Radio Highlights of the A.B.C. PROGRAMME The Farmer As Engineer
Has the listener ever considered the part that the Australian farmer is to play in the future? Scientific research has shown that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
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Dairying When Pasture Is Short a Reminder Concerning Winter Fodders
It is again seasonable to remind dairy farmers that for sustained production consistently ample feeding of cattle is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Agricultural Free Information for Farmers Valuable Departmental Service
Not every farmer is aware that there is a free information service at his disposal. Local experiment and research and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Farm Home Brown Patch of Lawns An Alternative Chemical Treatment
Brown patch, due to the activity of the soil-borne fungi, Rhizoctonia and Helminthosporium, it the most common disease…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local Cattle
Pitt, Son & Badgery report: At Flemington on Thursday we sold account Brindingabba Station (Bourke) 48 steers to £9/13/0,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Wool
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report—7523 bales were appraised on Thursday. Results Dudley Rice (Bourke) fleece 15d, 13½d, broken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Report
"The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 7th March, 1940:—The Roster of appraisments scheduled to take…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Finished Year with £46 Credit Farmers and Settlers District Council Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of the Dubbo District Council of the Farmers & Settlers' Association at Mr. Clem Phillips' office…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Prices Sydney
The Austrnlian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat are unchanged. Bulk lots were quoted at 3/9½ and bagged 'millers' parcels) at 4/0½…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Unshrinkability New Process Discovered
The Cioineil for Scientific and Industrial Rosearch has Just issued as its pamphlet No. 94 a report outlining the rosults of laboratory…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers' Conference
The Governor (Sir Winsfon Dugan) was received by the Mayor of Wangaratta(Cr. T. Nolan) when he arrived for the Farmers'Conference. Also in the Dieture are Sir John Harris and the Prime Minister (Mr Menriea)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cornsack Shortage And Profiteering State Minister Praised For Strong Action FARMERS & Settlers' District Council
Appreciation of the efforts of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. A. D. Reid) in providing cornsacks for the current season was made by delegates of the Dubbo District Council of the Farmers and Settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Control of Sheep Tick
At times various loopholes for failure to satisfactorily deal with sheep tick have been shown to exist. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The FARMER & His Markets Record Wool Turnover.control Advantages
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The appraisement of 2,750,000 bates of wool in Australia during the five months ending March 15, constitutes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pastoral Fat Lamb Raising Requirements Of The Trade
Overseas trade requirement, should be carefully considered by fat lam[?] raisers as the test guide to the merits of the various breeds, stated a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Wheat At Chicago Exhibition
American wheat judges have a high opinion of Australian wheat exhibited recently at the International Livestock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Wheat Sydney
The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat, are unaltered. Bulk lots are quoted at 3/9½ and bagged (millers' parcels) at, 4/0½ per bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Boy's Royal Show Prize Cattle Judging
Alee. Finch, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.I. Finch, of 111 cobborah Street, Dubbo, won the junior judging championship at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Elong Moving Wheat Lumpers at Work
Quite a large crowd of dance goers journeyed to Baltimore on Friday night last to attend the M.U. tententry ball, and everyone reports'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Purchase Agreement Discussion at Conference
Factors in the wool agreement between Australia and Great Britain were discussed by Dr. Clu[?]es Ross of the International Wool…
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