlers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

Co-operative buying should be encouraged in every way possible by the man on the land. This was the opinion expressed by Mr. H…

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NARROMINE Farmers and Settlers Meeting of Narromine Branch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 5

Many matters of interest to the men on the land were discussed at a meeting of the Narromine branch of the Farmers and…

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