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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,022 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 15 of 52

Shocking Train Service Worse Than Sheep Vans

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

Once upon a time the people used to express great sympathy and concern about the way sheep and cattle were packed into trucks, and…

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Price of Wheat Too Low at 4/-

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 12

In the course of the recent debate in the Federal Parliament on the Primary Producers' Relief…

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Cleansing of Dairy Utensils

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 15

Unclean dairy utensils are probably the most common cause of cream contamination. In washing and sterilising…

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Maryvale Top Speed Farmers Very Busy Results Good Up To Present

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 6

Farming operations are at top speed. Early sown wheat and oats are showing up nicely, and should make early winter feed…

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Big Increase Help to Dairying Industry

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 2

Assistance to the dairying industry is to be increased [?] The new subsidy will cover…

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Machinery Short Farmers Complain

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 2

Farmers in Australia are complaining of a shortage of farm machinery and of the difficulty of obtaining spare parts…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 21st inst:—We submitted our Appraisement…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 5

The Country Producers Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 22nd April:—During the week, since our last report, there has…

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Australian And New Zealand Sheep. Merinos and Crossbreds

The Western Herald · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—New Zealand with approximately 32,000,000 sheep, slaughters over 13,000,000 sheep and…

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Stock Market Sheep Cheaper

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report the following sales at Homebush on the 29th April 25,144 sheep, 16.574 lambs…

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Bad Butter Position Leaders Were Right

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 3

At long last, after nearly years of incessant, battling, the United Country Party leaders have had the…

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Orange Stock Market Fat Sheep Dearer

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 7

McNeilly Crampton and Martin report on Thursday's sales at Orange as follows: Cattle: About 450 forward. Only a small…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 12

Pitt. Son and Badgery Ltd. report: The wool appraisement season has now entered upon its concluding stages. There is to be…

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Tributes to Fine Work In Pastoral Industry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 1

"No one has done more for the pastoral industry in Dubbo than Mr. F. W. Gavel," said the chairman of the Pastures Protection Board (Mr…

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Australian and New Zealand Sheep Merinos and Crossbreds

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 16

New Zealand with approximately 32,000,000 sheep, slaughters over 13,500,000 sheep and lambs annually, or a…

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Differing Wool Consumption Great Britain and U.s.a

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 11

The woollen, textile industries of Great Britain and the United States display marked difference in prevailing…

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Big Drop in Production Wheat Acreage Cut by 50 pc This Year

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 2

"It is anticipated that the area sown to wheat this year will be down 40 to 50 per cent, of the prewar figure, and as the greater part will be planted on hastily prepared ground the total production will be further reduced," states the…

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Grasshopper Damage Forces Replanting Of Vegetable Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 5

The presence of grasshoppers last month necessitated the replanting of cabbages and cauliflowers in the Dubbo district, reported the…

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Poultry Farms' Plight Lack of Kerosene, Feed Threatens Industry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 6

As the result of a serious position which is facing Poultry farmers in the Dubbo district, the Dublin District War Agricultural Committee…

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War Agricultural Committees in Relation to Post-war Farming

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 15

In the course of a reply to some recent criticisms of the War Agricultural Committee organisation, the New South…

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