Elong Stripping Operations Completed Premium Wheat Consigned
Wheat continues to flow into the local wheat stacks and already sixteen thousand bags have been stacked and at least this amount is again…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
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Elong Wheat Harvest 16,000 Bags in Stack
Wheat continues to flow into local stacks. Already 16,000 bags have been stacked, and at least the same quantity is expected to arrive before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sold Wool Without License But No Conviction Recorded
At the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last, Douglas J. Fletcher was charged and found guilty of selling wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bournewood Ha-wkes Build Nest on Stem of Wheat
Harvesting operations are nearing completion. The crops yielded very well considering the adverse conditions, the sample being first…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wellington District News. Exclusive News Stuart Town Case of Stealing Wheat Reported Police Make Investigations
The extreme heat during the week end was the most talked, of event for the past week. Storms were very prevalent for three or four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yarrandale Settlers Interview Minister for Lands Contend That District Is Outside Safe Wheat Growing Area
On Friday last, a deputation representing soldier settlers from Yarrandale met the Minister for Lands, Mr A. W. Yeo, at Yarran…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Canadian Crops Nearing Record Figures
The 1940 Canadian wheat crop, according to preliminary estimates, will be the second largest in the annals of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Farm Home Bottling of Fruit Some Important Precautions
Some understanding—not necessarily scientific of the processes that cause decay in fresh fruits is of great…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairying
Most of the troubles in milk and cream are caused by organisms closely associated with cow manure. Milk in the udder of a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dripstone Stripping Completed Farmers Busy Fallowing
On Sunday we had a few showers of ran, which was very disappointing. The sky looked good enough for an inch or more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Report
The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. reports on the 5th inst. We submitted our Appraisement…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Report
The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 5th December:—During the week, the State, generally, received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Wool Cheque. Sydney
Melbourne. — The valuation of wool catalogued today was £27,013,793 of which £25,743,000 has been paid or was due for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storing Wool in U.S.A. Sydney
Melbourne. — The Commonwealth Government has been advised of the signing of an agreement for the storing of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ballimore Wheat Deliveries District Growers Still Busy
Sustained delivery of large quantities of wheat have caused the lumper at Baltimore to be kept busy. These conditions promise to prevail for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial More Money in Hand Effect of Wool Scheme
One of the most expeditious wool realisation periods is now drawing to a close. The concluding series of the half-year will be finalised on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scientists Fight Against World's Worst Wheat Scourge "Take-all" Soon Might Disappear from Great Production Zones—British Investigation
"Take-all, the wheat disease caused by the fungus ophiobolus graminis, which destroys roots, may soon disappear from the world's great wheat-growing zones. Such is the hope of the British scientist, Dr. S. D…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ballimore Storm Ruins Crops and Washes Away Fencing
Extensive damage was done by a storm which burst in the Baltimore district, wheat crops and fences suffering on a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Market
Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Ltd. report: For our appraisement No. 37, which was finalised on Monday, 9th ins., we brought forward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Less Wool Per Head Japan's Imports
The sheep of N.S.W. have cut less wool per head this season, but more grown stock have been shorn. In 1939/40 the largest…
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