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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

1,382 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 70

The Wheat Harvest

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

No wheat will be received at railway stations for Darling Harbor or Darling island on January 7 or 8 [?] of wheat are…

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Wool for America

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 10
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

The extent, to which the Sydney wool market has benefited by American competition this year, is forcibly demonstrated in the export figures…

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Development in Wheat Freight and Labor Vi

Western Age · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

In the fifth article of this series the propositions set out were:—(1) That war prices for wheat are a patent inducement to Australia to put a much greater area of land under…

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Organise Primary Production the World and Its Wheat

Western Age · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

A series of articles under the heading 'Organise" will appear in our columns. They are reprinted from the "Sun," Sydney, and have been prepared by a writer who has…

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THE Gilgandra, Friday Jan. 7, 1916 Gilgandra Weekly the Wool Market

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 8

Compared with last year a comparatively limited quantity of the season's wool clip is on hand at the Sydney wool stores awaiting sale…

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Waste Lands on Farms

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 6

It farmers generally were as careless with their money as they are with their money's worth, then the amount of interest would not be…

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State As Share Farmer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

The Government Intends to initiate a system of share farming on the recently resumed Forest Vale Estate, where 31 farms will be made…

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Foolish Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture stated on Tuesday that he had received word from the Mudgee district that some of the farmers there were selling their…

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A Splendid Crop

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. F. C. Phelps, of Macquarie-street, has received from his brother at Grenfell a fine photograph, showing what that district is capable of in the…

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[?] Over Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

In connection with the Government wheat marketing scheme an official statment has been issued in respect of the position of individuals or firms…

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Development in Wheat Freight and Labor Vi

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4

In the fifth article of this series the propositions set out were:—(1) That war prices for wheat are a patent inducement to Australia to put a much greater area of land under…

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Price of Butter

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1

The Necessary Commodities Commission recommended a reduction in the wholesale price of butter by 184 cwt. and the retail price by a f[?]thing…

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Wheat Warrants

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1

Mr. J. Field was busy yesterday with a batch of warrants he had received for payments for wheat delivered in connection with the…

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Dubbo District Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1

On Saturday last there were 5000 bags of wheat stacked in the Dubbo railway station yard, and 8000 in the shed. At Mogriguy 1500 bags were…

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New Wheat Carrier

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

The Victorian State Cabinet has decided to refit the training ship John Murray as a wheat carrier…

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Wheat at Geurie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1

Although a largo quantity of wheat has already been despatched from Geurie, there are at present about 70,000 bags stacked at the railway…

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Big Wheat Deal

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1

The Federal Government recently sold 200,000 tons of wheat to the British and French Governments, and arrangements have now been made for…

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Large Wheat Shipment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

The largest shipment of wheat ever exported from Adelaide was lifted by the Japanese steamer Atoka Maru. She took 19,102 bags for Capetown and…

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Good Wheat Prices

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture announced on Thursday that a cargo of wheat had been sold to South African consignees at 7[?] per bushel…

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