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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 24 January 1941 · page 3

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd, reported on 17th January:— Wool appraisement work was resumed in Sydney this week after…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on January 16th:—After a well earned respite for…

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Control of Sheep Blowfly

The Western Herald · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

The control of sheep bdowfly is an ever-present problem to the sheep owner. In "The Prevention and Treatment of Blowfly Strike in…

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Expansion in Wool Clip 20 Years Increase

The Western Herald · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report: In the 1939/40 season New South Wales produced, including the wool exported on sheepskins, 546,273,000…

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Wheat Stabilisation Registration of Farms To-day Limit for Application

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 6

Mr. J. F. Murphy, secretary to the Department of Commerce, stales that all applications both for registrations and for licences under the wheat…

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COMMERCIAL Sydney Wool Appraisements

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 3

Schute, Bell. Badgery, Lumby Ltd., reports:—The New England, the Monaro and the central and southern tablelands provided the greatest…

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F.A.Q. Wheat 62¾Lb. Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 1

The f.a.q. for wheat was fixed to-day by the Sydney Chamber of Commerce at 62¾lb. per Imperial bushel, as ascertained over shopper 1-litre…

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Awaiting Trucks 1940 Wheat Harvest Big Loading Next Week

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 1

There is still a great deal of the 1940 season's wheat stacked at the sidings and in silos throughout the Dubbo railway district…

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Railway Flood Damage Severe, But Could Have Been Much Worse Light Wheat Yield Helpful—Many Men Work To Restore Wash-outs on Dubbo-Molong Line

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 3

Local railway officers, while concerned over the recent flood damage to the lines in this district, particularly on the Dubbo-Cumnock section, are thankful that it occurred after a light harvest and in the slack period of the year…

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Worst Wheat Crop for 20 Years

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

The 1940-41 crop in N.S.W. is estimated by the Government Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) at 24,500,000 bushels…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 5

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report: A few super spinners' wools were included in our appraisement catalogue No. 39, dealt with last…

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Record Wool Consumption in America

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

In October the United States miles consumed 82,450,000 lb of apparel wool, the largest quantity ever consumed in the…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat to-day were steady. Bulk lots were quoted at 3/11½ and bagged parcels at 4/03 per…

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District News Narromine Wheat Shed Fire Brigade Makes Good Save Heavy Storms in District

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 3

The Narromine fire brigade received a call to a fire in the large wheat stack in the railway yard shortly after 9 p.m. on Sunday. The flames were…

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Pastoral Measures Against Sheep Blowfly Importance of Preventive Treatment

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 8

There is a steadily increasing mass of experimental proof that treatment of sheep in anticipation of…

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Mysterious Killing of Sheep

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

A Nevertire grazier was caused concern at the killing of his sheep and injuries resulting to others in having their ears torn off, and the…

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Wheat-growing in Canada

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Gardiner, has advised farmmers to grow fewer acres of wheat. He said that Canada was…

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Drought Relief for Wheat Men

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

New South Wales wheatgrowers will receive £320,000 out of the Federal Government's allocation of £1,000,000 for drought relief. This…

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Price of Wheat Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotations for export wheat to-day were steady. Bulk lots were quoted at 3/114 and bagged parcels at 4/04 per bushel…

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Record Wool Consumption in America

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd report:— In October the United States mills consumed 82,450,000 1b. of apparel wool, the…

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