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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 7

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reported on the 16th September: — Reports from both Brisbane and Melbourne, where…

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Wool Sales Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

Goulburn. — Good competition especially from Bradford and Continent was experienced for the selling of 2000 bales of wool at…

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Wheat Votes Must Reach Sydney by

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA) today re[?]ded whoolgrowers that the ballot on the wheat sta[?]…

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Narromine Wheat Moved By Road in Spite of Petrol Shortage

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

At a time when hundreds of district motorists art bring told that they will haw to use less petrol so as to conserve dollars, thousands of…

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"Farmers Deliberately Deceived By Their Own Representatives," W.G.U. Officials Declare

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

"Wheatgrowers of this district have been deliberately deceived by their own representatives," declared State Executive members of die Wheatgrowers' Union of NSW at Narromine on Wednesday afternoon…

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Wheat Ballot Stabilisation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) reminds wheatgrowers that the…

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Two Men Convicted on Wheat Stealing Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 1

Two Dubbo men were each sentenced to two months imprisonment, sentence to be suspended on a bond of self and surety of £20 each to be of good behaviour for two years, when they were convicted…

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Brown Snake Killed at Wheat Stacks

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 1

One of the venomous brown snakes, which have been seen near the wheat stacks at the railway, was killed this morning…

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Dairy Society Annual Meeting Directors Report Successful Year. Payment of Dividend Deferred Pending Probable Sale of Business

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 3

THE view was expressed at last Wednesday's Annual Meeting of shareholders of the Macquarie Valley Co-operative Dairy Society limited that, as the Directors had recommended the payment of a dividend,…

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Mice Damage Wheat Crops

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 2

Mice are said to be playing havoc with wheat crops in parts of the Peak Hill district. The mice chew the stalk below the flag moisture…

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Wheat, Cat Crops Respond Well to September Rains

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 5

Apart from a few ups and downs in temperatures, the weather during September was more normal than it has been in previous months. Conditions generally were mild to warm with a number of frosts…

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Crop Conditions Western Officer's Monthly Review

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 2

Apart from n few ups and downs in temperature, the weather during September was nearer to normal than it has been in previous months…

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Big Field Day at Trangie Experiment Farm Tomorrow

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 8

Fourteen specialists in their own [?] at work will be personal at a field [?] at the Trangie Experiment Farms tomorrow to explain…

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Films on Sheep Raising

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 11

Sheepowners and others interested in the sheep-raising industry In dustry are advised that a special programme of Australian Wool…

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Will Butter Be 4/- A lb

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 7

Where will the wild whirl of rising costs end? No one seems to know, but it appears certain that a…

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Death of Wool Consultant

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 11

The death is reported of William Henry Mather, as his home, 390 Edgecliffe Road Wollahra He is survived by ais widow and step…

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Big Falling Off in World Wool Stocks London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 1

The Chairman of the International Wool Study Group, R. F. Bretherton, announced that world stocks of apparel wool by the end of June, 1949, would be about 2,750,000,0001b. (greasy weight) as…

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Review of Crop Conditions. September Rains Brought Immense Improvement. Above Average Yields Now Anticipated

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 9

APART from a few ups and downs in temperature, the weather during September was more normal than it has been in previous months. Conditions generally were mild to warm with a number of frosts in the higher…

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Ten p.c. of Wheart Crops Destroyed

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 1

Ten per cent. of the total wheat. crops in the Coonabarabran-Mudgee district have been destroyed by rabbits, and damage is still being done. This was stated during the…

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New International Farm Machinery

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 12

Several new international farm machines have arrived in Coonabarabran during the last few days to fulfil ordeers from…

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