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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Sheep Lost Feet During Heat Wave

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 6

Mr. J. W. Fisher, of Curonga Park Station, Byrock, knows the Far West better than most men. For 60 years he has been buying…

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Keen Demand for Sheep at Dubbo Yesterday's Sale

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 1

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. yarded 10,600 sheep at its sale at the Dubbo yards yesterday, and 9,700 were sold. Bidding was…

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Sheep Breeding Necessity For Aiming At Standard Flock Expert's Advice

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 4

At a recent farmers' gathering at Tullibigeal, when the lines of sheep breeding suited to the South-west were being discussed, the…

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Commercial Wool-selling Season Demand Widening In Final Stages Have Values Touched Bottom?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 7

The Australian wool selling season is entering upon its final stages and as the end of current supplies is in sight it is not…

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Motor Bandits Raid Farms Gas Pigs and Fowls

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 7

Motor bandits, who spray gas into pig-stics and poultry houses, are raiding English farms at night. The raids have become so serious…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 4

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report: To-day sales will be resumed in Sydney. Reports from both Brisbane and Melbourne centres…

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Wool Growing Unprofitable at Present Prices Bounty Sought

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 3

One of the most notable features of the Presidential address delivered by Mr. Abbott at the Graziers'…

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Wheat Market Easier Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

The wheat market was easier tins morning, bulk parcels selling at 2/4½ per bushel and bagged 2.5…

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Cattle Thieves in Bathurst District Grazier Attacked Bathurst

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

Cattle thieves are believed to have been responsible for attacking Alert prier, of Hill view Station, Freemantle, and knocking…

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"Narromine Will Have a Record Show." President's Cheery Message To Agricultural Society. Presentations to Winners of 1988 Crop Competitions

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

"We are going to have a record Show this year," president E. C. Oates told the committee of the Narromine Agricultural Society at its meeting on Saturday afternoon, at the Federal Hotel. "Prospects are bright. We will stage the best show in New South Wales…

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Pastoral Sheep Classing As a Means of Increasing Profits

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 12

However small the flock, it pays to class it periodically. The best time to class is just before shearing, as the sheep…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report: The seventh series of sales was opened in the Sydney market on Monday, and this…

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Wool From Baldry

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

Values were without change at Monday's Sydney wool auctions. District sales included: H. G. Watt, Oak Mount, Baldry, wethers' 13d,…

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Dubbo of the Past The First Farmer Grew Wheat at Newtown

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 5

At, his properly. "Wilbur Glen," Girilambone, Mr. Alexander Kerz spoke to me of eary clays at Dubbo, and it is regretted that, owing to…

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Local & General Binnaway Wool

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

Offerings at Winchcombe, Carfin's Sydney wool auctions on Monday included ewes' fleece from Mr. W. G. Scott, Binnaway, which…

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The FARMER & His Markets Wool and Manufactures Prices and Mill Output

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

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Inquiry for wool has been sustained, despite quietness in the Continental Futures top market. The…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

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

The wheat market was steadier to-day. Bulk sold at 2/4 and bagged at 2/5 per bushel…

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Continental Wool Demand Million Bales in 8 Months

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 7

The wool market has been well tested recently by simultaneous sales in several Australian centres and London. Events have…

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Fixed Wheat Price Britain to Support Five Years Agreement Suggested

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 8

Britain it understood to have indicated readiness to accept the plan for a minimum wheat price says a London message…

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Wheat Classification Guide to Show Societies and Exhibitors Department's Advice

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 7

The following classification of wheats, designed by the Department of Agriculture for the assistance of agricultural…

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