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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 2

John Bridge and Co. report:—For our tenth sale we brought forward on Thursday, 30th November, another large and representative catalogue of 6498 bales. A few…

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Pastoral and Commercial Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 2

Glorious rain! We have been promised a change for some two weeks past from the very oppressive weather, and at last our hopes have been realised in a real good…

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High Price for Far Western Wool

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 2

A far western clip—Hawthorne from Coonabarabran—made the fine price of 12d per lb. at Winchcombo Carson & Co.'s wool sales last Wednesday…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Economy in Harvesting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 8

Whether garnering the wheat crop with the stripper-harvester, or the reaper and Wilder is the most economical is a question upon which farmers hold…

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Wool Sales Ancient and Modern

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 4

A Sydney paper, of fifty years ago quotes the quantity of wool offered during the first week of December, 1861, as 148 bales. It is interesting to…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 5

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd, wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report:—The wool market ruled very, firmly during last week at the best levels,…

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In the Wheat Belt. Among the Western Growers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 3

A noticeable feature about the Wellington district is the effort made by the shire council to impress residents with the danger of bush fire, a step that, of…

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Something Like a Farm. 8,000,000 Acres in Extent and Nearly 2,000,000 Animals

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 6

The biggest farm—if "farm" it can be called—is that owned by Don Luis Terrazas, in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, which measures from…

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Harvesting Experience at "Agga State Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 8

Relative, to the methods of harvesting, as representative of the Riverina wheat-growing districts, the deductions of the manager of the Wagga State…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 8

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, including Harrison, Jones and Devlin, report under date, December 2,1911:-…

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Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date 6th December:—Auction sales of wool were suspended in Sydney this week to permit of sales being held…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the [?]producer…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles Farmers' Institutes Chapter Vi

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 2

Long ago-as men count time-I saw a collection of precious things exhumed from an oid palace-town in Etruria. I had never heard of Etruria before, nor of the Etruscaus, but they were an ancient people, who had flourished before the Romans. They were an…

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Farm Produce

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report under date 6th December.— Wheat—The London market is reported to be easier, and according to…

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TRANGIE. Rain and Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 5

Since last report the topic has been "Rain, rain, rain," and after such heavy falls us those experienced last week it its a great wonder that any wheat is…

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Narromine Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 6

Victorian farmers are very persistent in remarking that Narromine farmers are behind the times in farming methods. Before arriving at a sweeping…

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Pastoral and Commercial Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 4

Since recording the splendid downfall of rain in our last, the weather has not been too oppressive, but at time of going to press there were indications that we are in for a…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles Farmers' Institutes Chapter Vi

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 2

Long ago—as men count time—I saw a collection of precious things exhumed from an old palace-town in Etruria. I had never heard of Etruria before, nor of the Etruscans, but they were an ancient people, who had flourished before the Romans. They were an…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., wool salesmen, Sydney, report under date of 7th inst:—Transactions in the Sydney wool market during the past week have been…

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Jury Revision Court. Inconvenience to Farmers

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 December 1911 · page 3

The annual meeting of justices for the revision of the jury list was held at the court house on Friday, Mr. Gates, P.M., presiding. All justices within a…

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