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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 6 of 69

World's Wheat Position Fall in Production Unfavourable Conditions in America

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 7

The wheat crop outlook in the United States, Canada, and Argentina is unfavourable owing to lack of rain and excessive heat…

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Arthurville Wheat Carting Completed Bulkhead Closed Official Rainfall for Year

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 4

Wheat carting has been completed here, and the bulk head is now being roofed to make it weather-proof. This work is being done by…

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The Wheat Approximately 394,300, Bags Delivered Locally Bulk Head Being Extended

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 4

To date, about 394,000 bags of wheat have been delivered to local receiving depots, and there still remains much more…

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Wheat Prices Announced British Purchase 3/113/4d. per Bushel Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce, (Senator McLeay) announced to-day that the average price for half of the…

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American Rancher's Visit to Dubbo Impressed with Baths Interesting Details Of U.S.A. Wheat Storage Plan

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 8

Owner of a 1000 acre American ranch, on which much wheat is grown, Mr. J. F. Roberts, of Kansas State, who visited Dubbo on…

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Dairying Milking Cows Demand Minerals Heavy Drain on Dairying Pastures

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 2

Discussing in a recent address to farmers the importance of maintaining the mineral content of dairying lands, Mr. P. Waller,…

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Poultry Green Feed Crops a Seasonable Reminder

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 14

The benefits to be derived from a satisfactory green feed crop car hardly be over-estimated, but on many farms…

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The Farm Home Lawns for Country Homes Methods of Maintenance

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 14

The principal operations involved in the maintenance of lawns are watering, moving, fertilising, top-dressing…

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Agricultural Leguminous Crops As Soil Improvers Conditions Governing Nitrogen-building Ability

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 14

In any scheme of cropping designed to maintain the fertility of the land, the group of plants known as…

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The Man on the Land Page Dairying for Sustained Production Adequate Feeding is Essential

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 14

It is unfortunate, observes a note in the "Agricultural Gazette," that so many dairy-farmers still cling to the…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 6

The Famers & Graziers Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the tenth instant: Our Appraisement Catalogue No. 10 comprising 12,638…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 7

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd., reported on 12th January:— Appraisements were resumed in Sydney on Monday and the work is…

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Irrigation Farming. Valuable Free Booklet

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 7

Irrigation practice in New South Wales, up to the present, has been confined to the well-known Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas and to…

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Wheat Loadings Position In Dubbo District

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 2

A considerable quantity of bagged wheat has been loaded at railway stations within the Dubba control district during the past few…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son and' Badgery' Ltd. report: It is interesting' to learn, on the authority of the chairman of the Central Wool Committee, that…

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Wheat Prices Requests for Advances on Scrip

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 6

A request will be made to the Federal Government that wheat scrip—issued to farmers under the system of advances on 'wheat—be…

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Unique Decision Illegal Use of Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 4

In the Orange Court, Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M., made a decision that is unique in Australian legal history, says the Orange "Leader."…

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Australian Wheat Sold to Japan

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 5

Wheat sold by the Australian Wheat Board so far amounts to 98,500,000 bushels, including 80,500,000 bushels of new wheat…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat are unchanged. Bulk lots are quoted at 3/9½ per bushel and bagged (millers' parcels)…

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Commercial British Wool Needs Effects on Rag Trade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 8

The mills in the United Kingdom arc running at high pressure, reports Winchcombe Carson Ltd. Raw material has been made…

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