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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Rations for Dairy Cattle. Balanced v. Unbalanced Ones

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

With a view to demonstrating the loss which dairymen may sustain if they supply their cows with an unbalanced ration (that is, a ration which contains…

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Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., has received the following cablegram from its London Office:—"The list of arrivals for the sales to open in London…

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Effective Wheat System

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture says that there is no time to be lost in establishing an effective and comprehensive system for the…

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London Wool Prices

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

The latest advices from London with regard to the wool trade are to the effect that prices are in favor of buyers, the complaint being lack of the…

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Wheat Stackings at Gilgandra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

At the Gilgandra railway station there are something like 400,000 bags of wheat awaiting transport, while at the flour mill the supply is about 40,000…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal [?]sion of the Hon. J. L. T[?] Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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Dairying. Danish Tuberculin Unions. The Cause of Clean Herds

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

Denmark provides an excellent example of what can be done by dairymen themselves towards the advancement of their industry—an example that can be…

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Starting a Poultry Farm. Questions of Interest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 8

A correspondent who intends to start poultry-forming, and who wishes to avoid making any initial blunders, has submitted a number of questions which…

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Rations for Dairy Cattle. Balanced v. Unbalanced Ones

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

With a view to demonstrating the loss which dairymen may sustain if they supply their cows with an unbalanced ration (that is, a ration which contains…

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Pastoral and Commercial the Weather. Western Herald Office, Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

Wo are experiencing most peculiar and distressing weather. Wednesday was really a boast of a day. The glass stood at 114.5 but light cyclonic storms were playing hide…

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Dairying. Danish Tuberculin Unions. The Cause of Clean Herds

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

Denmark provides an excellent example of what can be Clone by dairymen themselves towards the advancement of their industry—an example that can be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. There Notes are issued erery weak, under the personel supervision of the Hon. J. L. T[?], Minister of Agriculture, and based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 140. Agricultural. Seasonable Work. Practical Suggestions

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

With the harvest over and a good deal of the carting of the wheat done, preparations for the ensuing sowing should now occupy the thoughts of…

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Six Choice Farms

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 5

In to-day's issue will be found particulars of that grand property, "Gillinghall," belonging to Mr. Sage Bruce, "Loombah," which is being…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones & Devlin Limited offered on Thursday an attractive catalogue of 3520 bales, comprising a number of well grown…

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Pastoral and Commercial the Weather. Westeun Herald Office, Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

A cool change at last, but no rain. The weather has been most tantalising. Intensely hot days, with dust-storms, followed by three drops of rain, were the rule up to…

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The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, January 13

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday prices equalled the best of last week…

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Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 12th January:—The wool market closed last week at very satisfactory…

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Dry Farming. Fourteen Bushel Crop on 2¾ Inches of Rain

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 7

One of the observers for the Commonwealth Meteorological Service, who is farming on a large scale, at Tralee, near Parkes, in sending in his annual…

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Dairying. Crossing Dairy Cattle. Useful Breeds

The Cobar Herald · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

Speaking before the Inverell branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. H. A. Alexander made some comments on the crossing of cattle for dairy purposes…

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Eighty Sheep Smothered

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

Mr. A. N. Paynter, who has just leturned from a motor trip to Yalpunga, states that during the journey the full force of the terrible dust storn was…

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