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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 21 of 70

Saturday's Fat Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 5

Messrs. Hertford, Taylor, and Weston, Ltd., as advertised, will sell on Saturday next, 30 head of choice prime fat cattle on account of Mr. Jas…

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Pink Eye Among Sheep. Drovers' Casual Methods

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 8

The off-handed manner in which the casual drover deals with sheep which go blind from ophthalmia, or pink-eye, was brought under the notice of the…

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The Blowfly Pest. the Pros and Cons of Dipping in Long Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 8

We are appraching that season of the year when the blowfly becomes most active, so it is opportune to ventilate a subject that may or may not be of…

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Share Farming and Silly Farming. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 2

Sir,—I kindly crave a space in your valuable paper to express my views on the above subject, having had some experience in the farming line, in…

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Sheep Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 1

For some time past there has been systematic thieving going on at the Orange saleyards (says the "Advocate"). Every Thursday stock…

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Cattle Cruelly Treated

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 2

Intense indignation has been aroused in the Casino district owing to cruelty to cattle by the obliteration of brands. A selector discovered 24…

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Wheat Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture has convened a wheat conference for next month. The conference, over which Senator Russell wlll preside, will be…

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Wool Report

Western Age · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 2

John Bridge & Co Ltd report under date 25th March, 1946:—Wool—Superior wools sold quite up to the best rates of the season. We secured 19d for merino wool in the large…

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At Home and Abroad. Transporting the Wheat Crop

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, in reply to Mr Fitzpatrick, in the Leg islative Assembly stated that for the 13 weeks to March 11 the wheat…

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The Wheat Pool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Agriculture in the Assembly on Wednesday, if Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Warre, and Worrall…

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Wool Well Scoured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 4

A special bulk report by Messrs. John Hoare and Co., woolbrokers, of London, on 48 bales of wool branded Multagoona/B. Bros., ex Whakatane, Lots…

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"John Bridge" Wool Sales Bale Average: £19 13s 2d

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 1

The last few sales of the present series, as our wool-growing readers are, of course, aware, consist of the final clearing-up of the clip, and one might,…

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Closing of Wool Season. Averages Stand Splendidly. John Bridges Latest Sale

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 12

At this stage of the wool-selling season-diminishing prices might reasonably be expected. It is, therefore, pleading to note that John…

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Farmers Want Beeby

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 1

There appears to be a prospect of a split between the Liberals and Progressives in connection with the proposal to have Wagga included among…

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Farm for Sale

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. A. Tyers Wood, auctioneer, has received instructions from Mr. Thos Leslie, Whylandra, to sell by public auction at his rooms,…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 4

John Bridge & Co. Ltd., report under date March 25: Superior wools sold quite up to the best rates of the season. We secured 19d for merino wool in the large…

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Pastoral and Commercial. the Weather. Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 4

The easterly wind that has been blowing during the week is bearing more to the north. The sky is overcast, and once more hopes are being raised. In 1909 we had…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 April 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. 256…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 2

"The question of the economic feeding of farm animals depends as much on scientific principles as does the economic feeding of farm crops," said…

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The Camping Ground. a Farmers' Protest

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 4

At the meeting of the Municipal Council on Thursday A night, Alderman Walker moved, pursuant to notice, that that portion of the works…

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