Sheep Dog Trials
Novice, A. P. Butler, Moree (Crib), 94 points. James Moore, West Wyalong (Newtown Jenny), 82 points.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1947
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Cattle Stealing Case Adjourned
At the Wellington Police Court on May 5 and 6, Arthur Harold Lawson appeared before Mr. Earle, P.M., to answer to three charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Army Worms on the March Wheat Crops Damaged at Baradine
Seedling crops of wheat and oats in the Baradine district are being invaded by a plague of caterpillars. Farmers are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Growers' Union. Branch at Eurimbla
A well-attended meeting of the Eurimbla, Avohdale and Cundumbul wheat growers recently decided to from a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool and World Conditions. French Development
Recently statements have been made that world commodity prices have touched the peak and some reduction in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Wool Consumption the Tariff Question
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— For a long period the use of domestic grown wool in the United States was very small, often…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petty Sessions Cattle Stealing Case Adjourned Until July 1
LENGTHY evidence, sharp exchanges between defence and prosecution and numerous adjournments, marked the commencement of the cases in the Wellington Court on Monday and Tuesday, in which Arthur Harold Lawson, 57…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. A. Storm Farewelled. Magnificent Work for Junior Farmers Appreciated
AS an expression of sincere gratitude and appreciation for his magnificent work for the Club, the local Junior…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disappointing Rainfall Crop Report for April Large Areas Still Unsown
FROM a rainfall point of view the month has been particularly disappointing to many wheat farmers. Hopes were still being held out for follow-up rains, hut none came and, apart from a light fall towards the end of April, the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wool Report
The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reported on the 1st May: Buyers who at present are attending a series of sales in Brisbane,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mungery and Wyanga to Help Britain Too F. & S. Decide to Canvass For Export Sheep and Cattle
At a well attended meeting of the Wyanga-Mungery branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, at Mungery on Monday night, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Needed Now Pastures Drying; Wheat Sowing Held Up
Lack of rain is holding up the sowing of wheat throughout the Narromine, Trangie and Peak Hill districts. Pastures are going off,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Losses on Hides, Sheep-skins Could Be Avoided, Says Expert
Many people could obtain an average of 5/ more for hides and 3/ more for sheepskins than they do at present, according to Mr. J. P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OVER 8000 Sheep at Peak Hill Sale Lambs Bring to 49/7
At the monthly Peak Hill Associated Agents sale on Tuesday 8700 fat and store sheep were were yarded. The market was easier in patches,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →40-Hour Week Would Cripple Dairy Industry
Mr Geo. C. Howey (president of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Association) who, before the Full Arbitration Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Face Tractor Shortage Sydney
Revealing that N S.W. farmers had ordered 20,000 tractors overseas which could not be supplied, the treasurer of the Farmers and Settlers" Association…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral Workers' Demands' Sydney
The Australian Workers Union has instructed its 40,000 pastoral workers in N.S.W., Victoria and South Australia, to work only a 40-hour week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales
The New Zealand Loan report by wire to their local agent N. P. Hennessy and Co.: 4822 bales of good average selection offered at our sale…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Antaxia in Sheep Investigations Being Carried Out in Coonabarabran District
Antaxia, a disease which causes losses in sheep and which has been noticed in the Coonabarabran P. P. Board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Sowing Held Up Dry Conditions in Central West
From a rainfall point of view the month has been particularly disappointing to many wheat farmers. Hopes…
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