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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 35 of 70

Big Farming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

Thorby Bros., of Albion Hill, wongarbon, will finish sowing this week-- they will then have 600 acres cropped. Mr. H. V. Thorby will have 350 acres…

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Dairying in Argentina

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 4

During the last two months of the year 1915, an exhibition was held at Cordova, an important provincial town in the Argentina Republic. It was…

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Down the Lachlan. Government Share Farming Scheme. Interview With Mr. B. Houston McNieco

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 3

Mr. R. Houston McNicco the peripatetic representative of W. H. Paling and Co., recently completed an extended trip "Down the Lachlan," where…

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Pastoral and Commercial. the Weather. Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 2

The weather, since our last, although cold at night, has been really beautiful. It is more like Spring weather than anything else. The winter, if one can so term…

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Fat Cattle and Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 4

On Saturday next Reg. McLachlan will sell without reserve 100 prime wethers, also a line lot of young wethers 2 and 4 tooth, well woolled, and…

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Sale of Durham Cattle at Orange

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 4

Messrs Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd. Orange, will hold a sale of famous Durham cattle at the Corporation yards Orange, on Thursday, 15th june. These…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 8

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 3rd June:— The sudden and unexpected enforcement of an embargo against shipment…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. (Issued under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture). Lime and Chalk. Their Comparative Effects on the Soil

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 9

Do lime (calcium oxide and chalk (calcium carbonate) act upon soil in substantially the same manner? The question was asked by Dr. E. J…

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Weather and Crops

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 4

From the beginning of the present week, the indications have been for rain, but up to Tuesday morning the total of the moisture registered locally…

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 7

The A.M.L. and E. Co., Ltd., report under date 7th June:—The announcement on Monday by the Federal Commissioner for Customs that no wool…

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The Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. telegraphed us yesterday:--At a meeting of woolbrokers to-day a message was received from the Minister for…

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Travelling Sheep Without a Permit

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4

Andrew Dennis was proceeded against for travelling sheep without a permit or statement. Mr. McManamy (McManamy and Jelf), who appeared…

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Instructing the Farmer. How Canada Does It

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

The Ontario Department of Agriculture does things properly. In conjunction with the Canadian-Pacific railway it has been running agricultural…

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"Up Against the Farmers."

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 7

At a meeting of the Tamworth District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association an interesting discussion took place when Mr…

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Record Lucerne Crop

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 6

Mr. W. Lindsay, of Mosquito Creek, Pallamallawa, near Inverell, has established what is regarded as a State record in the way of profitable lucerne…

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Poultry Farm Stock and Plant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4

On Wednesday next, at 2.30 p.m., Mr. E. R. Hawke, auctioneer, will offer for sale by public auction the wellknown poultry farm stock and plant…

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Pastoral and Commercial. the Weather. Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 2

Good showers have fallen down the river, and to the south and south east. The sky is over clouded, and a further fall is probable…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 June 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. 266…

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Drastic Wool Embargo! "John Bridge's" Attitude

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 2

The announcement in the newspapers on Monday last that the Minister for Customs had prohibited the exportation of wool to any place…

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Wool Sales Deferred. Sydney, June 8

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcome, Carson and Co. report that at a meeting of woolbrokers held to-day, a message was received from Mr. Tudor, Minister for…

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