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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,368 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 15 of 69

Wheat Handling Charges Where Does the Money Go? Narromine Farmers Want to Know

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

Indignation was expressed at a meeting of the Narromine F. and S. Association because information regarding wheat…

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More Students Necessary for Wool Classes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 3

There is a possibility that the wool classing section of technical education at Wellington will be lost to the district if…

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Wool in War Time Canadian- American Position

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd report:— The wool world has seen some quick changes since the war started. In January Canada suspended for four…

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Bagged Wheat for Spring Hill Depot Western Truckings

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 7

Stacked wheat at western railway yards is being trucked to the Spring Hill depot. There special arrangements exist for…

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Commercial Wool in War Time Canadian-American Position

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 7

The wool world has seen some quick changes since the war started, reports Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., In January, Canada…

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Britain's Farmers Free 66 SHIPS Record Beet Crop Gives 500,000 Tons of Sugar

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 5

More than half Britain's annual wartime requirements of sugar will be supplied this year by her own sugar beet industry, thanks to a…

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Germany's Offer To Guarantee Rumania's Frontiers Wants Oil And Wheat Allies Improve Their Position Bucharest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 1

The postponement of the visit of Dr. Clodius, German economic expert, is interpreted as giving Rumania time to study the German offer to guarantee Rumanian frontiers in return for a huge increase in…

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The Farm Home a Seasonable Recipe How To Make Grape Jam

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 8

Fruits which have not quite ripened will give the best results when making grape jam, but they must be fully mature…

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Valuable Hints For Poultry Farmers Most Suitable Breeds Lecture at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

Valuable information concerning poultry farming was given by Mr. F. H. Hart, poultry expert of the Department of Agriculture, in a…

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Junior Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 4

At a recent meeting of the Wellington branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. A. Morris of Wongarbon gave an address on the Junior Farmers'…

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The Farm Home the Common House Mosquito Measures for Control

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 10

The mosquito which occurs most commonly in dwellings is the grey-brown Culex fatigans, which, during…

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The Farmer His Markets Canadian Amverican Position

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 11

Winchcombe. Carson Ltd. report: The wool would has seen some quick changes since the war started In January Canada suspended…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 7

Pitt, Son & Badgery report :— Our sixteenth catalogue of 7149 bales will be dealt with on Friday and Monday, March 1 and 4, and…

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Western Wheat For Terminal Silos District Truckings

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 3

Bulk wheat is being shipped from many railway stations in the Dubbo district to the terminal silos. Several long trains passed through…

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How the New South Wales Wheat Crop Was Handled Overcoming Shortage Of Cornsacks Work Of The Department of Agriculture Immense Task

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 4

Extraordinary circumstances created great difficulties in connection with the provision of cornsasks to meet the…

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"Guns Before Butter" Goering Takes Control of Industry Zurich

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 1

Field-Marshal Goering, head of the Nazi Economic Council, has issued a revolutionary decree…

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Wool Control Influence Of Bradford Australian Criticism Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 1

The British Wool Control was administered by Bradford and apparently in the interests of Bradford, said Mr. Dalziel…

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Commercial World's Wool Supply a Record England Needs More For Overseas Trade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 6

It is claimed that there has never been an army better clothed than the British Army of to-day; wool is used up so extensively in…

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No Sheaf Tossing for Dubbo Show Woodchopping Contests Still Being Considered—sheep Dog Trials Out Meeting of Dubbo P.A. & H. Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 4

It was announced at a meeting of the committee of the Dubbo P.A. and H. Association on Thursday night that sheaf-tossing was not considered a big enough attraction to include in the schedule for the 1940 Show…

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British Farmers Plough All Night London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 6

In Britain farmers are ploughing right through the night by the aid of artificial light in a concerted effort to increase the…

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