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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Sheep and Cattle Prices

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

Sheep supplies were below requirements at last Thursday's Hameb[?]sh sales. Exporters were in the market. Values advanced. Cattle were cheaper,…

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Tonnage for Australian Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

The shipping correspondent of the London "Times" writes:—"I don't see any possibility for the securing of tonnage for the transport of the…

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Wool and Live Stock

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 4

The Now Zealand Loan and Merea[?]tile Ageney Co., Ltd., report under date March 31st:—Wool.—We offered 1188 bales on the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Ron. W.C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 236…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

Western Age · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 4

"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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[?] on Share Farming

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

[?] [?] M.L.A. (chair[?] [?] a Royal [?] [?] [?] and T. Brown, [?] [?] into all phases…

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Pastoral and Commercial. the Weather. Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 2

On Friday night last indications for rain were very good. About 8 o'clock light rain fell for a few minutes, and next morning two points were recorded. Light rain fell…

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Cattle Sale at Dunedoo

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 5

Messrs. Baker and Campbell announce in this issue that they will hold an important sale of mixed rattle at their Dunedoo yards on Wednesday next, the…

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Sydney Wool Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Limited, report (March 30):—At our closing sale of the weekly series we brought forward a catalogue…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Poultry. Arranging the Pens

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 3

With the advent of cooler weather, the young stock the has been backward in development should now make a move towards maturity; the pullets…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 3

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report under date 3rd April: Our sale on the 28th ultimo having been our last of the weekly series, our catalogue was…

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Wheat Receipts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 7

According to a return made available on Friday by Mr. Hagelthorn, Victorian Minister for Agriculture, the total receipts from Australian…

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The Wheat Situation

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

The wheat situation is assuming a new phase, and the hopes of speedily and advantageously disposing of the exportable surplus are receding week…

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The Sheep in the Snow

Western Age · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 3

A flock at sheep in a meadow were discussing among themselves the quality and colour of their fleeces. "There is one thing about them that…

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An Experiment in Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6

Experiments with a view of ascertaining whether the value of a wheat grain depends upon its position in the car have been conducted during the…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6

Victoria's proposal for the bulkhandling of wheat has received much attention in British commercial circles. The Candian office in London states…

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Sydney Wool Sales Close

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that brisk competition ruled at the closing sales of the Sydney weekly wool auctions held last Tuesday…

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Wheat Elevators' Bill. Sydney

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

The Council inserted a radical amendment in the Wheat Elevators' Bill, to the effect that the scheme to spend two million pounds should be inquired into…

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Alleged Fraudulent Wheat Claims. Sydney

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

In respect to the alleged fraudulent claims made by certain farmers for an additional compensation of 3d per bushel for wheat seized under the Wheat…

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For the Man on the Land [?]Ment of Wheat. [?] Can Do

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 8

[?] there a wheat grower who would [?] start prodacing and improving [?] seed wheaty The next few weeks will afford such…

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