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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Wheat Price Federal Cabinet's Approval

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 3

It was stated that Federal Cabinet would approve of the principle of a State scheme for a home…

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Wheat Prices State Premier's Proposal

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 3

The proposal of the New South Wales Government for a home consumption price for wheat was outlined by the State…

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Sheep Classing Characters Desirable in a Merino Flock

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 8

However small the flock, periodical classing should be a feature of its management if it is ito give maximum returns. The following desirable…

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Fixed Wheat Price View Unanimous Lyons Opposes Excise Scheme

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 10

Unanimity is now indicated between the Federal and all State Governments on the question of the wheat…

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The Price of Wheat As Affecting The Price Of Bread

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 1

A Gilgandra wheat grower writes to the Sydney, press asking why it is said that if the farmers got more for their wheat the price of bread…

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Arthurville the Vicious Circle Only Way Out For Wheat Growers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 5

Our local Tennis Club has enjoyed matches, at the last two week-ends, and although not on the winning, side a very pleasant time has…

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Australia and Wool If Exports Decline Can Secondary Industries Prosper?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 6

The speech below was delivered by the acting chairman, Mr. K. E. Winchcombe, at the annual meeting of, Winchcombe, Carton…

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Synthetic Wool “Growers Have Nothing to Fear.” Grazier’s Opinion

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 12

Mr. L. Falkiner, a director of F. S. Falkiner and Sons Pty., Ltd., who arrived in Sydney by the flying-boat Corsair, which alighted…

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Wool and Substitutes Country Party Must Fight Alone Sale by Auction Obsolete

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 5

In the following article Mr. Gilbert Thompson, of "Greyholme" Corriedale Stud Farm, Piambra, analytically and…

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Opening of Wool Sales for 1938-39 SEASON Competition Good, but Prices Unchanged

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 5

Although competition was good at the opening of the new season's wool sales, in Sydney on Monday, prices…

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Newcastle Wool Sales L. J. Failes and Co's Appointment Agents for Coonabarabran and Baradine

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 3

As notified by advertisement elsewhere in this issue, L. J. Failes and Co. have been appointed district agents for the well-known…

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Tooraweenah Show Perfect Weather for Successful Event Gate Takings Over £60 Big Increase in Sheep Section Pavilion Exhibits a Feature

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 4

Perfect weather greeted the annual Tooraweenah Show on Wednesday—the first fine day for the Show for three years—and as a result there was a large attendance of residents from the surrounding centres, Gilgandra and…

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Building Up Fertility In The Farm Garden

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 5

With the approach of spring conditions, renewed interest will be taken in the garden which should be a feature of every farm home. Most…

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District Crops Have Made Rapid Growth Monthly Review by Mr. B. Arthur

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 1

"With the advent of further useful, but moderate, rains on two or more occasions during the month, conditions generally…

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The Farm Home Most Wholesome for Children Two Seasonable Recipes for Real Fruit Drinks

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 12

Children, left to their own devices, are quick to acquire the taste of fruit juice drinks. Many so-called…

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The Man on the Land Page Dairying Warts on the Udder Method of Treatment

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 12

Warts, which are really small tumours, occur frequently on the udder and teats of the cow. They are seen more often in…

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Fertilisers for Tomatoes Plant-food Requirements of the Crop

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 12

All experiments with tomatoes, states a departmental pamphlet, have shown the need of the…

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Tax Upon Tax How the Farmer Pays and Cannot Pass the Burden on

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 3

Writing to the “Watchman,” Mr. A. G. Hute, the well-known journalist and “Singletaxer,” says that Mr. S. Tidiman, Chicago (U.S.A.), appropriately sums up the American farmer as “the scapegoat on whom all tax tins are laid”…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 4
Also in The Western Herald

The Farmers and Graziers Cooperative Co. Ltd, reports on the 31st August: We submitted at our sale on Tuesday,…

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