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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 9

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report: During the past week wool has been arriving into Darling Harbour in great volume…

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Wool and Clothing Prices Raw Material Cost

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 3

Winchombe, Carson Ltd., report:— A satisfactory price for wool chiefly concerns growers but indirectly it is also necessary for the well being of…

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Stuart Town Shoot in Herbage Further Showers Farmers Busy

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 6

Since last report the weather has mostly been cloudy and mild, with same heavy dews. The result is the herbage is showing a nice…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 6

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reported on the 18th May: During the past week wool has been arriving into Darling Harbor…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 5

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. reported on 19th May:—Sydney wool appraisements were resumed this week and our catalogue in the…

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Drought Feeding Of Sheep Interesting Results of Labour Saving Trials

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 4

A small trial in drought feeding of sheep, carried out at the McMaster Animal Health Laboratory of the Council for Scientific and…

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Wool Stores Tender

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 1

The Minister, for Commerce (Mr. SCUlly), has informed the town clark that the Minister for the interior (Senator Collings) was instructed by…

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Ration Reduced 6 ozs. WEEKLY Butter Exports Essential Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1944 · page 5

When the Rationing Commission announced this week the value of the butter coupons in the new books, which will be…

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Milk Prices to Be Fixed Zones Created to Help Western Dairymen

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1944 · page 1

The country districts of New South Wales are to be zoned by officers of the Prices Commissioner's staff, acting in conjunction with officers of the Department of Agriculture. This applies to areas outside the zone controlled by the Milk…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 6

The Farmers & Graziers' Co [?] Ltd reports on the [?] We submitted our Apprais[?] No.136, the last but [?]…

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Grower Will Not Always Be Seated on Sheep's Back Fibre Threat to Wool Develops in America

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 6

New York.—Prosperity after the war is now being discussed in relation to individual industries as well as in terms of broad economic principles. The change is beneficial to clear thinking…

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Black Sheep Can Rise Above Family Disgrace

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 6

The black sheep of many a family will come into its own if graziers respond generously to an appeal by Dubbo branch of the Red Cross…

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Stud Sheep "Buckinbah" Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 4

At the opening sales of stud sheep in Sydney on Monday last, the highest price for a merino ram was 750 gns…

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New Ration For Butter: Mine Strike Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 1

Five collieries on the Newcastle field were idle today as a protest against the reduction in the butter ration, which will operate from next…

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Wheat Deliveries 95 Million Bushels Board's Figures

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 15

From last season's harvest (1943-44), 94,804,000 bushels of wheat were delivered to the Australian Wheat…

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New Butter Ration Review in Eight Weeks Canberra

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 1

I he full Cabinet yesterday approved the reduction of the butter ration from 8 ozs. per person per week to 6 ozs…

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Wool and Publicity the Question of Stocks

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 12

Probably no products have been presented with more publicity than synthetic fibres during the past two years…

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Maryvale Drought Broken 115 Points of Rain Sheep Feed Already

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 14

At last the drought has broken, the district having received a beneficial fall on 115 points of rain. The…

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The Man on the Land Page The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 15

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report:—We submitted for final appraisement on Monday, 22nd. ult., a catalogue of early shorn wools…

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100 Prisoners of War Working on Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

Dealing with the activities of the District War Agricultural Committee, in his report for May, the district agricultural instructor (Mr…

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