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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,292 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 10 of 65

Seed Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 6

The Wheat Acquisition Board has now decided to give individual farmers the greatest latitude in the disposal of seed wheat to their neighbours. The…

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Sheep Make Big Prices

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 5

Though medium and inferior sheep sold slightly in buyers' favor at Homebush last Monday, owners had little cause for complaint in the market. All…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., have received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—"Brisbane wool market opened strong. Prices fully equal…

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Farmer's Death

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 7

Early on Friday morning John Smith, 59, farmer at Bishopbourne township, about 17 miles from Launceston, was shot dead. His wife, Alice Mary, who…

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Our Farmers. Macquarie District Council. Organisation Imperative. Common Grievances Voiced. The New Team

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 3

A meeting of the Macquarie District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Protestant Hall on Saturday last. There were…

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The Macquarie Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 7

The Macquarie District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association appeals to be singularly fortunate in its selection of officers. In the first…

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For the Man on the Land Feeding Value or Raps. An Autumn Fodder Crop

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 8

At the present season, when the sowing of a few acres of rape should be in the mind of every provident farmer, it is distinctly interesting to read the…

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Sheep Stealing

Western Age · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 2

At the Cobar Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs. N. Morrison and John Leah, J.'sP., Robert Glashen and Leslie Hooker were…

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A Dubbo Wool Clip

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 1

Mr. J. Ritter's Yoorooga wool clip was sold in Sydney yesterday wethers realised 13¾d, and owes and hoggets 13d. Very few clips from this district…

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Our Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

Mr. J. E. Grice, the new owner of "Mount Erin," is to make things move. This year he intends putting 500 acres under wheat—to be increased next…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 4

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 201…

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Farm Seeds on Sale. Quality and Purity

Western Age · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 4

Some evidence of the care farmers require to exercise, to assure themselves that parcels of seeds they purchase are comparatively clean is afforded by a…

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Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 5

Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd. advertise in this issue that they will offer by public auction at the Commercial Yards. on Saturday next, 30…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Germination of Wheat Seed. and the Prime Act of Husbandry

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 8

During the last two seasons cases came under the notice of the Biologist of the Department, in which some of the wheat seed sown on Government and…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 8th March:—Prices in Brisbane last week have ruled well up to the improved levels established in Sydney last…

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Sheep Sale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 1

Messrs. Kelk and Co. and W. A. Mackay and Co. will offer for sale 300 merino owes and 200 Lincoln cross mixed weaners at the Corporation…

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Yoorooga Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., in th[?] description of the Yoorooga wool clip, which topped the market at their last Sydney sale, state:—J.H.R./Yoorooga…

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Cattle Lost in Grass

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. E. A. Power, of Bottle Trees Estate, Queensland, writing to a friend in Sydney, states that over 15 inches of rain were registered in that…

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To-morrows Sheep Sale

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

Messrs. W. S. Kelk and Co. and W. A. McKay and Co., in conjunction, will sell at the Corporation Yarde to-morrow at 3 p.m. 300 merino [?]wes, 4, 6, and…

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The Wheat Commission

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 1

Giving evidence before the Royal Commission on Wednesday, Mr. T. I. Campbell, general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association,…

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