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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Sheep Skins for Britain Big Purchase for Duration of War

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 1

A message from Canberra states that Britain will shortly buy the whole of the Australian exportable surplus of sheep skins for the…

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[?]Long Wheat Carting Nearing an End Water Supplies Falling

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 6

There are only one or two lorries carting wheat into the stacks here. Next week should see the finish of the season…

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Elong Wheat Carting Water Shortage Fall of Rain Wanted

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

There, are only one or two lorries carting wheat into the stacks here, and next week should see the finish for the season…

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Grain Storage on the Farm Cheaply Built Mendooran Silo

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 7

An illustration in the "S.M. Herald" last week showed two galvanised iron ca[?] or wheat bins, erected on Rocky, the J. F. Cunningham…

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The Farmer

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 2

Uuder the spreading hopeless debts The farmer's homestead stands; It's lord, a mournful man is he As he ploughs his mortgaged lands;…

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Agricultural Irrigation Farming Valuable Free Booklet

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 8

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

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Dairying Italian Rye and Red Clover An Excellent Temporary Pasture for Fertile Soils

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 13

A pasture mixture which has established itself in popularity with dairy farmers is Italian rye grass and…

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Westella Farmers Would Welcome Rain Too Dry for Fallowing

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. N. Hobden and daughter, Enid, motored to Port Macquarie during the week. Mr. J. Condon, accompanied by…

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The Open Forum Farmers Must Organise (To the Editor “Watchman.”)

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 9

Sir,—Like a great majority of Australians I still have faith in Australia, but unfortunately I have lost faith with the ones…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 7

The Fanners & Graziers Co-operative Co., Ltd, reports on the 18th instant: Our appraisement Catalogue No. 11 comprising 12,653…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 7

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd reported on 19th January:—Our catalogue in Appraisement No. 10, which was finalised on 11th…

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British Sheep Unregistered Breeders And Australian Society Trangie Motions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5

"That it is the opinion of this advisory committee, that a sub-committee from the N.S.W. branch representative of the British…

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Wheat Truckings In Dubbo District Grain for Mills

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 2

Bagged wheat at the rate of about 40 trucks weekly is being depatched from stations in the Dubbo railway control district…

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F.A.Q. Standard Of Wheat In N.S.W. Some Grain Affected By Strange Disease Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 1

The standard per bushel of 634lb was struck on the fair average quality for this season's wheat grown in N.S.W. to-day, compared…

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This Year's N.S.W. Crop Second Largest On Record Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 1

Returns of 17,116 wheat farmers of N.S.W. showed that the harvest for the current season was approximately 76,000,000 bushels. This is substantially larger than generally anticipated and compares with 59,900,000…

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Wheat and Wool Prices

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

Despite the agitation some months ago regarding wheat prices, and the criticim levelled at the Government in connection with the wool prices…

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Local Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

Many of the local district clips have come up for appraisement under the National Security (wool) Act within recent weeks. The prices…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: The appraisement machine is now running very much more smoothly than was the case in the…

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Wheat Crop the Harvest Second Best Ever

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3

Returns of 17,116 wheatfarmers throughout N.S.W. show that the harvett for the coming season will be approximately…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 20/1/40: Our appraisement catalogue No. 12 comprising 10,838 bales was…

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