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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 28 of 72

Narromine Convent Ball Successful Function Breaks Old Records Good Rain Helps Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 3

Over 150 couples attended the annual Convent ball, held on Wednesday last. Visitors were present from Trangie, Dubbo and Parkes, also the outlying…

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Pastoral the Small Wool Clip Some Hints on Classing

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 8

In an address at a recent Agricultural Bureau conference at Berridale on the operations and benefits of the…

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Loss of Sheep

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 7

As the result of eating young variegated thistle growing on about three acres of a 65-acre paddock, 187 sheep out of a mob of 900 died…

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Local Wool

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 5

At the final Sydney May wool appraisements Winchcombe Carson Ltd. secured: George Douglas, Coonabarabran, [?]e 13¼.,…

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Local & General Binnaway Cattle

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 5

Cattle yarding at Homebush last Monday were 1906. Prime lines made unchanged values, but rates for others declined 10/-. A. Collins…

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Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 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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Local & General Local Wool

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 9

At Winchcombe, Carson’s Sydney wool appraisement last Friday, George Douglas, Coonabarabran, secured fleece 13[?]d, broken 10½d…

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Sydney Sheep Show to Be Held

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 1

The Sydney sheep show will be held on the dates originally arranged, i.e., June 18th to 21st, inclusive, but not at the…

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The Wool Industry Rural Mainstay

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 6

Wool is Australia's most important angle industry. As such it is n stragetic factor in our economic system, and…

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Pastoral Industry Award Important Variations Sought Shearers to Benefit

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 5

The Australian Workers' Union applied to Judge O'Mara in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on Monday for important…

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Large American Wool Stocks Crossbred Supplies

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 6

The effect of the large imports of wool by the United States from Australia and other British Empire countries is…

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Wool Average Equalisation Payment Fees Abolished

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 7

The recent announcement that wool appraisements in Australia to date this season, have averaged 12.31d. per 1lb…

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Dairying Advice on Dairy Farming Consult Your Local Departmental Instructor

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 8

Milk is a highly perishable product, and if dairying is to be profitable the methods employed must conform to a…

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Fashion's Mount Farmers Busy Getting Crops in After Good Rain

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

At the present time horses and tractors are being used in preparing land for crops, though some were lucky in having some sown…

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Stupendous Job Carriage of Wheat How It Is Handled

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 3

Few people apart from official of the Railway and Agricultural Departments realise the magnitude of the task involved in shifting by rail the New south Wales wheat crop from the place of its production to mills and the seaboard,…

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Menace of Rayon to Wool Industry War Considered Responsible

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 3

We submitted a catalogue of 3595 bales in the current round of Sydney appraisements last week. The selection…

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The Small Wool Clip Some Hints on Classing Importance of High Breeding Standard

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 6

In an address at a recent Agricultural Bureau conference at Berridale on the operations and benefits of the. wool…

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Junior Farmers Meeting of Members

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

A meeting of the Gilgandra Junior Farmers' Club was held at the District School on Saturday afternoon, Eric Wilson,…

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Worm Turns-Rabbits Now Help Farmers Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 1

It is stated in Hobart that many farmers are malting consideration profits out or the sale of rabbit skins, which are now…

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Western Centres Elong Influence of Rain Renewed Farming Activity

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 3

Long-awaited rain fell in this district on Friday, and was appreciated by everyone. Recordings on several holdings in the locality were from 75…

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