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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

1,424 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 16 of 72

Western Centres Narromine Greek War Funds Fine Country Effort Further Rain Helps Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 6

Over £30 was raised by the Haberworth and Pine Dene citizens i on Wednesday night as the result of a social in the Haberworth Hall…

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Majority of Wool Is Poor Due to Lack of Knowledge Good Sheep Produce Good Wool

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 3

The position In Australia to-day calls for immediate attention. Many people have the idea that they have only to grow wool and receive the broker’s wool cheque and that is enough, whereas the true ’position Is that owing to the closer…

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Wool Classes' Resume

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 2

Mr. F. G. Wilson, instructor of the sheep and wool-classes, was in Gilgandra on Wednesday for the re-opening of the local classed…

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Re-knitted Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 7

Before re-knitting used wool, unpick garment carefully, put wool into skeins and place in a steamer over a pan of bolling water until all the kinks disappear…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations: Millers' lots for home consumption, 3/114; prices for export on application to the board…

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Half-bred Wool Brings 23d

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 7

What is believed to be an Australian record of 23¾ was paid for Mr R.P. Gibson’s half-bred wool, grown at Esk Vale Epping at the…

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Australia's Wool Cheque Exports to British Dominions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 3

The British Wool Contract, in conjunction with greater production, has given a decided impetus to Australia's wool…

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Lush Pastures Problem for Sheep Owners.fly Trouble in North-west

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 8

The extraordinary conditions which have developed in .the pastoral districts of the northwest since the breaking of the…

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Junior Farmers Meeting of Club Committee

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 5

A meeting of the Junior Farmers' was held at the District School on Saturday afternoon. Matters relating to the Show…

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Dirty Dairy Premises School Teacher Fined Cream Splashed Floor

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 10

For having failed to keep a dairy and the utensils clean, A. H. Ison, a school teacher, was found guilty at the…

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Possible Developments in the Dairying Industry Opportunities of War

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 1

Various estimates have been made of the losses caused by the drought. In Queensland it has been…

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"Westholme" Dairy Herd

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 2

Appearing in this issue are particulars of sale of the well-known dairy herd of Mr. D. H. J. Spilsbury, of "Westholme," Wellington. Mr…

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Agricultural Lucerne a Cover Crop or Not?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 8

The value or otherwise of a cover crop when sowing lucerne still remains a matter for considerable…

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Shelter for Dairy Stock

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 8

It is important to remember that a cow's food, is only devoted to production after the animal has satisfied its needs for…

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Pigs and Pork Lucerne for Pigs The Best Grazing Crop

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 8

Increasing interest is being taken in pig-raising, especially throughout the wheat-growing districts of the…

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Dairying Hot Weather Precautions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 8

The hot, sultry weather experienced in the late summer. particularly on the North Coast, finds out the dairyman…

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Belated Awakening for Mair Government. Tragedy of Farmers Discovered

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 3

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Yeo, ha-s just returned from a tour of the South-West Wheat areas of New South Wales…

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286 Farms Vacated Conditions in South-west

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 10

That there is a general feeing of satisfaction in the south-west wheat area at the progress being made with reconstruction…

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“Direct Action” for Farmers Proposed by Conference.no Use for Politicians

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 8

Suggestions that wheat farmers should adopt direct action” tactics, in the same way as industrial unions, were made at…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 13th March:—At present matters in the wool trade are very quiet…

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