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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Cattle Sale at Orange

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 2

Messrs. Leeds Bros. wil hold a sale of extra choice cattle at Orange on Thursday next, when 100 prime to fat will be offered. These comprise…

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Sheep Sale on

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 2

Messrs. T. M. Sheriff will hold a sheep sale at the local yards on Saturday next, when they will offer 650 splendid crossbred ewes, 2 years old,…

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Wool Sales to Be Held To-day

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 2

The Minister of Customs, under instructions from the Imperial Government, had declared an embargo on the export of wool from Australia. The…

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Does Farming Pay? (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 3

Sir,—Farmer's criticism of the figures supplied you with reference to my last year's crop necessitates a reply. The results obtained are beyond…

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Trangie Special Cattle Sale

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 2

We wish to draw special attention to the above cattle sale at Trangie on Friday, 23rd inst., being conducted by Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston,…

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Sydney Wool Sales Opened

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 2

The Sydney wool-solling season opened yesterday, when five firms submitted 8885 bales. Sales were allowed only in cases where the export was to…

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Wheat Buyer Fined. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 2

William Jeffrey was fined £15 with costs at Bendigo for having purchased 20 bags of wheat contrary to the Wheat Marketing Act of 1915. It…

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Commercial. Wool and Live Stock

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 10th June, 1910:—Wool.—The recent embargo on wool has been removed, and wool may now…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 13 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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Farming on Bellvue

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 1

Mr. A. Fox (Fox and Son), [?]vue," Obley-road, was in town yesterday. He says they have finished sowing. Mr. Fox regards the last falls…

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A Sudan Grabs Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 4

Mr. R. W. M'Diamid, Inspector of Agriculture for the northern district of New South wales, reports that a plot of Sudan grass, sown on Mr. J. B…

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Farmers Splitting Straws

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 4

An interesting case to share fermets came before Judge Hamilton in the Morce District Court last week. Reginald Gardiner, share farmer, claimed…

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Pastoral and Commercial. the Weather. Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 2

We are having splendid weather just now. Although the rain has not been heavy, light showers have been falling frequently throughout the district, and better…

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The Wool Embargo. Sydney, June 9

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, report that the wool embargo has been lifted as regards all Allied countries. A meeting of the wool brokers…

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Tranche Special Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Bedford ord, Taylor and Weston, Ltd., Wellington, in conjunction with Messrs. A. K. Butter and Co., Trangie, draw special attention to their…

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Wheat Surplus. Remarkable Position

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 7

What shall we do with it? Apart from 9,500,000 bushels of wheat held by millers, there are 34,000,000 bushels remaining from the…

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Another Record Wool Price

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 5

The Sydney wool sales were continued in Sydney yesterday afternoon. Exciting competition again prevailed for all scoured clips, and another record…

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Goulburn Cattle Sale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 1

Mr. W. H. Wheatley, the best-known auctioneer in New South Wales, advertises a sale of 2500 well-bred store cattle to be held at Goulburn on…

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Trangie Special Cattle Sale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 1

We wish to draw special attention to the above cattle sale, to be held at Trangie on Friday, 23rd inst., when Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston,…

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Big Wool Beturns

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 2

In a recent issue we drew attention to the splendid wool prices which the Estate of John Strahorn's Wandoo Wandong clip, shipped in the grease…

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