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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Season's Wool Clip Bigger and Better Than Last Year Reassuring Figures

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 7

More than three million bales—3,096,500 bales to he exact—is the official estimate or the season's yield in Australia. It in quite…

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Wheat Prices Government Buys at 2/7¼ TO 2/9¼. Selling Rates Fixed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 3

The Commonwealth Government is making an advance of 2/- a bushel to wheatgrowers as it acquires…

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The Man on the Land Page Frost in Jury to Wheat Stems Hopes for Grain From Second Growth

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 12

Frosts in June, July and August caused noticeable damage to wheat crops in scattered parts of the State,…

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Maryvale Crops Revived by Glorious Rain No Hail Damage

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 5

At last good rain has fallen, which will do a tremendous amount of good, as the wheat crops throughout the district were suffering very…

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Wellington District News (Continued from Page Four). Cumnock Bumper Crops Ahead 45 Bushels to Acre Brilliant Prospects

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 5

The rain which set in on Thursday night last was very welcome, as crops were beginning to show the effects of the dry weather. The total…

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Dripstone Prospects Brightened by Good Rain Many Crops Restored

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 4

At last the long looked for rain has fallen, 168 points being registered. This was really a rain of money to the farmers. Their crops were…

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Gollan Glorious Rain 130 Points Registered Crops Benefit

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 4

Excellent rain commenced to fall early on Friday morning and continued to fall throughout the day. About 130 points were registered. At…

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Dairying Four Functions of Food Scientific Feeding of Dairy Cows

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 12

Inadequate feeding, of dairy cows is one of the chief causes of unprofitable dairying. This is made evident…

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Agricultural Bacterial Wilt of Tomatoes Outbreak in Glasshouse Crops

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 12

Inspections of glasshouse tomatoes in recent months have drawn attention to the development in some areas…

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Record Crop at “Downfield” OVER 50 Bushels Per Acre

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 7

At the present time there stands Mr. G.. McNaboe’s office,, in John Street, a sheaf of oats, more than five feet high, that was grown…

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Diseases and Complaints in Sheep Bourke-wanaaring District Hypocalcaemia. (Lamb Sickness)

The Western Herald · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 7

This complaint has become common, in certain seasons, in the Mor[?] District, but [?] definite cases have been seen in the Bourke…

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Wheat Crop Competition

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

District farmers are reminded that the wheat crop competition which is being held this year under the auspices of the Wellington P.A. and H…

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Wheat and Bags

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

We are advised that the old firm, Abel Wilkins & Co., have been appointed Government agents to receive both unsold silo and bagged…

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Wheat Silos Question of Congestion

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

The following question by Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., on the handling of wheat at country silos, and the reply by the…

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Wheat Industry Further Penny Payment

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 3

The Rural Bank of New South Wales, which is the distributing authority for this State under the above Act, advises that a further interim…

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Wheat Prices Shade Firmer Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations were a shade firmer to-day, with bulk parcels being quoted at 2/8 1/8d all charges paid to date…

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Farming in England

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

At the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Wellington last Friday night, Mr. T. Frost gave a very interesting address on farming…

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Wheat and Wool Sought by Japan Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 1

Senator McLeay, Minister for Commerce, said last night that inquiries had come from commercial houses for large quantities of wheat for Japan,…

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Good Crops Narromine Wheat. May Be Record

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 4

Inspections of crops around the Narromine district Indicate that the harvest will be the best for years, If not a record…

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Lice-infested Sheep Farmer Fined For Failure To Notify

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 4

"It is remarkable what a number of persons following a trade or avocation profess ignorance of certain undertakings they have to…

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