Breed On Live Sheep. Blowfly Disclosure
The recent disclosure that more blowflies were bred on live sheep than on the dead carcases created much interest and not a little…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
1,368 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 51 of 69
Wool 19½d in Melbourne Melbourne, Friday night
The highest price at the appraisement this week of 4,663 bales of wool was 19½d per 1b, for super combing wool from Old Bullenbong, N.S.W. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rapid Turnover Sydney Wool Market Advance on Last Season
This has been the seventh week of the Sydney wool appraisements and the turnover to date exceeds 300,000 bales, illustrating the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Fell Just Five Weeks Too Late for Narromine District Farmers Position Now Transformed from Outright Loss To Tangible Yields in Some Cases
Although they appreciate it for what it was worth, the people of Narromine say that rain during September arrived just about five weeks too late. Had it come when they required it most, the financial outlook would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market
Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: This has been the seventh week of the Sydney wool appraisement and the turnover to date…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Jottings Wheat Competition
With the decision of the Wellington P.A. and H. Society to carry on the annual show as usual, district farmers who have decent crops this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crops for Hay Minister's Advice to Farmers
It might be profitable to growers who were in a position to do so to turn a considerable part of their crop into hay, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stockowner Fined Lice-infested Sheep
When James Berrell, of Mendooran, did net appear to answer a charge against him in the policy court yesterday, the case was heard ex parte,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price of Wheat Sydney
The Australian Wheat Board's, quotations for export wheat are unchanged. Bulk lots are quoted at 3/11¼, and bagged parcels at 4/2¼ per…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reid Promises Assistance to Wheat Farmers Affected by Drought Tells Wilson Relief Question Discussed By Melbourne Conference—Announcement Soon
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) told Mr. G. A. L. Wilson, M.L.A. for Dubbo, in the Legislative Assembly, that it was hoped that substantial assistance would be afforded wheat farmers who, through adverse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Technical Lapse Dairyman Convicted, But Not Fined
In the Dubbo Police Court yesterday Hugh Blackwood, municipal health inspector, proceeded against Walter Wheeler, dairyman, of Buninyong, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Control of Sheep Blowfly Advantages of Jetting
It could be said in effect that, with ordinary station labour and excluding, of course, the cost of one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Crop Position More Rain Needed
“It is still too early to forecast what may be the result of the wheat harvest,” said the chief agricultural instructor, Mr. H. C…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Local Jottings Butter Pay
The monthly pay to suppliers for cream delivered to the Wellington Butter Factory during September was fixed at 1/- per lb. at meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Wheat
The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat are unchanged. Bulk lots arc quoted at 3/114, and bagged parcels at 4/24 per bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo District Wheat
The splendid rains of last month have assured a crop over the whole of the Dubbo section of the West. It is now thought that, in the more…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Wool Industry" Ball
A committee representative of the wool trade in New South Wales is holding a Wool Industry Ball at the Trocadero, Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reid Promises Assistance to Wheat Farmers Who Are Affected by Drought
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) announced in the Legislative Assembly that it was helped that pub[?]tantial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War’s Effect on British Sheep Breeds
As it is extremely unlikely that there will be any importations of pure-bred British breeds of sheep for the duration of the war, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report Exclusive to Campbell's Newspapers
Attention must be paid to further the welf[?]re of our small farmers, woolgrowers and fat lamb raisers. These beople are a…
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