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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Farming Inventions

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 4

Messsrs. Griffith & Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 173 King Street, Sydney, and 9 Queen Street, Melbourne, report that the following applications…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., wool salesmen, Sydney, report under date of the 18th inst.: The progress of the London sales has been the chief item of interest in wool…

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Horses Getting at Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 4

Occasionally in the Dubbo district we hear of valuable draught horses getting at the wheat stacks, and eating their fill of the grain with fatal…

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Wyalong Resident Takes Sheep Dip. Wyalong

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

Patrick Nugent, of Wyalong, took a dose of sheep dip in mistake for sulphur, with fatal results…

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Farmers and Settlers. Resolutions for Western District Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 4

A meeting of the above Association was held in the Protestant Hall on Saturday afternoon. Present: A. Craig (chairman), J. Doyle, J. Sawyer,…

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Sheep. Is the Disposition to Bear Twins Hereditary

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 7

It has often been declared that in the case of animals having usually one or two young at a birth the disposition to bear twins is hereditary. In the case of…

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On the Land. Wool and Produce

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd. wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 22nd April:— WOOL…

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Serial Story. Romance of an Irish Farm Chapter Xviii

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 8

There was one command, long waited for, which did not arrive until the O'Rourkes had given up expecting it. Their another had written to Mrs. de…

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The Wheat Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

The local wheat markets are in a tight position and the outlook appears to be very gloomy…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 19th inst.:—The local market has been very quiet during the week, only a few transactions in passed…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Cobar Herald · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

These Motes 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…

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Sale of Molong Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 6

The sale of Boomey estate subdivision blocks attracted about 200 persons, including a number from Victoria. The estate comprises 14,500…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

Hill, Clark &Co., Ltd., report under date April 15:—Since the holidays the wool business has remained very quiet. For the small quantities available for private sale,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Maw on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 2

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

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Farming Inventions

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 8

Messsrs. Griffith & Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 173 King Street, Sydney, and 9) Queen Street, Melbourne, report that the following applications…

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The Dairy. Milk and Tuberculosis. How Pigs Are Affected

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 3

The cause of tuberculosis in pigs would appear to be associated with the use of milk from affected cows. Invesligations made in parts of China where…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., wool salesmen, report under date of 25th inst.:—Prospects for the Sydney sales, which take place on the 7th, 8th and 9th May, are very…

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 3

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 26th April:—Business during the week has been quiet, and confined to sales of a few passed-in lots,…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Tuesday, April 30, 1912. Local and General. an Optimistic Farmer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

Thus the "Peak Hill Express":—Last year we did not get rain till the middle of May, after a dry spell. We remember seeing Mr. Griffin, of Tomingley,…

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Farmers in Conference. the Western District Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 4

A meeting of the Western District Council was held at Peak Hill on Wednesday, when there were present: Messrs. A. E. Hunt (President), A…

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