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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Price of Wheat At Sydney Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 1

The wheat market was a shade steadier to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 3/3 (Sydney March basis) and bagged lots nominally at 3/6½ per…

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Show Committee on the Job. Preparations for September 13 AND 14 Well in Hand. Field Wheat Competition To Be Conducted As Usual

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 1

Enthusiasm which augurs well for the success of the 1938 Narromine Show, was the keynote of the committee meeting at the Narromine Agricultural Society, held to the Federal Hotel, last Saturday…

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Track-type Tractors Advantages to the Farmer

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 6

The track-type tractor i[?] no new innovation, yet farmers could efford to pay more attention to this type of machine. A moment's thought makes…

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Building Up Fertility in the Farm Garden

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 14

With the approach of spring conditions, renewed interest z will be taken in the garden which should be a feature of…

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Poultry Maintenance of Healthy Flocks Essential For Successful Poultry-Farming

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 14

"If I were asked to say what was the most important thing to-day in successful poultry-keeping, I would answer, without any hesitation…

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How to Wash Dairy Utensils

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 14

Boiling water is absolutely necessary in dairy work to ensure cleanliness, and there should be no sparing of it…

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Dairying Feeding of Calves Precautions Against Scours

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 14

Success in calf rearing depends to a very large degree on the human clement. Carelessness, impatience and indifference on…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 5

Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report:—A fair quantity of 'passed in' wools, ex previous catalogues, have changed…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 10

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 4th August:—Buyers have made a few inquiries for greasy 'passed in'…

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World Wheat Glut

The Western Herald · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 2

World production figures for wheat exceed the bumper year of 1928 by at least 200,000,000 bushels. Prospects of a good world-price…

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Sheep Flies. Three Main Groups of Attackers

The Western Herald · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 5

A number of different blowflies are concerned in the attack on sheep in Australia. The parts played by these differ greatly one…

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Factories in Rustic Bowers. Ford's Greatest Venture. Mechanics Who Are Farmers in Spare Time

The Western Herald · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 5

The Ford Motor Company is engaged in what is regarded as the greatest and most far-reaching venture of its career—the…

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Farmers Conference. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 7

The Farmers & Settlers Conference carried a resolution expressing dissatisfaction at the increase of salaries of State and Federal…

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Sheep Sale First for Months

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 4

The first sheep sale held at romine for several months, indicating that the district is recovering from the drought which played…

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The Wool Position Supplies and Demand

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. reports [?] the wool market has not shown [?] of receding as a result of the ab[?] of auction sales, which normally…

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Price of Wheat Market Easier Yesterday Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 1

At to-day's market wheat prices eased 1½d per bushel. Bulk parcels were quoted at 3/1½ per bushel (Sydney March basis) and bagged 3/5½…

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Butter Pay

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 2

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Macquarie Valley Cooperative Dairy Society Ltd. (Wellington), on Friday last the butter…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 4

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report: With the sales only, a few weeks away business in wool circles is beginning to resume an…

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Local Jottings Stud Cattle

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 2

Mrs. I. Whitney, of Carcoar, has acquired the two-year-old son of Woodside Gamboge Links, from Mr. E. J. Bullock, of "Hillhead,"…

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Wheat Question Mr. Cameron's Statement Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 1

The Acting Minister for Commerce, Mr. Cameron, referring to the wheat question, said that the Commonwealth would not…

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