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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 7

Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited reported on the 12th November:—We submitted our…

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High Wool Prices. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

Record prices for wool were obtained both in Victorian Queensland yesterday Four bales of extra superfine merino wool…

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Wheat Silos Open for Those Who Need Them

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 3

The Silos were open at Peak Hill on Monday and Tuesday and on Wednesday and yesterday at T[?]ingley and they are [?]…

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Soldier Settlement New Plea for Single Farms

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 6

A fresh plea for the authorisation of single farm settlement for ex-servicemen was made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. S. D. Dickson (CP…

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Hold Seed Wheat at Wongarbon

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 1

Wongarbon F. and S. Association request that seed wheat in the railway yards be retained has been approved…

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Single Unit Farms. Mr. John Howse Supports Provision

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 7

Single unit farms can be taken up by the individual, under the provisions of the Post-War Reconstruction Act…

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Barley Crops Ample For Beer Supplies MELBOURNE, Tuesdy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 1

The State Supervisor of the Australian Barley Board (G. Marshman) Bald last night that Australian mailers Would have ample supplies of malting…

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Seed Wheat

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 2

Seed Wheat is still available at 23/6 bag, graded Eureka, Gular, Fedweb. Apply—A. ANDERSON,…

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Butter and Tea Coupons

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 10

If on account of low stocks a grocer is not able to supply butter or tea against coupons before December 7th, the expiry date of…

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Use Butter Coupons This Week

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 2

Next Saturday and Sunday new ration books will be issued. Existing coupons should be used this week and if customers wait until the weekend to do…

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Made New Wool Record

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 8

Mr S. L., Calvert, who obtained the all-time Australian record price of 99 1/2d. a lb. for a bale of his wool. Mr Calvert said that…

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WOOL 8/3d a Pound

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 10

An Australian record wool price was realised at Melbourne sales when one bale of extra superfine merino, marked SLC/Kalymna…

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Wheat Stabilisation Scheme Hone For Amendment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 9

An analysis of the figures in the wheat-growing electorates at the recent Federal election revealed that the Federal Government's wheat stabilisation…

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First Wheat In Good Samples Harvested

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 11

The first load of this season’s wheat was delivered into Messrs. N. B. Hennessy’s site on Tuesday. The sample is described as extra…

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Changes Wanted In Wheat Stabilisation Act

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 10

"Could anything toe more stupid than the suggestion that the State Parliament should pass its Wheat Stabilisation Act and then growers…

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Anomaly of Ban on Single Farms in Settlement of Ex-servicemen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 10

It was grossly unfair to place an ex-Serviceman at a disadvantage with a person who did not serve in the armed Forces, declared Mr. W. Frith (C.P., Lismore) referring in the Legislative Assembly to the restriction on the settlement of…

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Help Small Farmer Duty of Labor Government

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 11

Duty of members of a Labor Government was to assist the small farmer land every effort should be made not alone to…

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Monthly Crop Report

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 8

In his monthly crop report, for November Mr. G. Nicholson, Senior Agricultural Instructor says that although thunderstorms, some…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 7

The Country Producers felling Co. Ltd. reported on the 28th November: With buyers away attending a series of sales in…

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Use of "666" in Sheep Blowfly Control

The Western Herald · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 4

"Experiments recently carried out by G. J. Shanahan assistant entomblogist of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, have…

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