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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Agricultural and Pastoral Matters

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

It is a matter of satisfaction to look back on the year 1909 as having been one of the beat for some time. Our readers will recollect that 1907 and 1908 were very disastrous for the cultivators…

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"Tip" in Wool. Its Value to Wool Growers

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 7

The value of a good "tip" is well-known to every wool grower. A nice "tip" prevents dust and other deleterious matter penetrating into the…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

Isolated rain storms have fallen over this district, while our reports show splendid falls elsewhere…

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What a Bag af Wheat Did

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

While he was standing in a truck in the Dubbo railway yard on Wednesday morning, a bag of wheat fell on Mr. Roy Field, son of Mr. Joseph Field…

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Engorgement in Cattle. (To the Editor of "Dubbo Dispatch.")

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 3

SIR,--I would like to mention a cure for the sickness caused in horses and cattle by engorgement with raw wheat, which has bee discovered by Mr. John Tomlinson, of…

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Farmers' Calendar

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 6

THE September issue of the 'Agricultural Gazette,' just to hand, includes in its contents a 'farmers' calender,' and it is stated that the aim of the Department of Agriculture is to…

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Largest Dairy in N.S.W. Milking Machines Used

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 3

AT Ben Lomond, Mr. T. A. Stirton, the well-known pastoralist, in dairying on a very extensive scale. At present 350 cows are being milked under one roof, and this…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

The district branches of the Farmers and Settlors' Association have done good work during the year. The Dubbo branch, the membership of which had been allowed from…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. Shred Your Corn Fodder. (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 2

All along the northern corn belt the corn crop is valued very highly for two reasons: In the first placc, the amount of grain feed that can be raised on…

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The Bags of Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 3

MISS COCM[?], assistant. secretary of the Hospital Saturday movement, has asked us to intimate that the Dubbo Milling Co. will receive all wheat promised for the fund, and pay fult…

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Dart's Imperial Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

The history of Dart's imperial wheat is a lesson on the value of selection for seed by farmers that can be taken to heart at harvest time. Mr. Dart…

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Australian Dry Farming. a New System of Soil Culture

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 3

Throwing the Surface out of action. This may be attained as before mentioned, or by mixing a sufficient quantity of fresh straw or stubble with the…

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Wheat Standard

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 4

IN view of the bounteous wheat harvest, the Minister for Agriculture is considering the manner in which [?] (fair average quality) standard, up in which wheat dealings are based…

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Handling the Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 4

The Railway Department has so far met the demand for trucks fairly well, although heavy truckings at Narromine have resulted in delay at Dubbo…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 3

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co. Ltd., report under date Sydney, 4th January, 1910:—In Sydney Just now everything is in active preparation for…

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Farmers' Calendar

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 6

THE September issue of the 'Agricultural Gazette', just to hand, includes in its contents a 'farmers' calendar,' and it is stated that the aim of the Department of Agriculture is to…

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Farm and Garden. Original Artioles. (Copyright.) Swine. Practical Hog Fesding. (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

The pig that is to he sold for meat has but a few months to live, and there should be no let-up in feeding from birth. It will begin to ea[?]…

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Sale of Store Sheep

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 2

A special sale of store sheep will be conducted by Messrs. Bedford, Taylor, and Weston at the yards on Wednesday next, and the opportunity will be a good…

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Experiments in Wheat

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 2

Last week Mr. Peter Hanslow, of Cudgebegong, showed the "Gulgong Advertiser" some samples of wheat grown by him. The Persian wheat was not…

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Wheat Thieves at Work

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE trouble has been given at Wellington by the mysterious lessening of the wheat stacked at the railway station, and stealing being suspected, it was discovered that…

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