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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Farm Machinery Loss Through Neglect

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 8

A serious cause of loss on many farm, is that due to neglect of farm machinery. Loss in this connection may be put…

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The Man on the Land Page Free Publications on Farming

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 8

More than 17.000 farmers applied last year for literature issued by the Department of Agriculture. Some 177,000…

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German Air Activity In Denmark Farmers Face Ruin Petrol and Rubber Famine

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 5

Travellers from Denmark report a great deal of German air activity there, but are unable to ascertain the purpose or…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 7

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. reported on the 21st March:—Moderate offerings of scoured skin wool were made in a Sydney…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 20th Barch:—The roster of appraisements for the remaining…

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Commercial Orange Stock Sales Cattle Easier, Fat Sheep Firm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 2

A bigger yarding of between 400 and 500 head of cattle was offered at the Orange stock sales on Thursday, according to a report from McNeilly…

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Mr. Crick's Sheep Successes

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 2

Congratulations to Mr. T. Crick, "Binginbah." Gollan, on his many successes with his Border Leicester sheep. At the Mendooran show…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 1

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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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 9

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report:—Brokers' representatives during last week were actively engaged in preparing…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Op. Co. Ltd. reports on the 28th inst.: The preparation of catalogues for the appraisements to be held…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 1

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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Central Wool Committee Primary Production

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 5

By the adoption of a motion expressing the view that the price being paid for Australian price being paid for Australian…

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Relief for Wheat Growers Interim Payments

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 6

Arrangements have now been made for the distribution by the Rural Bank of the £320,000 grant allocated to New South…

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Wool and Double Shearing Effects of Abundant Feed

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 3

Winchcombe Ca[?]son Ltd. report:— Because of the abundance of green feed coupled with moist climatic conditions, the blow fly…

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Dairying Good Pasture Is Essential To Attainment of Dairy-farmer's Objective

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 8

If dairying is to be profitable, such methods must be adopted as will extract from every acre the maximum…

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The Yeoval News Agricultural Bureau Yeoval Safe For Wheat Production

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 5

The following figures, representing wheat returns for the Yeoval police patrol, and compiled by the Yeoval…

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Australia Leads World in Merino Wool Production Cull Out Poor Breeds

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 9

The conserving of fodder and the ploughing of hard, barren land for preventing soil erosion are factors which Australia would do well to copy from Great Britain, for she imported last year animal feeding stuffs to the immense weight…

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Season in West Best for Years Wheat Sowings Should Be Held Till April 10

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 4

Good rains which fell throughout the entire district during March had the effect of further consolidating the favorable conditions already existing. In the western portion of the district conditions have seldom been better…

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Junior Farmers

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 5

Now that most of the tomato crops in the district are finished, it is interesting to note some of the results…

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Farmers Guard Tre Moors

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 6

Off to the moors go members of the Devon Farmers' Cavalry Troop of Britain's Home Guard. Voluntarily these men have undertaken to guard the moors and lonelie[?] parts of one of the prettiest counties in England. Dept. Information Photo…

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