Wool Sales
Reporting on their last Sydney wool sales the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., states…
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Farming & the land, 1947
915 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 37 of 46
Storage of Wheat on Farms Responsibility of Farmers
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. S. D. Dickson (C.P., Temora) asked if it was a fact that the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) had said,…
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Mr Geo. Wilkins, Wellington member of the Australian wheat Advisory Committee, who has just retained from a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Harvest Forecast— I20 Million Bushels
An official preliminary forecast of a [?] bushels, from an estimated area of 5,550,000 acres, was released today by the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Area May Suffer Wheat Rust Effects
In his September report, Mr. R. W. Shelley, district agronomist, says Flag rust is in evidence in Dubbo district. With moist conditions it is feared that stem rust may develop and seriously affect crops…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Bathurst Fruit Crops
It is expected that the best fruit crops for 10 years will be Harvested in the Bathurst area this season. The main crops are apples, pears, peaches…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Profitbale Industry for Farmers £1000 a Year With Pig Meat, Says Coona. Agriculturalist
The belief that the average man could increase his income by at least [?] a year through the medium of pig meat, was expressed by Mr. Gordon Blackman, of Wattle Springs, Coonabarabran, when addressing members of the…
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There are several very good crops in the district. There is softie rust but general opinion is that it will not do much damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool's Importance Declining Sheep Flocks
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—The British government is exerting, every effort to expand mill production for export. This action…
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The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited reported on 23rd October:—We submitted a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Wool Price. Sydney
Brisbane. — The State record price of 65¾d was obtained for five bales of greasy wool from Inglewood, and 12 bales from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Board Blamed for Bag Shortage
When the To[?] Farmers and [?] branch met on Saturday the question of wheat bags came up for discussion, following the reading…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Buy Own Power Fire Fighting Unit for Tomingley
Because they believe that bush fires may break out on the same scale as in 1926, when two men lost their lives nearby. Tomingley…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Above Level Of Year's Average
Mr. Harold Bell. Chairman of Directors of Winchcombe Carson Ltd. at the annual meeting held last week said:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →20 Bulkheads for Wheat Harvest Sydney
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham), announced today the twenty centres at which bulkheads for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rust Destroying Crops in South West District Sydney
Severe rust is menacing the crops in the vast wheat belt between Red Cliffs and the South Australian border, according to reports received from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Verdict to Shearing Contractor £265 Compensation Awarded for Breach of Contract Judge Shortland Not Impressed by Stories of Mutilated and Badly Shorn Sheep
"I FIND that defendant terminated the contract more from a feeling of pique rather than because his property was being damaged, and I also find that, although the plaintiff was slightly negligent, the accounts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Damage to District Crops From 319 Points of Rain, But Fears of Rust Damage Grow
INQUIRIES by die "Times" regarding damage caused to district crops by the 319 points of ram which fell throughout the district between last Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning have, for the most part, evoked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Harvest Difficulties
"Canberra is not the place to bag the wheat harvest of New South Wales; it can be done here," declared the Loader of the Country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worms of Sheep Warm, Moist Conditions Dangerous
Both warmth and moisture are necessary for the development of the worms that infest ?. Naturally, therefore, one ? that…
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