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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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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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Wheat Crop Above Estimate Wide Variation in State Yields

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 5

Basted on returns received from 17,447 individual growers, the Government Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) recently issued a…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report: Our concluding catalogue of the present seines of sales was brought forward on…

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1 and 1 Establishes Itself as the Stubble Crop Fertilizer

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 5

Cereal growers need no longer hesitate to take advantage of the possibilities now availably to them through the introduction of the idea…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 2nd instant: We submitted at our sale on…

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Wheat for Silos

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 7

In future wheat which is not up to standard will be rejected at the silos. This information was given in a letter from the manager of the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 2

Values were firm at last week's Sydney basis of the Brisbane wool auctions yesterday. There was good competition, chiefly from the Continent…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

The Sydney wheat market was weaker to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 2/4¼ and bagged lots at 2/5¼ per bushel…

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Bags Slashed. Wanton Waste. Wheat Spilled at Narromine Yards

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

Wheat bags, stacked at the Narromine wheat sheds, were slashed open on Friday last, resulting in the wastage of a…

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Apathy of Public Deplored Junior Farmers' Club at Dubbo Need for Support

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 8

Public apathy concerning the movement to start Junior Farmers' Clubs in Dubbo and district was deplored by…

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News From Western District Centres Narromine Low Level Weir to Safeguard the Town Water Supply Support by Farmers and Settlers' Association

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

At a meeting of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association last Saturday, it was decided to…

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The Wool Market Brisbane Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following message from their Brisbane office: "Average to poor selection carrying burr and seed…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited report:—To permit sales to be held in Brisbane, there will be no auctions of wool in this centre for…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 8
Also in Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., received the following message from their Brisbane office: “Average to poor selection, carrying burr and seed,…

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Testing of Cattle for Tuberculosis

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 12

Satisfactory progress is being made in the second year's testing of cattle for tuberculosis under the scheme sponsored by the Milk Board…

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The FARMER & His Markets the Wool Outlook Yorkshire's Trade

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The wool market has retained its freedom from quotable variation, but Continental top markets have…

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Winter Fodder Crops Prices Against Wheat Growing Oats an Outstanding Crop

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 11

In many parts of the district useful rain has fallen, and this should materially improve the outlook for the autumn,” writes Mr. G. Nicholson, Chief Agricultural Instructor, “but unless there occurs a useful follow-up rain, the growth of the…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 1

Sydney wheat market eased a farthing per bushel today, bulk parcels being quoted at 2.3¼, and bagged lots at 2/5…

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Pastoral to Kill Green Timber By Frilling and Poisoning

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 12

Ordinary ring-barking (cutting deep enough to reach the heart wood) is an effective way of destroying those…

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