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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 8

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report:—Unfortunately, through the decreased receipts in wool coming into Darling Harbour,…

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Wheat Silos Wellington District

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 1

In regard to the opening of wheat silos in the Wellington district, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. Graham),…

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Wheat Production Serious Decline Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 1

Mr. Ernest Field, a member of the Australian Wheat Board has expressed the opinion that because of the serious decline…

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Bodangora Crops Failing Rain Disappoints

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 7

Despite the clouds that have been passing overhead lately, rain has not fallen. The crops cannot bold out much longer…

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Arthurville Grass Dying Off Crops Not Promising

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 8

At the time of writing it is very warm and cloudy. A charge has been coming up for over a week, but still…

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District Mews Narromine. Rain Urgently Needed to Save Wheat Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 4

Eleven points of rain were registered on Sunday as the result of showers in the afternoon and night. An inch of rain at the present time…

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No Penalty in Quotas If Crops Cut for Hay

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 2

Persons who cut their wheat crop for hay will not be penalised by any reduction in their wheat quotas. This was made clear by the chairman of…

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Dubbo Borderline in Crop Prospects

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 1

Dubbo is on the edge of the favored area of the wheat belt in this State. From Dubbo north prospects and conditions are relatively good…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 4

Report on Appraisement No 143 held by Australian, Mercantile, Lard and Finance Company, Limitted, Sydney, 20th…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 14

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report: No appreciable increase of wool receipts into Darling Harbour has been noticeable since…

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FARMERS — Like Miners Not Producing Their Wheat Quotas

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 3

Legislative Assembly last week : — Mr. Renshaw: I desire to ask the Minister or Agriculture whether it is…

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Wool Appraisement Stores

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 4

The succesful tenderer for the erection of the Commonwealth Government's wool appraisement stores an Dubbo (Mr. A. Brown,…

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Wheat Stacking Sites Earlier Opening Sought

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 2

Dubbo District War Agricultural Committee has decided to request the Australian Wheat Board to have stacking sites at sidings opened as…

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Sheep in New South Wales Numbers Consistently High

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— For five years, N.S.W. has consistently pastured over 54,000,000 sheep, the latest figures issued by the…

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Wool and Meat Prices Prosperity Interdependent

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 14

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: As a result of heavier slaughtering of stock in the United States, the number of sheep and lambs…

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Feed Wheat Prices No Loss to Growers

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture of N.S.W. Mr. E. H. Graham, comments as follows on the recent announcement by the Minister for Commerce…

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“Growers Own Fault” Wool Transport Delays Country Appraisement Stories

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 2

Once again is the absence of country wool appraisement stores being seriously felt; again are many thousand bales of wool being delayed…

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Deterioration in Crops Stressed by Instructor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 6

Deterioration of the crops at Dubbo is referred to by the district agricultural instructor (Mr, S. Rudkin) in his September report. Much-needed and expected follow-up rains for September…

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Cumnock Crops Fed Off Prospects Worse Position Serious

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 12

On Thursday of last week, rain fell during the afternoon, 35 points being registered at the local P.O. The rain, however, was confined to…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 5

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. reported on 29th September: Owing to the contained restrictions affecting the carriage of wool…

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