Snake Yarn All Wool and a Yard Wide
The Hay newspaper tells a story of how one Les Milliken, while shearing at Yarrawa, thought he saw a snake’s head peering out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1943
1,022 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 52
Conservation of Fodder Government Aid to Dairy Farmers
I am pleased to be able to announce that complete accord has now been arrived at between the Federal Minister for Commerce and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eruptions at Mount Nandi Sheep Get Boxed Up and Owners Get Mixed Up in Fight
Those poor harmless, dumb animals, and the main, source of Australia’s wealth, sheep, have caused a lot of bother of late at Coonabarabran. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tomato Bushes Grow Like Trees: Wealth on Farm
Most people who grow tomatoes are satisfied" if they can encourage the vines to grow to a height of some five or six feel, but such is not the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Show Property Practical Farming Makes Cullens' A Shinning Example
Practical farming on methodical and skilled lines is so apparent at "Bunglegumbie," the Dubbo property of Cullen Bros., that any visitor readily realises that these brothers are among the district's most successful producers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Report
"The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. reported on the 14th January:—The 1943 season opened up on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burning Stubble in Wheat Paddocks
Replying to personal representations made by Mr. C. Robertson, MLA, on behalf of the president of the Timbrebong[?]e shire council, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wartime Fashions in Wool by British and American Designers
This is one of a series of costumes, frocks and coats that have been specially styled in keeping with war conditions, and are being worn today by the women of England and the USA. Indicating how Utility creations can be most attractive. Here is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seed Wheat Sale and Exchange
To simplify procedure for wheat growers who wish to sell or exchange wheat to be used for seed, the Australian Wheat Board has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Post War Re-construction and the Farmer Calare M.P.'s Impression
Amongst the various schemes for post war reconstruction, not the least important is that of rural industry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supply and Demand and the Farmer Calare M.P.'s Observations
Economics is called the dismal science, but the application of this medicine to the chronic ailments of rural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bagged Wheat
A total of just over 118,000 bags of wheat have been stacked at the Gilgandra railway yards. With about 130,000 bags…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Market
The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 27th inst.:—We submitted our appraisement catalogue No. 97 on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Market
The Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. report:—We offered a very attractive selection of wools in our last appraisement…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sydney Wool Appraisements
Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. submitted for appraisement this week an attractive selection of late shorn wools. Some clips from…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Seed Wheat Sale and Exchange
To simplify proce[?]ure [?] for wheat growers who wish to sell or cychange wheat to be used [?] seed, the Australian Wheat Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat For Sowing Varieties Recommended
Following are the varieties of wheat recommended by the Department of Agriculture for Zone 6, Central-western Slopes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →America's Wool Consumption Weather Shortage
During the first six months of 1942, the United States consumed the equivalent weight of 1,800,000 bales of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Early Wheat Payment to District Growers
In reply to representations on behalf of district farmers by the Dubbo District War Agricultural Committee, the secretary of that body has received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South American Wool Ships and Post War Position
Latest mail advices indicate that the United States government at Washington had reached agreement with the visiting…
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