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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 30 of 70

Dubbo Experiment Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

At Dubbo Show two years ago the Hon. W. G. Ashford, then Minister for Agriculture, in replying to a deputation, promised definitely that the…

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Modern Farming Methods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. H. Ross, local agent for the International Harvester Co., yesterday had on exhibition an 8-16 horse power portable kerosene engine coupled to a…

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Mogriguy Farming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. W. H. Godwin, of Alton Park, Mogriguy, states that crops in that centre are growing splendidly. He will soon finish sowing…

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Successful Farmer's Opinion of District

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. J. Owers, of "Broadside," Balladoran, after a residence of eight years in the district as a successful farmer, has now sold out, and is leaving to…

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Important Sale of Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Hain and S[?]aright, Ltd. (Sydney), conjointly with J. L. Jeffers and Co., Ltd. (Dubbo), will sell at the office of the latter firm,…

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Narromine Farmers' Outlook

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 7

A visit to the Narromine district a few days since revealed quite a transformation in the appearance of the whole countryside from what it…

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Up-to-date Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

The taunt so often thrown out to the man on the land that he is conservative in every sense of the word does not apply to the great majority of the…

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District News. (Continued from Page 2). (From our own Correspondents). NARROMINE Farmers Busy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

Ploughing and sowing,operations are pro[?]ing apace, and already a large [?]ron has bean sown. The soil is in good order for working, but another…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

The Sydney market remains quiet and unchanged. Business is confined to locally scoured parcels and previously offered lots, prices for which remain very firm. The…

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Pastoral and Commercial. the Weather. Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

Warm, and very dry…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 May 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. 262…

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Dairying. Transmission of Desirable Qualities. Some Remarkable Variations

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

How widely bulls vary in their capacity to transmit dairy quality is shown by the results obtained from the Jersey herd at the University…

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Sheep at Homebush

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

The Homebush mutton market has been consistently high tor some time past. At last Thursday's closing auctions values weakened a little, but rales…

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Wheat Pool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

Farmers in Australia have been paid a sum Of £22,065,000 on certificates for wheat delivered. According to a statement of the operations of the…

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Protecting the Wheat Stacks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture states that he is having particular attention paid to the protection of wheat stacks in the country. He wishes it to be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

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. 262…

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WOOL Canvassing. Who Pays for It? an Open Letter From John Bridge & CO., Ltd

Western Age · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 3

We reply in this frank and perfectly open manner to the criticism levelled by certain wool canvassers against our proposals for…

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Dairying. Transmission of Desirable Qualities. Some Remarkable Variations

Western Age · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

How widely bulls vary in their rapacity to transmit dairy quality is shown by the results obtained from the Jersey herd at the University…

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"Chelsea" Farming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 1

Mr. W. O. Manning, of "[?], Torramungamine, has 700 acres under crop this year. Of this 100 acres is self-sown. The germination took place…

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Collie Farming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 1

Nearly all the landholders of the Collie district are putting in some wheat. It is a case of daylight saying in every home. Many purpose to sow…

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