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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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South Australian Wheat Yield

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 4

Since the beginning of the year, correspondents of the "Register" in all agricultural districts have been "collecting data relating to the wheat…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under dale, 27th February:—A fair selection was submitted by us on Wednesday…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 3

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, including Harrison, Jones and Devlin; Ltd., report:—Some nice lines of fine spinning wools from New…

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Farmers' Bulletins

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

THE Department of Agriculture has now in operation a system of distributing special bulletins relating to one particular subject, and already some forty…

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Big Wheat Cargoes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 5

Two steamers have left Sydney for Europe carrying a total aggregate of 152,000 bags of wheat…

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Orange Monster Store Sheep Sale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

MESSRS. Bedford, Taylor, and Weston, Ltd., and Glasson, Coulson, and McLachlan (acting in conjunction), advertise in this issue that they will sell, at the Corporation yards. Orange, on…

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Huge Wheat Cargoes. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

Two steamers left Sydney for Europe during the past 24 hours, carrying a total aggregate of 152,000 bags of wheat…

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Farmers' Bulletins

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has now in operation a system of distributing special bulletins relating to one particular subject, and already some forty…

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The Dairy. Pasture Lands

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 3

REQUIRE TREATMENT. "We are apt to think," states a writer in the "Mark Lane Express," "that arable lands is more subject to loss from…

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Farmers' Ready Reckoner

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 6

THE following shows at a glance how farmers may arrive at the number of bushels of wheal contained in a given load. It is a very handy table, and should be posted in every home :--…

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Farmers' Calendar

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 6

THE 'Agricultural Gazelle,' has published Murmurs' calendar,' and it is stated that the aim of the Department of Agriculture it to provide farmers, and more especially newcomers in…

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The Profession of Farming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 7

"THERE is no grander profession than that of farming. Surely man can cherish no hotter ambition than to make the paternal acres yield as they never have before. The…

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Crops of the World

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 5

The January bulletin of the International Agricultural Institute gives the total production and single numerical statement—that is, a comparison…

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Sydney Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 3

The sales during the past week brought the weekly series to a close. The selection was largely at a clearing-up character, but included some nice well-grown lines from New England…

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Coonamble Experimental Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 2

MR. J. L. TREFLE, Minister for Agriculture, will visit Coonamble to-day (Wednesday), for the purpose of taking part in the opening of the Coonamble Experimental Farm. Mr. Teefle will…

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Trangie Farmers and Settlers. The Monthly Meeting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the Trangie Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Trangie on Saturday, there being present: -- Messrs. L. P[?] (in the chair). F. H. Lovelook, C. Gollan,…

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Field Peas for Sheep. a Soil Restorer

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 7

The need for allowing soil to lie fallow has been obviated by many farmers by growing rape, which has the advantage of renovating the soil, while it…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date, 6th March:—A strong market characterised our closing sale of the…

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Dairy Cows

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 5

In another column of this paper the sale of Mr. Rich's herd of dairy cows to be conducted by Mr. T. M. Sherriff, at "Rozelayne," Curra Crook is…

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Productive Capacity of Dairy Cattle. M. A. O'callaghan

The Cobar Herald · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

We have at the Government Stud Farm at Berry representatives of all the principal dairy breeds of cattle, and records of the milk yields of these animals have…

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