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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 22 August 1941 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 14th August, 1941:—We commenced the 1941/42 season with a…

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Charleville Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1941 · page 3

The N.Z.L. & M. A. Co. Ltd. will yard 2200 head of cattle at Charleville (Q.), for auction on Saturday next, August 30. See advertisement for details…

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Wheat Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1941 · page 1

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

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Railway Wool Traffic Reaches Peak

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1941 · page 3

Wool traffic in the Dubbo railway district has reached its peak, and the clip is well up to the average in quantity…

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Eumungerie Crop Position Critical If No Rain Soon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1941 · page 4

Crops up to the present have been showing great promise, but, with continued dry weather and a succession of severe frosts, rain is urgently…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report Our second catalogue of growers' wools in the Sydney market was submitted for…

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Mumbil Shortage of Herbage Scrub Felled to Feed Sheep

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 9

Spring is almost upon us and there is still no sign of rain. If it does not soon come along it will be of little use as regards…

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The Man on the Land Page Sheep Industry and Meat Trade Surplus Export Meat Federal Government to Purchase It

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 4

Keen interest was expressed by representatives of the sheep industry and meat trade in the official statement issued…

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Man Fined for Droving Lice Infested Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2

Pleading guilty to droving 1087 sheep, which were lice infested, on a travelling stock route, Ernest Howard Hood was fined £2 with…

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Wool Appraisements

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. wired the “Watchman” on Tuesday: Five thousand, seven hundred and thirteen bales of wool were appraised…

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Licensed Wheat Receivers "Handsome Profit" M.P. Claims Farmers "Docked Too Much"

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 12

Claiming that licensed wheat receivers have shown a "handsome profit" at the expense of the growers, the Member for…

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Wheat Receivers' Profit Too Big Says Breen, M.P.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 5

Claiming that licensed wheat receivers have shown a "handsome profit at the expense of the growers," the member for Calare…

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Record Wheat Carry-Over 1,077,000,000 BUSHELS

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 2

The carry-over of wheat in the United States of America, Canada, Argentina, and Australia this year is estimated at…

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New Wool Season Earliest Start Ever Recorded Queensland Stock Totals

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 10

The start of the 1941-42 Australian wool appraisements on August 11 is the earliest commencement of the…

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Struck by Lightning Gummin Wool Shed and Plant Destroyed During Fierce Electrical Storm

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 1

Gummin iwool shed, in the Tooraweenah. Warrumbungle district, was, during a storm, presumably struck by…

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Westella Crops Brighten After District Rain

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 6

Seventy-three points of rain were registered at the week-end in several parts of the district but only 40 fell at Westella proper. Crops and grass…

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Burrendong Good Steady Rain 79 Points Registered Crops Will Benefit

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 2

Visitors to Burrendong at the week end were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith, of Lithgow. Private Austin Seppings, of…

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The Farm Home Control of Silverfish An Effective Poison Bait

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 10
Also in The North-Western Watchman

A poison bait which has been found effective in controlling silverfish may be prepared with the following…

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Safeguarding Farms Unwanted Committee Referred Back To [?]

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 5

The Shire Council has informed the Chamber of Commerce that the establishment of a local Committee to safeguard the interests of landholders who had joined up with the defence forces had been discussed at a special meeting…

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