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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Mumbil Pastoral Getting Worse Hand Feeding Starts

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 4

Although 52 points of rain fell during last week, the weather still remains very hot, and it did very little to relieve the position of some…

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The FARMER & Hits Markets American Wool Recovery Trade and Prices

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: American buying has been of good aid to the wool market this season. It has not shown the volume experienced…

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The Future of Wool Japanese Situation

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 3
Also in The Wellington Times

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Absence of International tension has accentuated the briskness of competition for wool. Owners…

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Commercial Future of Wool The Japanese Situation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reports that absence of international tension has accentuated the briskness of competition for wool…

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The World's Wheat International Review The Argentine Surplus

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 6

In the Wheat Summary issued last month by the Commonwealth Statistician, reference was ade to the huge Argentine surplus and…

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Wongarbon Youth Third in State Wheat Growing Championship

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 1

Congratulations to A. D. Morris, of "Valley Fields," Wongarbon, for having been placed third in the Junior Farmers'…

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AGRICULTURAL Restoration of Soil Fertility On Wheat-Growing Areas

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 12

In the restoration of impoverished wheat lands, it was evident that it was necessary to put back into the soil something of…

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Price of Wheat To-day's Market Quotations Sydney, Thursday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 1

The Sydney wheat market was somewhat easier today. Bulk (new season's parcels) was quoted at 2/5¼, and bagged (new lots) at 2/5¾ per bushel…

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The Man on the Page Pastoral Care of Lambing Ewes The Question of Feeding

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 12

Ewes need special care at the period of gestation, and upon the thought which is devoted to their…

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Home Price for Wheat Application Forms Available to Be Lodged Before June

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 1
Also in The North-Western Watchman

Application forms under the Wheat Industry Stab[?]ation Act, providing for the payment of the home…

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Self-employed and Farmers Insurance Problem in Australia About 250,000 Concerned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 2

In Australia it is estimated that about 250,000 small farmers, small shopkeepers, and so on, would be eligible for voluntary insurance if…

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DAIRYING Overstocking of Dairy Cows Why the Practice is Objectionable

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 12

When newly calved cattle are displayed for sale, it frequently happens that the owner, desiring to attract attention to the…

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Coonabarabran Farmers’ Market

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 7

N. P. Hennessy and Co., auctioneers, stock and station agents and general commission agents, of Coonabarabran, phone 74, have decided…

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The Storekeeper How He Helps the Farmer. His Service Is Genuine

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 7

The Trundle “Star” taps its typewriter to say that “some time ago a certain metropolitan newspaper circularised the…

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Australia’s Rice Production the History of Its Development the M.I.A’s. Main Asset This Year’s Crop Endangered by Possible Water Shortage

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 3

When the history of primary production in Australia is written, the development of rice-glowing will undoubtedly be one of the most romantic chapters of it. In fact, the industry has been of such phenomenal growth that many people…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 7

The Country Producers Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 16th February:—Many attractive clips have been submitted for…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 5

Under good competition the market ruled firm for all descriptions at the wool sales and satisfactory clearances were effected. Greasy…

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Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 3

A further catalogue of 5496 bales was brought forward by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., this week. Offerings were chiefly…

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