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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

1,810 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 28 of 91

Commercial Japan Active at Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 7

The wool selling season in Sydney is now well advanced and another six days selling will see the end save for a small clearing up…

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H. C. Lowe Wins Fallow Competition Only One Point Ahead Of A. S. Morris Junior Farmer Who Finished in Front of His Father Only Six Points Separate Seven Competitors—Judge's Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 4

H. C. Lowe, of "Claydon," is the winner of the Dubbo P.A. and H. Association's 1939 fallow competition, in which only six points separated the seven competitors. He secured 143 points…

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Motion Pictures Farm Life and Industry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 6

All interested in modern farming methods will find pleasure and information in the latest serins of International Harvester sound motion pictures, which…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report:—At the opening sales on Monday last after the Easter recess the market showed…

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Local Jottings Poll Angus Cattle

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

At the recent Royal Sydney show Mr. H. A. Taylor purchased a splendid type of Poll Angus bull, which should prove to be a great acquisition…

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Live Stock. Trend to Moke Diversified Farming. Increases The Need For Fodder Conservation

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

Livestock were becoming increasingly important in the farming programme, and fodder conservation was becomind proportionately imperative…

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Dairy Science School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 5

Advice has been received from the Dairy Branch, Department of Agriculture, that the response in applications to sit for the Dairy Science School…

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Wheat Loadings

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

There is a good deal of activity in the wheat markets, and shipments are being made from many stations in the West and North-West…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 6

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., offered by auction yesterday 5639 bales of wool. In comparison to last sales the market was…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 21st April. We submitted at our sale on Wednesday, 19th inst., a catalogue of…

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Wool Bounty Unlikely

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 9

It is considered unlikely that a penny wool bounty will be granted by the Government, even if threats by the graziers to demand it are…

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Wool Return Sags

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 12

Although Australia exported almost half as many again bales of wool as in the 1938 period, the return for wool for the nine months…

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Jetting Pays Flies in Sheep

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 12

The recent abnormally abundant rains make a severe wave of blowfly strike probable during May, and it is by no means…

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Pastoral Conservation of Fodder Three Primary Purposes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 12

The ideal food for sheep and cattle is good pasture, for grazing on pasture is undoubtedly the most…

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Farmer & His Markets Wool and Existing Position Wisdom of Ready Selling

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report. The wisdom of Australian growers and producers in other countries freely meeting the market with…

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The Demand for Wool Japan and France

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 8

The advantage arising from the number of countries which consume Australian wool has again been demonstrated by…

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Commercial Demand for Wool Japan and France

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 5

The advantage arising from the large number of countries which consume Australian wool has again been demonstrated by…

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Gulargambone Show Record Entries in Sheep Section Committee Aim To Make Gular 'The Sheep Show Of The West' Other Sections Well Patronised

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 5

Held on Tuesday and Wednesday in delightful weather, the annual Show of the Gulargambone P. and A. Association proved most successful. The attendance on both days was a little below last Show, but the entries on the whole were…

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Scraps of Wool What To Do With It

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 14

When cardigans, jumpers, so on are knitted at home, small balls of wool of different kinds are occasionally left over…

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Dripstone Crops Looking Well Great Farming Activity All Hard at Work

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

During the past week we have had a taste of winter weather, mixed with nice sunny days. The nights have been cold, but not quite cold…

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