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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Wheat Farms Applications for Registration. Preliminary Review Completed

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 9

The Wheat Industry Stabilisation Board has concluded the preliminary review of applications made by wheat farmers…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 May 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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Rain Needed To Give Crops Start Diseases in Stock Inspector Tells P.P. Board Sheep Lice Troublesome

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 6

Reporting to today's meeting of the Pastures Protection Board, the stock inspector (Mr. A. T. Ellis) said that the sowing of wheat was…

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Trading in Wheat Agent Claims £726 Verdict for Defendant

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 4

At the Dubbo Supreme Court on Monday and Tuesday, Abel Wilkins and Co., agents, of Wellington, proceeded…

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Jury Holds Gambling Basis of Wheat Dealings Verdict For Defendant In £726 Claim

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 4

A jury of four at the Supreme Court in Dubbo on Tuesday afternoon found that the transactions of Abel Wilkins & Co., agents, of Wellington, in wheat options with Lance Henry Wheeldon, Eugowra farmer,…

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Junior Farmers Visit From District Supervisor

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 1

Mr. R. Nock, the District Supervisor of the Junior Farmers' Clubs, visited the town last week and inspected the…

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Agricultural Departmental Service for Farmers Where District Agricultural Instructors are Located

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 8

Many farmers are still unaware that a free advisory service is available to them through the Department of Agriculture. The…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 3

The Country Producers' Selling Company reported on the 24th April:—During the week approximately 5000 bales of skin wool…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 7

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. reported on 25th April:-We submitted a catalogue of 804 bales of scoured skin wool for…

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Dubbo Stock Market Cattle Cheaper—Good Sheep Firm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 6

The Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co. Ltd. reports yarding at its monthly sale yesterday 200 head of fat cattle and 2100 store sheep…

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Dangerous to Sow Wheat Until Good Fall of Rain Advises Instructor Prolonged Dry Spell Affects Best Period Few Early Crops Said to Be Promising

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 2

Because of prolonged dry conditions, wheat sowing in the Dubbo district at this time would be dangerous, though the period…

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Merino Sheep Export Ban Lifting Opposed P.P. Board and Weir Repairs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 4

At its meeting on Thursday, the Dubbo Pastures Protection Board received a letter from the Goulburn Board seeking co-operation in opposing…

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Sheer Weight of Numbers and Arms Forced British Evacuation Troops Sang While Marching Under Fire Dunkirk Dimmed by Embarkation Nazis Were Like Cattle Driven To Slaughter London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 1

"Now the deathless story of Greece can be told. We are back in Egypt after accompanying the British and Anzac forces in their fight for Greece, and their evacuation in the face of overwhelming German…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 4

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report: At present, matters in the wool trade are rather quiet, since no appraisements are being…

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Sheep Breeding Industry Entertaining Address

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 1

"I see her not dispirited, not weak, but well remembering that she has seen dark days before—indeed, with a kind of instinct that she sees a little better in a cloudy day, and that in storms and battle and calamity…

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District News Elong Rain Awaited Wheat Sowing Interrupted

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 5

The rain which fell here recently was disappointing, only 22 points being registered. Many farmers in this district are…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 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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Wheat Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 May 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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Annual Wool Review

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 4

An advanced copy of the annual wool review of Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. contains a comprehensive account of wool trade…

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Pastoral Pasture Improvement Value of Departmental Advice

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 8

In thanking Mr. H. Grantham, District Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture, for his address at a recent…

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