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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

1,097 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 55

Wool Rport

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 3

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, report, 7th February:—An excellent market has ruled during the past week and another 40,295 bales have…

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Terrible Tragedy at Lismore. Farmer Kills His Neighbour. Then Commits Suicide. Lismore

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 5

Two well-known and prosperous dairy farmers named Hugh Clark and William Francis Keys, residing at Eureka, near Lismore,…

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The Dairy. Butter Making. Useful Hints

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 6

"Butter-making on the farm," is the title of a paper recently issued by the dairy instructor connected with the New Zealand Department of…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

An excellent market ruled during last week and 40,295 bales have been added to the season's turnover at a splendid range of values. The selection was a good one…

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Wheat on Special Leases

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 3

TWO Tichbourne farmers was fined £2 and £3 respectively by the Parkes land board for growing wheat on land on their special leases, which they were not permitted to cultivate under the…

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Pastoral and Commercial Western Herald Office. Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

Thursday night was most oppressive. A thunder-storm occurred and cooled the air somewhat during the middle of the night, but only a few points of rain fell. This…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. Improving Farm Butter. (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 2

Nearly all butter sold by the ranchman or farmer is of poorer quality than it should be. By more careful handling and better methods there-is…

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Farmers' Calendar

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 6

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

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Diccinc Horace's Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 7

Professor Pasqui has completed a thorough exploration of the supposed site of Horace's Sabine farm, under the hill now called the Campanile,…

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A Special Word or Two to Farmers and Settlers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 3

The farmers and settlers, amidst the clash and clamour of the election battle, must bear in mind that the Liberal party stands to-day as it has always…

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Dairy Hints

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 2

The dairy should be clean, sweet, well ventilated, lofty, erected overground and situated—if there is a chance—at least 30 yards from any…

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Smut in Wheat. Experiments in Tasmania

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 3

Although smut in wheat (Ustlago carbo) is a disease not always in evidence in our wheat crops, there are seasons when it affects crops to a serious…

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Handling of Butter and Cheese

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

In the course of a lecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic on the “Handling of Provisions,” Mr. G. J. Nicholls, of Messrs. Bowles, Nicholls…

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The Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday the market was very strong at last week's rates, with good all round competition…

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THE London wool MARKET

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

The following account at the transactions on the London wool market during 1909, as recounted by Messrs Windeler and Co. should be interesting to all woolgrowers:—…

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Pastoral and Commercial Western Herald Office. Tuesday, evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

The weather is hot and dry. Storms work up and look very angry, and then "peter out." Three inches of rain would do an enormous amount of good this month…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday the market was very strong at last week's rates, with good all round competition…

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The Wool Market (By Telegraph.) Sydney, February 15

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

At Winchcombe Carson's wool sales the market was strong at the bust rates of last week. Greasy reached 14d and scoured 21d…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Ascocation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the Dubbo branch of this Association was fixed for Saturday afternoon last, but the attendance, for one or two…

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Maize Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

A few farmers have been tempted this year to try their luck with maize, not all of them with the most satisfactory results. One crop of nearly…

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