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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Wheat Crop Prospects Conditions Excellent

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 9

Mr. H. Stoning, of the Department of Agriculture, said on Monday that wheat crop prospects were never better…

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Wool Substitutes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

Mr. N. Okada, managing director in Australia of Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd., said on his return from Japan that wool substitutes had proved…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: At the opening Brisbane woll auctions this week, prices for deeply grown and average to good fleece and…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 6
Also in Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh

Wlnchoombe. Carson Ltd., report that at the opening of the Brisbane wool sales this week, prices for deeply-grown and average to good…

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Sydney Sheep Show Wonderful Display

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

The Sydney Sheep Show, which is said to be the largest in the world, opened yesterday at the Royal Agricultural Show…

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Warren Successes At Sydney Sheep Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 2

At the Sydney Sheep Show, the N.S.W. Pastoral Co. Ltd., Warren penned the grand champion and also the reserve grand…

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Wilson-uphill Equalisation Scheme Fixed Price for Wheat Farmers' Insurance Senator Explains

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

What is the Wilson Uphill equalisation scheme? Many Western wheatgrowers are unaware of what is intended by this proposal,…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1

The Sydney wheat market was quiet to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 2/3¼ per bushel (Sydney March basis) and bagged lots at 2/5½…

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Contrasts in Wool Better Trade

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 12
Also in The Wellington Times, Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: A spirited wool market in Australia, higher prices for tops in Bradford and a relatively low level of prices…

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Oversea Wheat Position Special Weekly Report

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 8

The following report from Lindley Walker Wheat Co Ltd has been handed in for publication by Messrs. A. Kember and Son:—…

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Pleuro Pneumonia Certificate Necessary for Cattle Entering Protected Areas

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 12

The Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture reminds cuttle owners and dealers, particularly in the…

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Commercial Contrasts in Wool Better Trade Reported

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 5

A spirited wool market in Australia, higher prices for tops in Bradford and a relatively low level of prices for future tops on…

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Arthurville Sheep Travelling South Looking for Feed More Rain Needed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

Although another 50 points of rian fell here last week it is the considered opinion of wheat growers that not nearly enough rain has yet…

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Wonders of Wool We Couldn't Do Without It

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1

Australia, with nearly 7,000,000 people, absorbs in her own woollen mills 300,000 bales of wool a year —more than 10 per cent, of the…

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Preparations for Shearing Grading the Sheep Overhaul Sheds and Machinery Classing Troubles

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 7

While the practice of sheep classing-the grading of tho breeding flack and selection of sires for use in mating, with…

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Stuart Town Town As Sheep Run Should Be Remedied All For the Few

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

The weather during the past week has been from mild to cold, but the nice shower of 35 points at the beginning of the week was very…

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Time for Tree Planting Many Purposes on the Farm

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 8

Though their claims are so generally neglected, trees serve many important purposes on farming and pastoral areas…

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