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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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12,000 Store Sheep

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 2

Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd., are holding another monster sheep and cattle sale at Wellington on Friday, 2nd August, when 12,000 sheep and 300…

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On the Land. Big Prices for Cattle

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 4

At the Orange Corporation Yards on Thursday Messrs. A. S. Leeds and Co., secured the Splendid average of £12/7/- per [?] for a consignment of [?] fat…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report: Very little business has been transacted locally owing to the absence of buyers in Brisbane attending the sales held there on…

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Good Lines of Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Miller and James, the wellknown stock and station agents, of Gilgandra, advertise for sale some good lines of station-bred sheep, in lamb to…

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On the Land. Wool and Produce

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 5

Schute, Bell, and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 29th July:—WOOL…

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To-morrow's Big Stock Sale, 12,000 Store Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd., are holding another monster sheep and cattle sale at Wellington on Friday, 2nd August, when 12,000 sheep and 300…

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Competitors in Wool Production. Some Early History

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 10

The world's total production of wool for 1911 was estimated at 2,919,657, 520lb., or equal to 8,794,149 bales of Australian and New Zealand wood…

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Visit to Shirley's Superphosphate Works. by Interested Delegates From the Farmers and Settlers' Conference

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 2

Taking advantage of the holding of the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlors' Association, the proprietors of George Shireley, Ltd., invited…

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Serial Story. Romance of an Irish Farm Chapter Xxxi

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 10

The color spread over the girl's face, and she returned the embrace half-shyly "How did you guess?" she asked. "Sometimes I have glimmers of…

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Live Stock. Sheep and Wheat. In Conjunction at Bathnrst

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 8

The value and the importance to farmers in the wheat districts of the State of raising sheep in conjunction with growing wheat has been…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 8

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokets' Association report:— The market remains very quiet, supplies being limited. Vary little wool is…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. For The Man On The Land These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle). and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. Agricultural Rotation Crops. The System at Bathurst Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 8

The rotation is such an important and integral part of the system practised at Bathurst Experiment farm that it cannot fail to arouse the…

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Late Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 4

Winchombe, Carson Ltd., report under date 1st August:—We held our first sale of the new statistical year yesterday, and found the market in a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 2

These Motes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefie, 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 Individual producer…

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Bed Clover Hay. As Fodder for Sheep at Glen Innes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 8

Bed Clover hay, as an efficient and economical fodder, only requires to be tried to be appreciated. A few weeks ago reference was made to the proved…

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No. 65. Agriculture. Rotation Crops. The System at Bathurst Farm

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 2

THE rotation is such an important and integral part of the system practised at Bathurst Experiment Farm that it cannot fail to arouse the interest of…

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A Few Hints on Poultry Farming for Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 7

"It will be readily admitted by all, I think, that pountry farming has had very little acknowledgment as an industry our land is capable of…

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Farmers and Liberals

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 3

The entente cordiale between the Farmers and Liberals is a happy result of the recent F.S.A. Conference. When last year the Conference formed itself…

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Dubbo Agricultural Bureau. Paper by Mr. T. A. NICHOLAS. Mr. T. H. Mathews presided at a meeting of the Dubbo Agricultural Bureau, held in the Town Hall on Saturday, when the following paper was read by Mr. T. A. Nicholas:— A Few Hints on Poultry Farming for Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 7

It will be readily admitted by all, I think, that poultry farming has had very little acknowledgment as an industry our land is capable of supporting;…

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Darling Downs Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 4

We understand that on October 30th Messrs. McDougall and Co., Warwick, in conjunction with Moreheads, Ltd., of Brisbane, will about to auction Talgal…

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