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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Farm Tractors Exemption From Motor Taxation

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

Any tractor used so'ely for the purpose of work on farms, and which travels on public roads only to a limited extent when…

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Jews Not Wanted Binnaway Farmer Outspoken "Hitler Must Have Reason For Driving Them Out"

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 7

"The Federal Government shou[?]d be urged to use their influence in preventing the influx of undesirable immigrants to…

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Borstal Homes for Boy Ofenders Prison Farms Are Better, Says Minister Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond), replying to the advocacy by Mr. Arnold, Stipendiary Magistrate, that an institution in…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

NOW that a Junior Farmers' supervisor has been appointed at Dubbo, it behoves those who made representations for his appointment…

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Junior Farmers Influence on Agricultural High School at Duhbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 6

That there was little hope of having an Agricultural High School established at Dubbo unless there was a strong Junior…

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Private Farms for Wayward Youths Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, replying to the advocacy by Mr. Arnold, Stipendiary Magistrate, of the…

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A Bad Dairying Practice Mixing of Warm and Cold Creams

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 12

The mixing of warm, freshly separated cream with a cold, ripe cream from a previous separation is very often accompanied…

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Dairying Safeguarding the Herd From Infectious Disease

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 12

Most of the diseases of dairy cattle which cause extensive losses are infectious, and it is highly important,…

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Poultry Care of Eggs On the Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 13

The method of storing eggs on the farm, awaiting despatch to market, often leaves much to be desired. The room in which the…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 27th instant: We submitted at our sale on…

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Wheat "Bounty." Not Dole, Says Farmer. Farmers' Right, Not "Assistance."

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 1

Objections to the wording on wheat bounty application forms were raised at the Narromine Farmers and Settlers' meeting on…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 5

At yesterdays wooL sales under good competition from Yorkshire and the Continent, the market showed no change from the previous…

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Weir Wanted At Narromine. Farmers and Settlers to Co-operate. Would Assist Landholders Pumping From River

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 1

Support for the requests for a weir in the Macquarie River will come from the Narromine branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which has decided to co-operate with the Municipal Council which wants it to safeguard the Narromine water supply…

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A Bad Dairying Practice. Mixing of Warm and Cold Creams

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 4

The mixing of warm, freshly separated, cream with a cold, ripe cream from a previous separation is very often accompanied with disastrous…

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Musings of An Old-time Farmer Yields in Dubbo District Tells of Sixty-Bushel Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 7

What is wrong to-day with the far-oner? Have the seasons changed, or the land deteriorated, or is it the way land is cleared for the plough? Fifty…

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Farmers' Relief Board Gives Reason For Distress of Crown Settlers Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 1

The annual report of the Farmers' Relief Board for the year ended June 30, tabled in Parliament to-day, states that one of the…

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Will Farmers Be Able To Finance Re-stocking? Rain Will Bring on Feed Cobar Graziers Seek Money From Government at a Low Rate of Interest Stock Suggested As Security

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 2

Men who were apparently possessed of much faith in Mr. Inigo Jones and his long-range weather forecasts met recently at Cobar. They numbered more than 90, which is good representation of the population of the Far…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Dubbo District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held in the Roxy Theatre at 8 p.m. next Friday,…

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District Sheep

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 5

At Homebush on Thursday the Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. sold a number of sheep on account of district owners. Crossbred…

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Local Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 5

Values wore without quotable change at last Thursday's Sydney wool auction. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that they secured V. B…

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