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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd., reports in the 13th March 1941:—The arrangement of appraisements for the remainder of…

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Wheat Harvest Lowest Since 1920 Big Proportion Of Crop Entire Failure Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 6

The smallest crop for New South Wales since 1919-20 will be harvested this year, according to statistics released tonight by the…

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Small Wheat Crop Interesting Figures

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 6

The smallest wheat crop for N.S.W. since 1919-20 will be harvested this year, according to statistics released recently…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 4

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report:—The roster of appraisements for the remaining portion of the 1940/41 season to be…

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Wed Wool with Fibre Grazier's Plan

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 3

A proposal that woolgrowers supply to manufacturers of artificial fibres enough wool to improve their inferior products…

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"Westholme" Dairy Herd

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 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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Instructive Address to Local Farmers by Mr. A. Pearson, District Agricultural Instructor

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 6

An address on mixed fanning by Mr. A. Pearson, District Agricultural Instructor, interested a large crowd of members at the monthly meeting of the Wellington Agricultural Bureau, held in the Bureau Hall on…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 3

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations: Millers' lots for home consumption, 3/11¼; prices for export on application to the board…

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Wheat Industry

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 10

Mr. W. J. Scully, M.H.R., asked the following question in the House of Representatives recently: Following the advice of the…

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Wheat Growers' Relief

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 2

Under the Wheat Growers' Relief Act, 1941, the Commonwealth Government has made available a sum of money for wheat growers who…

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Pastoral Blowflies Habits and Life Cycle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 8

Blowflies, well known as pests to the sheepbwner and to the housewife, are a group, of different species of…

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Local Jottings Sheep Case Settled

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 2

At the District Court this morning before his Honour, Judge Shortland, in the case in which Alfred Augustus Madden, of Dubbo, sued…

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Wool Scouring Benefit to Country Districts

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

We find down the ages in many countries, outstanding developments which, when proved successful, have benefitted not only…

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A Good Sheep Assists Patriotic Funds £23/9/- Raised

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 5

How one sheep in Yeoval found itself disposed of for the great sum of £23/9/- is reported…

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Wool and Double Shearing Effects of Abundant Feed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 3

Became of the abundance of green feed coupled with moist climatic conditions, the blowfly continues to give unusually…

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Mortality in Sheep Blowflies and Internal Parasites Isolated Cases of Tetanus

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 7

The Inspector of Stock, Mr. H. M. Ware, reported to a meeting of the Pastures Protection Board on Saturday that mortality in sheep had increased to large extent, numbers being lost from internal parasites. Blowflies were also bad…

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“Synthetic Hitler”! Great Power Claimed Must Offset with Good Wool (Specially Written for the “Watchman” by Mr. W. Mather, Wool Consultant and Specialist.)

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 8

The healthy minded races who believed in real things and treat artificial synthetic substitutes as second-class commodities, have rightly termed Hitler “The Synthetic Dictator; a make-believe.”…

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Soil Erosion Going on Day and Night Farmers Should Attempt to Combat It

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 2

It was stated at the Graziers' Conference last week that soil erosion was nature's fifth column and that it was doing enormous damage day and night. No truer words were ever…

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Poultry Planning a Poultry Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 8

A common mistake observed on many poultry farms, particularly during recent years, is the building…

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A Sometimes Unrecognised Need Farm Drainage

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 8

It is sometimes thought by farmers that unless stagnant water lies on the surface of the land or the area is…

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