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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 May 1912 · 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 he impracticable to the individual producer…

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Farming Inventions

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 8

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

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 4

The position of the wool marke't is reported upon by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., wool salesmen Sydney, in the following terms':—Auction sales of wool were…

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 4th May:— Sales were resumed in Brisbane this week after an interval of some weeks…

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London Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 3

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., wool salesmen, Sydney, have received the following cable message from their London house, dated 4th inst.:—"The second series of…

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Train Load of Dead Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

Something of a record in the way of loss of cattle during transit on the railway took place last week. Owing to the droughty conditions and consequent…

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The World's Wheat Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

Liverpool reports state that the wheat market opened under pressure, the values being from a farthing to three-eights of a penny lower. The…

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Farmers Refuse to Contribute. Parkes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

Many small farmers in the Parkes district have refused to contribute towards the fund established by the F. and S. Association to fight the Rural…

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Farmer Shoots Himself. Parkes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

William Tolhurst, a farmer residing on the Bogan road, near Parkes, was found dead yesterday, he having been shot in the head. The case is one of…

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The Pastoral Finance Association, Limited

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

The Wool Reason having concluded, we would like to point out some of the records we have held during that period. The Record Price for the season has been…

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This Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

The Co openrative Wool and Produce Co., report: Wool.—At our auction sale on 7th May we purpose bringing forward about 2750 bales, principally from the North…

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Dissatisfied Farmers

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

The farmers on the settlement purchase firms in A Riding of Illabo Shire (Junee), were up in full force at the sitting of the April Court, These…

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Wool and Produce

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date, 6th May:—WOOL…

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On the Land. London Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 6

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., wool salesmen, Sydney, have received the following cable message from their London house, dated 4th inst.:—The second series of…

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Serial Story. Romance of an Irish Farm Chapter Xix

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 8

"You are thinking that I have made up your fortune from previous infomation?" "It is too wonderful," stammered…

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Farm and Station Laborers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 6

The Director of the Immigration Bureau advises us of further large shipments of selected agricultural laborers from the rural districts of the United…

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Wheat Growing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

Mr. E. R. Mumford, at Trangie, is carrying out experiments in wheat-growing on his own account, an example which should be profitably…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report for the week ending May 4th:— A very quiet week has been…

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Wheat As Feed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 6

A correspondent at Baldry applied to the Deportment of Agriculture recently for advice in connection with the feeding of his homes. He stated…

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Cattle Eat Cyanide Baits. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

A couple of Inverell dairy farmers lost 33 valuable dairy cows, apparently as the result of cyanide poisoning, as several dead opossums were found in…

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