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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Limited, report (2nd March, 1916):—Though the greater portion of the catalogue which we submitted at auction…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 6

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report under date 6lth March:—Prices of good to superior quality merino continued firm throughout last week's sales…

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Export of Commodities' Sending Wheat Away As Flour

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 7

Speaking on the commercial side of his administration, the Attorney-General, Mr. Hall, stated that there was every prospect of a large supply of…

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Cattle in Queensland

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 17

According to a rough estimate there are 300,000 killable cattle in Queensland, or, rather, there will be during the season, as against 480,000…

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Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mereanthe Agency Co., Ltd., reports under date 6th March:—We held our sale today. Competition for all shafty…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 7

A case possessing some interesting features was before his Honor Judge Scholes and a jury at the Cowra Quarter Sessions last week, when hes…

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Payments for Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 4

In Legislative Assembly last night the Minister for Agriculture stated that up to the present the Government had paid £6,300,000 to New South…

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A Million Bags of Wheat

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 17

Between Orange and Forbes, all stations inclusive, there are something like a million bags of wheat waiting for trucks. As wheat is…

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Letter to the Editor. the Sheep Blowfly

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 4

Sir,—As the season when the blowlly post becomes most troublesome is approaching. I write to ask through vour columns, if my of your senders have…

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Sydney Wool Sales. John Bridge and Co. Averages Holding Well

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 2

It has been our privilege, recently, to report a number of sales by John Bridge and Co., in which the averages have stood out well. At their…

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The Gilgandra Weekly Gilgandra, Friday March 9, 1916 Wool From Gular

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 12

Offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's wool sale this week included 22 bales of merino fleece wool from Mr Peter Ferguson's Gulargambone…

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Payments of Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 1

In the Assembly on Thursday evening, the Minister for Agriculture in reply to Mr. Durack, stated that the Government had paid £6,300,000 to the…

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State Farms

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 4

In reply to questions in the House, the Minister for Agriculture stated that 12,000 across had been sown with wheat at Woodlands last year, from…

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Soldier Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 6

Speaking at Mirrool on Saturday the Premier stated that the Government would meet settlers who volunteered for the front in the same spirit of…

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Culling Aged Hens. On the Ordinary Poultry Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 8

If the advice given by the Poultry Export in December on the subject of the disposed of aged hens as they go off laying has been duly followed, a…

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Farms at State Schools

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 6

It is the intention of the Minister for Education to establish several school farms at various centres of the State next year. Mr. Griflith made an…

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Pastoral and Commercial. the Weather. Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 4

Everything is clear and fine, with a moderate temperature. The Gulgoa has a good "fresh," and the water is running last into the Darling…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 253…

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Poultry. Culling Aged Hens. On the Ordinary Poultry Farm

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 2

If the advice given by the Poultry Expert in December on the subject of the disposal of aged hens as they go off laying has been duly followed, a…

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Farmers and Wheat

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 4

Last Thursday night the Minister for Agriculture stated that up to the present the Government had paid £6,300,000 to New South Wales farmers for…

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