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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Wheat Pool Buffer Stocks Suggested

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

Opposing what he described as the pernicious policy of restriction in respect to staple commodities, Mr. R. Vincent…

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Wool Tops Cheaper Careful Reduction

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 10

The export of tops from Great Britain for the nine months ending September 30, 1945, was 11,115,000 Ib. or…

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Wheat Experiments Surprising Yields. Mr. Rudkin's Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 14

In reviewing the results of wheat experiments conducted in the central-west, I am pleasantly surprised with the heavy…

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Aborigines' Experimental Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 12

Proposal by the Member for Dubbo (Mr. C. G. Robertson) for the establishment of an experimental farm in the Dubbo…

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Wool Appraisements Rationing Suspends

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

Wool appraisements are another of the activities which have been affected by the severe rationing of electricity…

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Synthetic Fibres & WOOL European Opinion

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

Surprise continues to be expressed abroad that synthetic fibres are regarded as such a menace to wool by sheep pasturing countries, states a…

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Wheat Receivals Tomingley and Peak Hill

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

Bagged wheat was still pouring into the Tomingley West stacking site, Mr. C. Devenish said on Tuesday. Approximately 80,000 bags of…

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Surprise at Wheat Yields Central West Experiments

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

Pleasant surprise at the heavy yields of wheat in the Central West has been expressed by Mr. S. Rudkin, senior agricultural instructor at…

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Grain Wheat Varieties Guide for Show Societies

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 6

In order to assist country show societies to arrive at a decision regarding what varieties of wheat should be entered for show…

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Diseases in Cattle and Sheep Conference of Inspectors

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 3

In opening the Western Group Staff Conference of Inspectors of Stock held at Orange in December. Mr. Max Henry Chief of the Division of…

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Dairy Farmers Seek Subsidy SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 1

Hard hit by the prolonged dry spell, dairy farmers have asked the Federal Government for a drought subsidy, but no action has yet been…

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A Million and a Quarter Bags of Wheat Delivered in W'ton

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 1

NO more convincing proof of the wonderful fertility of the Wellington Valley could be required than the magnificent yield of wheat from the present harvest. Already a million and a quarter bags of finest quality wheat have…

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Cruelty to Stock Action at North Dubbo Sheep and Cattle Trucking Criticised

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Leonard, president of the North Dubbo Progress Association, raised a very fervent discussion at…

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New Wheat Board Manager

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

Mr C. J. Perrett, who has been appointed general…

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Better Grade Wool Australia's Failure

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 6

Wool is grown in many countries, Australia leading in quantity of production. Unfortunately, we produce more than one million bales of greasy wool each season, graded as inferior-bred wool, and this is of no greater value to the…

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Wheat Missing Police Investigating Webb's Siding 240 Bags Short

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

Police are enquiring into the departure of 240 bags of wheat from a stack at Webb's Siding. On Friday morning, it was noticed…

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Field Wheat Competition Maryvale Agricultural Bureau. 1945 Report by Senior Agricultural Instructor f

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Following is the text of a report of 20/12/45 sent by Mr. Rudkin to the Mary vale Agricultural Bureau in connection with a competition conducted by that bureau. The report will be of great interest:—…

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Junior Farmers Essay Competition

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

The Junior Farmers' Club Council has announced the results of the essay competition for scholarships awarded by the Rural Bank…

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Sheep and Cattle Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd., report as follows on sales at Homebush market on 3/1/46: Sheep: The opening demand was…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 13

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. reports is as expected that appraisements will be resumed in Sydney to-day [?] if the present…

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