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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Wheat Receivals

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

As the harvest Is now almost completed the number of bags of wheat delivered to local railway stations Is gradually receding. Since…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 8

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report: At present the wool trade is enjoying a well earned respite, after passing through one of…

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Registration of Wheat Farms and Growers' Licenses

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

It was learnt from the Department of Commerce on Tuesday that the distribution of the application forms…

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Commonwealth Wheat Scheme

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

Royal assent has been given to the wheat bilk to give effect to the Commonwealth’s wheat scheme, and they are ready for application…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: As about 2,000,000 bales of wool have already been appraised in Australia for the first half of the…

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Important to Wheat Growers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 3

Messrs. A. Wilkins & Co. notify us that cornsacks not used by growers may be returned and amount of purchase refunded to them. If…

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Local Jottings Wheat Industry Stabilisation

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Messrs A. Wilkins & Co. desire to inform their many clients that this Act has been passed and that next week they will have the…

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World’s Wheat 1941 Production Unknown

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

The estimates of yields by countries continue largely unofficial, and being based on fragmentary data, they should…

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More Wool in Hosiery Well Bred in Demand Can Australia Supply Needed Quantity

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

The increased quantities of wool which are being used in the hosiery section of manufacture year after year, is very encouraging. The great improvement in the quality of knitted wear, the development in designing, the catering for…

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Dairying Milking Methods Their Influence on Cream Quality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 8

Under present day conditions, probably no single item is more responsible for the production of second-grade…

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Commercial New Year's Wool The Trade in the Future Guaranteed Market in War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 6

Our first catalogue of the new year will be submitted to the appraisers on Wednesday and Thursday, January 15 and 16, says a Pitt, Son & Badgery…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: Our first catalogue of the new year will be submitted to the appraisers on Wednesday and Thursday…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat to-day were steady. Bulk lots were quoted at 3/11¼ and bagged parcels at 4/0¼ per…

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COMMERCIAL America's Wool Needs For Her Army Bigger Imports Likely Summer Rains Will Be Boon To Australian Production

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report.:— An American authority estimates that 80lb. of greasy wool is necessary to equip a soldier mi the scale…

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Farm Labor Shortage Position Not Serious Annual Demand Blamed Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

According to reports received by the N.S.W. Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. McDonald), there is no serious paucity of farm labor in New South…

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Sowings by Wheat Farms

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 7

Pending the determination by the Federal Government of basic acreages, each registered wheat farm may sow an acreage which…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation Scheme Farms Must Be Registered

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government has adopted plans for the stabilisation of the wheat industry. The plan, involves…

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Sowing of Wheat Farms Announcement by Department of Commerce

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 7

Pending the determination by the Federal Government of basic acreages, each registered wheat farm may sow…

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Good Breed in Wool Appeals to Wool Buyers

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Should a dingo be killing lambs on any man’s property the object of that man is to remove that dingo either by trapping or some other means. The cause of the trouble has got to be rooted out. And so it is in the case of wool, for…

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Thirteen Sheep Killed By Lightning

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

During the storm on New Year's Eve, 13 sheep were struck by lightning at Mr. Les Munford's "Pine View" property,…

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