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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Wheat Position Public Scandal Gilgandra Complaints Mentioned in House

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 8

In a statement in P arliament last week, the Leader of the Country Party (Col. Bruxner) said that the conditions under which wheat was received at the Gilgand[?]r silo during the recent…

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Keen Competition at Wool Sales Next Sale 3rd MAY

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company Ltd. report: On the 21st April we brought…

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Wheat Problems Licensed Receivers and International Agreement Mr. J. B. Renshaw, M.L.A., Replies To Parliamentary Critics

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 4

“I shall be a keen listener and perhaps a strong advocate of any worth-while proposal that may be submitted as an alternative to the International Wheat Agreement said Mr. J. B. Renshaw, M L.A., in his recent address to…

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Progressive Farmer Tour Arrives in U.S.A.

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 10

The Rural Bank’s Progressive Farmer Team arrived in Sail Francesco last week on the first portion of its tour of the United…

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Popular Farming Fallacies Plants and Seeds

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 10

The only diffierence between full moon and new moon is the amount of the moon’s visible surface illuminated by the sun and…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 9

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited report:— For our thirteenth sale of the season we offered a Catalogue of…

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Fashions in Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 4

A [?]-yellow velour-cloth [?] from Jacques Griffe shows how designers trust to the comfort of wool for winter…

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Strengthening Wool Demand Europe and Asia

The Western Herald · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Competition at recent Australian wool sales has shown wider distribution. Supplies have been…

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Oat Trials At Cowra Experimental Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 5

At the tests conducted at Cowra Experimental Farm under the supervision of Mr. T. Adams (District…

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Correspondence. Wheat Agreement Suggestion That Growers May Still Retrieve £60,000,000

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 6

To the Editor Wellington Times. Dear Sir,— Please permit me space in your valued columns to suggest that…

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Farmers Welcome Rain

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

In common with the greater portion of the State, Wellington experienced unsettled weather conditions…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 8

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain [?]esurance & Agency Co. Ltd., April 28, 1948: We submitted a catalogue of [?]40…

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Letters to the Editor. the Price of Wheat

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 4

Sir.—If wheatgrowers get behind their organisations they may yet retrieve the £60,000,000 odd which the International Wheat Agreement…

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Linseed Crops for Cowra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

Following on the success attained last year by Cowra district farmers (Messrs. Woodstock and Hines) in the raising of…

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Under Quality Wheat

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 5

"That the Wheat Board, Rail way Dept., and silos should cooperate in cleaning silos of f.a.q wheat to make way for under…

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Why Class Wool?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 7

Mr. Kelvin D. Watt, Senior Lecturer in Wool, Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North University of New Zealand, who periodically broadcasts from Radio 2YA, is a…

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Sheep Dog Trials At Dubbo Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 1

The sheep dog trials were conducted in two sections over the show days—Novice and Open. Preliminary trials were held on No. 1 Oval and the finals on Friday and Saturday afternoons at the…

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Wheat Administration Proposed Royal Commission

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 1

Replying to the Coonabarabran sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, a letter was received at the branch meeting on Friday…

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Diggers Conference Wheat Payment Delays

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 3

Resolutions for the forthcoming Western Districts Conference at Trundle were carried at meeting of the Coonabarabran…

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Wheat Bulkheads to Remain Intact

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 12

Following representations by the Coonabarabran sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, advice has been received that bulk-'…

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