Low Wheat Yield at Wellington Wellington
Wellington wheat, depots received less grain in the first week of this year's harvest than was received during each day…
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Farming & the land, 1950
1,353 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 68 of 68
A "Wet Drought" Caused Low Wheat Yield
The 1950 wheat harvest had been very depressing said the Dubbo District Agronomist (Mr. R. W. Shelley) who added that the term "wet drought" was very apt for the season…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Tax Trangie Seeks End Next June
The ending of the Wool Tax Deduction Act after June of next year is sought by the Trangie branch of the Graziers'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Sales Tax Levy Plans Gazetted Sydney
Regulations, requiring the deduction, of 20 per cent, from the proceeds of all wool sales, were gazetted yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Potato & Tomato Crops Cause Growers Concern
"Potato crops have deteriorated somewhat and harvesting has already commenced," said the Dubbo Agronomist (Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Mushroom Farm At Cowra Planned
The largest mushroom farm in Australia will probably be at Cowra. It will be "situated on Mr. John Corp's property on the river bank…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Future Promising Greatly Stimulated Demand
This wool season has produced a remarkable rise in values and prices for lops in Bradford reflect that advance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hard Hit Farmer Wins Car Year Of Disaster Ends Happily
A share-farmer whose 1950 wheat crop was a failure, and who had Buffered heavy losses in this year's series of floods, won first prize—a sedan car—in the Dubbo District Ambulance Art Union…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settler Tops Wool Sale
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) announced that Mr. D. J. McAlister, soldier settler on "Willeroo" Estate, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vandals Damage Wheat Stack at Dubbo
Vandals had ripped open several wheat bags at the Talbragar Ctreet wheat stack at Dubbo causing severe damage, police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →African Natives Stealing Flocks of Sheep Capetown
High wool prices were leading to an increased number of large-scale thefts of sheep in South Africa and fresh reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Market & Wool Reports Country Producers
The proceeds far wool sales for the first five month period of the Australian season amounted to £228,531,999, while for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scheme to Use £130,000 for Wheat Research
A total of £130,000 out of £265,000 accumulated from fractions incapable of distribution from wheat pools may be used…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Tractors Increase in Use in U.s.a
American dinners are now using about 3,500,000 tractors, in addition to 250,000 garden tractors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prize-winning Wheat Crop 46 Bus. to Acre
Forty-six bushels to the acre is the estimated yield from the winning entry in the Southern Slopes Division or the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Linseed Only a Marginal Crop at Dubbo
Without irrigation linseed crops could only be regarded as marginal crops in average seasons in the Dubbo district, said the Judge (Mr. W. M. Curteis) of the Royal Agricultural Society's 1950…
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