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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Federal Pastoral Award

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

In July last, the Commonwealth Arbitration Court dealt with a claim of the A.W.U. for increased rates, and an alteration of the…

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Sydney Stud Sheep Fair

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 1

Sydney annual stud sheep fair will be held on Monday, April 21 and the following days. Several selling agents will offer high-class rams and ewes on…

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Strange Disease Identification Mark on Affected Cattle

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

The Dubbo P.P. Board has formed the Coonabarabran Board that the amount of £4/5/- was due to it for the…

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Wool Appraisement Country Centres' Education Value

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 2

"Intoduction of a system of county wood appraisements would vefleet itself in the better education of owners of sheep. It is to be assumed that they would visit the appraisement centres to see the treatment of their clips, and…

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Wool Appraisements Winter Programme Issued 130,000 BALES

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

Current appraisements in Sydney are confined to wools short-catalogued during the main season, and these will…

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Dubbo Has Big Selection Chance for Appraisement of Western Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Approximately one-fifth of the wool clip for New South Wales comes from Dubbo and west of this centre. It is the largest single woolgrowing district in the world. This fact alone explains why Dubbo is almost certain…

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Experiment Farm Chief As District Instructor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 5

For eight years manager of the Temora Experiment Farm, Mr. T. S. Rudkin has arrived in Dubbo, where he has taken up duty as…

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Soil Erosion Causes Considerable Damage Value of Contour Farming

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

Steep hillsides should never be cultivated if soil erosion is to be avoided, and when stopping land, is to be cropped the…

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The Farmer’s Part in the War New Avenues Opened Up

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

War conditions have imposed many disabilities on peacetime industry. The affects of the drastic changes are felt…

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Wool Championships

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

The champion ram fleece, other than merino, at the recent Dubbo Red Cross Wool Exhibition, was shown by Mr. H. J. McDonald, who also…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 5

The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 27th March:— The wool industry is now practically at a standstill…

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Wheat for Stock Commonwealth Scheme

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, states that it is the desire of the Commonwealth Government! to make wheat…

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American Wool Prices Dominion Mill Activity

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Prices for wool are showing a alight advance in the United States. Quotations for tops on the Nwe York…

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To-day’s Wheat Prices Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 5

The Australian Wheat Board’s quotations are unchanged. Millers’ bulk [?] for home consumption are quoted at 3/11[?]…

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Country Wool Appraisements Great Value to Woolgrowers

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 5

The Federal Government’s new policy of country appraisement and storage of wool will open up an era of country development…

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Dubbo As Wool Centre Inspection by Mr. J. J. Clark, M.h.r. Impressive Facilities and Advantages

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 3

The advantages of Dubbo as a wool storage and appraisement centre and fully appreciated by the Minister for Commerce and his…

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No Cootamundra Sheep Show

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 1

Cootamundra A.P.H. and [?] Association unanimously decided at a meeting last week to abandon this year’s annual Cootamundra Sheep Show…

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Country Wool Appraisements City Interests Opposed

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 1

Apparently some strong opposition can be expected from city interests to the Federal Government’s scheme for establishing…

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To-day’s Wheat Prices Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 2

The Australian Wheat Board’s quotations [?] unchanged. Millers’ [?] for home consumption [?] quoted at 3/11[?]…

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