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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 4

Sixty-five points of rain fell on Tuesday night. Light rain has fallen throughout the [?] since then, but not enough to be registered in Bourke. The weather is still…

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Butter for Export. The Question of Grading

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 2

THE Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. John Perry), who has a sound practical knowledge of the subject, recently made some interesting comments on…

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Worm in Sheep. a Source of Serious Loss to astorallits

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 7

It is a fact which no practical sheep owner will gainsay, that many thousands of pounds are lost annually to flock masters in this country, owing to…

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Dairy Science School. For the Middle Northern Rivers

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 2

THE Department of Agriculture, in pursuance of its policy of instruction in the scientific side of the dairying industry, proposes to conduct another…

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The Farmer As He Really Is

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 6

"It takes a devil to know a devil," was the confession of Mr Aiken, amid screams of laughter, at the festive board at Red Range (says the "Glen…

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Farmers' Calendar. JULY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 6

Crops to sow....This is not a good month for sowing any farm crops. Vegetables.--Transplant cabbages and cauliflowers ; sow tomato seed and plant sweet…

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The "Farmer and Settler" and Labor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

WE extract the following from the above-mentioned paper. A southern correspondent, a member of an F.S.A. branch, of Labor proclivities, writes to the "Farmer…

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Does your Dairy Pay

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 5

HAVE you considered the importance of knowing the profit derived from each individual cow in your dairy ? The cost of feeding a profitable cow is no greater than…

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Sheep Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 3

The sheep sales in connection with the Sheepbreeder's Association Show were held yesterday. Sylvander, winner of the grand champion prize, was sold for 450 guineas to a…

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Sheep and Settlement

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 3

IT is satisfactory to note in Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd.'s report for the year that it bears out the argument often brought forward in these columns (writes the…

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The Wheat Returns

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

THE preliminary results of the final compilation of the crop returns show that the yield of wheat during the 1909-10 season was 29,532,029 bushels from 1,900,180 acres, equivalent to an…

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The Wheat Shortages

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

THE secretary of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for Finance and Trade, in reply to letter sent…

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The Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

THE wool selling season 1909-10 closed on the 30th ult. The season was a record one, 822,718 bales being sold in the Sydney market as compared with 752,190 hales in 1903-9. Of this…

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Stud Sheep Sales. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

The stud sheep sales commenced yesterday. The Grand Champion, Sylvander, was purchased for South Africa for 450 guineas; the special stud…

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The Wheat Sacks Question

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 3

The Minister for Customs states that the law will be amended to cheek the export of wheat in sacks holding over 200lbs…

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Pastoral and Commercial Western Herald Office, Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

Fourteen points of rain fell on Friday night last, and thirteen on Saturday night last. Last night an additional twenty-five points fell. The total fall since June 22 is…

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The Wool Year Closes. Record Season; Magnificent Results

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 4

The wool year closed last Thursday, and to-day growers and sellers are wishing each other a happy new year. "The Sun" says in a literal, but by no…

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Wool Industry. Great Increase In Production. The States' Premier Position

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

SOME remarkable facts in connection with the wool industry were given by Sir Francis Suitor at the Sheep Show luncheon on Friday. The show, he said, was the largest exhibition…

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Weather and Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

SOME more light showers fell during Saturday night, Only seven points were registered locally, though there was more in the outlying districts, Sunday and Monday were fine, with frosty…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

Schute Bell and Co. Ltd., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 4th July:—Although it is difficult to gauge the course of the market…

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