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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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The Wool Season Rush

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

M[?]trating the strenuous rush of the wool season, Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co. quote the fact that at their store last week they handled, in…

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Commercial News. Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., wool salesmen, Sydney, report under date of 17th instant:—-Heavy catalogues have been offered in the Sydney wool…

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The Wheat Harvest. Mr. Claude Buckland 'S

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

On last Saturday afternoon, a representative of the "Dispatch" paid a visit to Mr. C. Buckland's farm, on the Old Dubbo Estate, about three miles from…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 2

Hill, Clark and Co, report as follows, under date November 16:—Our wool catalogue on Thursday included clips from practically all wool growing divisions of the…

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Pastoral and Commercial Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 2

The weather still continues to cause uneasiness, but it is to be hoped that a change will soon take place, and the unusal heat that has prevailed during the past week…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Our catalogue of the 21st inst. comprised an excellent collection superfine merinos, which attracted splendid competition…

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The Cattle King. Mr Kidman's Holdings

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 12

America is the land of most big things, but it hasn't the world's biggest cattle ranch. That distinction belongs to Australia…

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Gilgandra. Government Experimental Wheat Plots

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 8

Mr. R. Rennie, an officer of the Department of Agriculture, arrived at Gilgandra on Friday for the purpose of the supervising the harvesting of the…

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Weeds in Wheat Fields. Mark H. Reynolds, Inspector of Agriculture, in the "Agricultural Gazette."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 3

Included in the many benefits of fallowing land and a system of crop rotation is the rapid elimination of weeds. Many wheat fields this season, where…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. (Issued under the personal supervision of Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture). Growing, Manufacture, and Marketing of Chaff

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 10

The time has again come round when farmers commence marketing chaff. The producer in this case, as in all other trades and callings, must consider…

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Farming in West Australia. How Fallowing Pays in the Dry Districts

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 3

In acknowledging an address and cheque sent to him by the Cowra district farmers, Mr G. L. Sutton, formerly wheat expert at Cowra…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 8

The Sydney Wool Solling Brokers Association report :-The improved conditions noted in our last report have been fully maintained during the past…

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Improving Seed Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

Mr Victor H. Green, manager George Shirley, Ltd., in taking up the question of improving the quality of wheat, has outlined a scheme of competition, first…

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Good Price for Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

For good wools the market is very keen. Mr. H. Colin Strahorn, Eulandool, Dubbo, obtained to 13¾d for fleece at Winchcombe, Carson and CO.'s sale…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trellic Minister Of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the hind and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles Experimental Farms Chapter Iv

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

When you land in Canada you are confronted with a whole host of new propositions. We landed in Quebec and found it was old. and slow and French. If Quebec had been Canada, I would have felt bad, but it issue, it is Quebec. You can only understand Canada…

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The Trangie Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 3

Harvesting operations are in full swing throughout the Trangie district. Mr. J. W. Smith, of "Newhaven," has stripped 65 bags of Laura Spring wheat from five…

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Trangie Farmer's Death

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 7

The Sydney Coroner last week held an inquiry concerning the death of Patrick Sugrue, aged 72 years, a retired farmer, of Trangie, which took place at the…

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Cattle on the Railways

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 2

The only cases dealt with at the police court on Friday, before Mr. Gates, P.M., were half a dozen from Geurie, arising out of a recent raid by the railway…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., wool salesmen, Sydney, report:—At the wool sales held on Thursday last we submitted 6000 bales, comprising a first-class selection,…

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