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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Old Season's Wheat In Sydney Silos Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

The Sydney terminal elevators still hold about 1,000,000 bushels of wheat of the 1937/38 harvest, and the authorities have…

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Price of Wheat To-day's Market Quotations Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

The Sydney wheat market was quietly steady to-day. Bulk (new season's parcels) was quoted at 2/51/4 and bagged (new lots) at 2/6 per bushel…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report:—The second half of the wool season was entered upon on Tuesday,…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report having sold 6600 bales of wool at their Sydney sales yesterday. Competition was stronger. Keen bidding…

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Bencubbin Outstanding Wheat Variety In West What Trials Showed Farmers' 1938 Experimental Plots Results of Wheat and Oat Trials

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 12

Trials conducted in the Western District (Dubbo Centre) during 1938 revealed that for the fourth consecutive year Bencubbin was the outstanding variety of wheat. So says the Senior Agricultural Instructor (Mr…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

Goldsbrough Mort and Company Ltd. wire: We offered at auction on Tuesday 4,275 bales of wool of all descriptions of fleece and…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report: The first series commenced on Jan. 3rd and will terminated on the 12th. During the…

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Ulamambri Can Grow Wheat

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

Ulamambri had a remarkable wheat season, which was an Increase of 44,000 bags over last year’s production. From 1st November…

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The Farmer His Markets Wool Is Cheap Prices and Buying

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The closing months of 1938 provided some indications of a revival in the world's wool trade…

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Pastoral Lucerne for Grazing Its Advantages as a Pasture

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 14

The sowing of lucerne as a grazing proposition on average wheat country that is reasonably deep has…

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Artificial Wool Effect on Australian Industry Germany Prefers Wool, But Lacks Credit

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 12

Does artificial wool menace the great wool-exporting countries Sir Delzeil Kelly, reporting to the Australian Wool Board, has advocated…

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The Wheat Yield Bigger Than Anticipated

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 6

The wheat merchants expect that the wheat yield will reach 53 million bushels, or 5,750,000 bushels more than…

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Bag of Wheat Carried Two Miles

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 9

For a wager of £7, D. Ryan, of Texas, who was carting wheat to the Yarranlea dump, carried a full bag of wheat just over two miles…

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Wool Is Cheap Prices and Buying

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 4

The closing months of 1938 provided some indication of a revival in the world's wool trade. Great Britain is the best guide to general…

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Pastoral Control of Hydatid Disease Importance Of Treatment Of Dogs For Tapeworms

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 7

A recent report of the Acting Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture draws the attention of stockowners to the…

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WHEAT " on the Dole " World Position Huge Carryover Future Prospects

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 6

International wheat passed through its most difficult period since depression days in the year which just closed. The International Wheat Committee, which met in London during January, 1938, was responsible for such forebodings of gloom…

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Wheat for West Varieties Recommended By Department of Agriculture Bencubbin Favored

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 4

Recently "The Liberal" advised that as a result of extensive experiments, the Department of Agriculture had decided to…

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Commercial Influence of Britain on Wool Market Increased Buying at Close of 1938

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. reports that the closing months of 1938 privided some indications of a revival in the world's wool trade. Great Britain is the best guide to general export business, as her ramifications are so extensive. She is the largest importer in…

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U.S.A. Graziers Oppose Admission of Australian Wool af Reduced Duty Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

Growing opposition among United States graziers to reductions in the duty on Australian wool, as a feature of the proposed trade agreement between Australia and the United States, is causing concern in…

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The Farm Home Jam Making Importance Of Sound Fruit

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 8

The making of jam is a very simple process, but mistakes are sometimes made through a lack of knowledge of the…

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