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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Up-to-date Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

One of the most progressive of our farmers is Mr. T. Watt, of Whylandra. He goes on the most scientific of lines; and no sooner has anything new in the…

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A Bellicose Farmer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

Says the Gilganda "Liberal":—We have heard of a man in Gilgandra who hotly resents the Government's interference in respect of the wheat. It is…

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Letter to the Editor. Taking the Farmer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

Sir.—The dog tax is regarded as distinctly hostile to dogs in fact, it is in many cases [?]. Taxes upon strong drink are favoured by some people…

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Autumn fodder Crops, Experiments in the West

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

Mr. W. R. Birks, B.Sc., Inspector of Agriculture, has furnished his report on the experiment fodder plots in the West last year. These plots, were…

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The Gilgandra Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

Splendid service in aid of the Country Party candidate for the Castlereagh seat was rendered by Mr. Pountney, the gentleman sent over by the Quirindi…

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Terramungamine Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

The farmers out Terramimgamine Way are nothing is not go-ahead. Mr. M. S. Keir, one of the recent arrivals, intends putting 600 acres under wheat,…

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The Farmer and His Chaff

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

Considering that the price of chaff is now up to the £8 figure in Sydney, there are not a few farmers in the Dubbo district who should see their…

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Homestead Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

The following district area, will be available for application as Homestead Farm on and after March l:—Warren laud district, one block of 1213 acres…

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600 Young Cattle

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 3

Of Orange on Thursday next, 1th March, Coulson, Harton and Co., and John Bridge and Co., Ltd. (in conjunction). will sell 610 head of young cattle…

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Auction Sale Notices. Sale of Stoke Sheep

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 3

In this issue Messrs. J. S. Lees and Co. notify intending buyers of an offering of choice store sheep at the Corporation yards, Orange, on Thursday…

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Issues of Wheat Appeal Constitutional Problems

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 4

The issues in the appeal by the New South Wales Government to the High Court against the majority decision of the Inter-State Commission in the…

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Wheat Seizure Appeals

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 1

Already there are 2000 appeals in the hands of the Wheat Acquisition .Board for additional compensation over and above the 5s per bushel…

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The Wheat Grab. Melbourne

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

Argument in the wheat case before the High Court was not concluded when the Court adjourned. The question of jurisdiction was argued. Counsel for…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Wednesday 3 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. 200…

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Dairying. Lessons of the Drought. For the Irrigation Farmer

Western Age · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 4

In a recent issue of the "Agricultural Gazette," the Dairy Expert calls attention to the lessons that may be learnt from the drought on the…

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Feeding Value of Rape. An Autumn Fodder Crop

Western Age · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 4

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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. an Autumn Fodder Crop

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 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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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 3

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

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd. report under date 1st March:—The market was particularly buoyant last week, good to superior quality wools being in keen…

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Wool

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

The A.M.D. and F. Co., Ltd., reports that last week closed with a strong market, the record price of 16½ having been obtained at auction for greasy…

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