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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,200 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 60 of 60

Valuable Stud Farm Leased

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 4

Hain and Searight, the Sydney firm of property and stock salesman, an[?] having concluded negotiations between Mr. R.C. Scott, late of…

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Gular Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 6

Writes a Gular correspondent:— Stripping operations at Yarraudale have just been completed, and Sir. McKae. the manager, informs us that…

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Wool and Produce Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 4

No auction sales have been held in Sydney during the past week as buyers have been in Brisbane for the periodical sales, but sufficient business has been transacted…

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Pastoral. Improving the Pastures. Growers' Suggestions—With Comments

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 2

A distinctly interestng and useful discussion and that which was provoked at a recent meeting of the Coonabarabran branch of the Agricultural Bureau…

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Poultry. Smutted Wheat As Feed

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 2

The Department gives a word of warning to poultry keepers, who, in their desire to obtain the cheapest poultry feed, purchase smutted wheat…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 2

Those 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 impr[?]cable to the individual producer…

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Dairying. Herd Testing. What Experience Taught

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 2

Six years ago Mr. Burgess, a New Zealand farmer, started testing his dairy herd, and an account of his experience appears in the "Journal of…

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The Wheat Production. the Statistician's Figures

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 December 1912 · page 2

The Acting Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) has furnished the following report respecting the estimated wheat production in New South Wales…

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Wheat Experimenting at Trangie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 3

Experiments within the town of Trangie by Messrs. Mumford Bros, with Purple Straw, Comeback, Bayah, Bunyip, Chant's Prolific, Bobs,…

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Commercial News. Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 4

The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., Ltd., report that at their wool sale held on the 19th [?], good competition was experienced. The market was practically unchanged…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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Agriculture. "The Farmers' Handbook." a Guide to Best Methods

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 6

"In using in systematic order every part of his holding for some profitable purpose throughout the twelve months of the year, the farmer will find the key…

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Dairying for Profit. The Importance and the Limitations of Herd-testing

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 6

Herd-testing is on the move as a progressive element in dairying in New Zealand. The Dairy-produce Division of the Department of Agriculture has…

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No. 86. Dairying. the Paspalum Pastures. Renovation Expensive, but Necessary

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 6

The peculiar problem of the Richmond River district is the management of the paspalum to better profit. This grass, which in the past has done so well in…

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Mundooran Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 6

A Mundooran correspondent writes: -- The wheat yield in this district was very fair. A few weeks prior to harvest, farmers were afraid the yield…

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Molong Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 4

The wheat crops about the Molong district are coming off with a rush, and not only are they turning out well, but the grain is, right throughout, a…

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Wool and Produce Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 2

John Bridge and Company, Limited, report:—One Wednesday, the 18the inst., [?]any held their eleventh esle of the season and last before the Xmas recess. Their…

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Pastoral. Farmers' Wool. Hints on Marketing

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 6

Some useful suggestions on the preparation of farmers' lots of wool for market were made by Mr. Cuthbert Howard in a paper read by him before…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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Instruction in Dairying. Wollongbar Experiment Farm

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 6

For the young man who wishes to make dairying his vocation, there is no question that Wollongbar experiment farm is the place to acquire the…

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