Four Kinds of Sheep?
One of the questions asked in an examination on stock-raising was: “Name four different kinds of sheep.”…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1946
920 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 46
Maryvale. Wheat Yields. Above Expectations
The Xmas festivities passed off very, quietly, owing to travel facilities being restricted and harvesting operations, in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dubbo District Its Wool Future
Mr. W. H. Mather, author of "Wool, Australia's Great Awakening," writes under date 3/1/46:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dominion Wool Plan an Inherent Weakness
Much interesting news appeared in a recent edition of the Manchester "Guardian," that leading English textile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Its Competitors War-time Experiences
No country in the word publicised the production of artificial fibres and their uses to a greater extent than Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Court Two Men on Wheat Theft Charge
At the Wellington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. McGinty, C.V.S., John William Morgan (33), of Narromine,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Stabilisation Federal Plan. 5/2 Per Bushel Home Consumption Price
Plans to stabilise the Australian wheat industry were announced on Tuesday last by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Million Bags of Wheat Estimate for Gilgandra District Report by Agricultural Instructor
The manager of the Grain Silos advises that it is expected that one milli on bags of wheat will be delivered to the Gilgandra centre alone. Large quantities of prime cereal hay have been trucked to other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Experiments in the Central West Agricultural Instructor Surprised with Heavy Yields
In reviewing the results of wheat experiments conducted in the Central West, Mr. S. Rudkin, Senior Agricultural Instructor for the area, states that he is pleasantly surprised with the heavy yields that have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nine Entries Judged Field Wheat Competition Mr. Rudkin's Report to Maryvale Agricultural Bureau
NINE entries were received, but, as the crop entered by Mr. Philipson, junior, was cut for hay and only covered sixty acres, this has not been allotted points. The total area inspected covered 2,666 acres, for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Australian Wool Industry To Advance Or Stagnate ? (Special to the ‘North-Western Watchman’)
By W. H. Mather, Wool Specialist Author of “Wool, Australia’s Great Awakening”) We must ever remember that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ravages of Rutherglen Bug Havoc in Fruit and Vegetable Crops W/ton Suffers Heavily Along with Other Districts
WELLINGTON district vegetable growers and orchardists are suffering heavy losse; from the depredations of the Rutherglen bug, which is causing havoc in the crops. They believe that only heavy rain and cool weather for a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Auction Sale. First-class Dairy Herd
Appearing in this issue are details of sale of the splendid dairy herd of Mr. E. A. Wykes. They are all well-known and excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Yields Above Expectations; 15 Bags Harvested
Crops throughout the Coonabarabran district have yielded remarkable well and returns are mostly above expectations, states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report
The Country Producers Selling Company Ltd. reported on 4th January:—Many of the catalogues for December were complete for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Stacking Delayed
Wheat slacking was delayed at the Peak Hill railway yards on Friday last, pending instruction from the Wheat Board as to stacking sites…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Missing Wheat
It is believed that police have discovered at Cobar a greater quantity of wheat than already discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Stealing Men Charged at Wellington and Narromine
At Wellington on Wednesday John William Morgan 33, motor driver of Merliba-street Narromine, and Harry Jermye, 34 carrier of Cobar, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Wheat Discovered By Detectives Enquiries Continue Through Narromine District Possibility of Further Shortages to be Investigated
Following reports that over 200 bags of wheat were missing from Webb's Siding, near Narromine, several arrests have been made. Det. sgt. Burke and Constable Vale have been conducting the investigation with the co-operation of district police. It is understand that the police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Appraisements
The Country Producers' Selling Co. Lt. report on January 9 as follows: Wool appraisements recommenced on the 7th inst., after an enforced delay…
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