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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Zoning Wheat Transport Not Favored at Wongarbon

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 2

At a public meeting held at Wongarbon on Tuesday night, for the purpose of discussing the question of transportation of…

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Wartime Fashions in Wool by British and American Designers

The Western Herald · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 4

This is one [?]series of costumes, frocks and coats that have been specially [?] in keeping with war conditions and are being worn today by the women of England and the U.S.A…

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Trac[?]used Hauling Wheat on Roads Letter to Narromine FSA

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 1

In a better to the Narromine FSA, Mr. E. J. Culbert, rationalisation officer, advices that it is not per[?]able to the power ker[?]…

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Farmers Co-operating

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 2

We understand from Mr. S. Rudkin, Agricultural Instructor and Chairman of the War Agricultural Committee, that quite a number of farmers…

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Farmers Returns 23,831 Not Yet in

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 4

Of 105,389 questionnaire forms sent out by the Commonwealth and State Statisticians to small farmers, poultry raisers, vegetables…

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Wool Report

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 23 November 1942 · page 4

The Country Producers’ Selling Co. Ltd., Sydney, report:—We offered a very nice catalogue of wools drawn principally from the later shearing…

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Sheep Blowfly Strike Control at Last Reduced to 1 Per 1000 Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 23 November 1942 · page 4

The Australian Wool Board announces that effective control of sheep blowfly crutch strike has been achieved at last…

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The Wheat Market Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 23 November 1942 · page 3

Demand was generally quieter for wheat for the produce trade in the local market to-day. Inquiry in the export section was dull. Rates were…

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Wool and the War Weight of Bales

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 23 November 1942 · page 4

The presence of Allied armies in North Africa opens the way for some recovery in wool consumption by a proportion of the…

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Fear For Future Of Wool Graziers Concerned Representative to Visit England

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 23 November 1942 · page 2

Increasing accumulations of wool abroad and the growing competition of artificial fibres are causing woolgrowers such…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 2

The Country Products' [?] Co. Ltd. of Sydney [?] of November 19, that [?] very nice [?] of [?]…

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Cornsacks Distribution Under Control of Aust. Wheat Board

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 1

Answering representations made by the Narromine branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the Minister for Agriculture (Capt…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 1

Report on Appraisement No. 91 held by the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited…

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Gulgong Wool Tops Market

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 2

This year’s clip from Mr. L. B. Coward’s Biraganbil Station, Gulgong, sold through the [?]…

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No Bulkheads for Wheat Storage

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 1

The Wheat Commissioner and manager of the Government grain elevators (Mr. Harrison) has refused the…

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Petrol Available to Wheat Carters

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 4

Mr. G. Nicholson, chairman of the Coonabarabran District War Agricultural Committee, has been advised Jay the Director of…

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Fly Strike in Sheep Method of Control Achieved

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 4

The Australian Wool Board has announced that effective control of sheep blow-fly cruth strike has been…

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Full Scale of Rates and Conditions for Harvest Important Information for Farming Community

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 4

For the information of wheatgrowers generally we publish hereunder a full wages and conditions determination, agreed to by the Wheat Harvest Employment Commission and introduced under National Security Regulations…

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New Harvest Wage "Farmers Shocked"

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 November 1942 · page 3

Saddled as they are with over mounting costs, added war-time disabilities, and no guarantee of a payable price…

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Wool Report

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 27 November 1942 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on the 25th inst.:— We submitted our Catalogue No. 92 on the 20th inst. the appraisement…

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