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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 54 of 70

Fat Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Bedfordd, Taylor, ana Weston, Ltd., advertise in this issue they will yard on Saturday week, 30th inst., 50 mixed fat cattle, for positive sale…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 7

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., report:—For the opening series of the regular wool soiling season 33,000 bales were…

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Sheep Sale at Wellington

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 3

On Saturday next, at the local yards, Messrs. H. Brazier and Co. and Reg. McLachlan (in conjunction) will sell 150 prime fat merino wethers and 70…

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6d. Advance Against Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 4

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, announces that the banks have now completed their arrangements for the payment of the second advance…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Spraying Operations. Seasonable Reminders

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 7

The spraying apparatus should now be coming into use for the spring applications for the control of various pests. Some of the operations are…

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Foot-rot in Sheep. a Stock Inspector's Advice

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 6

Stock Inspector Dowling, of Forbes, in reply to a question as to the quantities of arsenic and bluestone for foot-rot in sheep, says:—…

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M.m'leod and Co's Mill the Last Word in Conditioning Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 5

Theft has just been completed at Messrs. M'Leod and Co.'s mill the installation of some new machinery, which makes the mill the most up-to-date in…

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Good Quality Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 4

Recently some 80 Ellengerah bullocks were disposed of in the Melbourne market, averaging £26 15s 6d. The price itself should be the best evidence of the…

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Mysterious Disease in Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 4

At last week's meeting of the Bathurst P.P. Board the Stock Inspector reported that a mysterious disease had broken out amongst ewes in the…

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The Wheat Pool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 2

It was announced during the week in Melbourne by the Assistant Minister, (Senator Russell,) in charge of the wheat pool, that arrangements had been…

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The Wheat Pool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 4

The latest return of the wheat pool transactions shows that the total put in was 53,479,000 bags, and 19,678,000 were sold overseas and in the…

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Government Wheat Scheme

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 2

Various Sydney and other papers have for the past couple of weeks given out that the additional sixpence per bushel was available, and could be…

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Western Cattle to the Fore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 2

Prices were in sellers' favor at the Homebush cattle auctions last Monday, when 1500 head were on offer. Winchcombe, Carson's sales included bullocks…

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Wheat Waste at Manildra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 4

The railway yards at Manildra station just now present a scene of considerbale bustle and activity, and an effort is evidently being made to…

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A High Wool Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 5

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 20th September:—In view of the unprecedented range of values to which wool has reached, the opening…

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The Wheat Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 1

The harvest this year should be the heaviest for the last two decades. Last week the farmers were putting it that half an inch of rain was required to…

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Dubbo Butter Factory

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 2

Owners of dairy cattle are reminded that the Country Freezing Co. has purchased the Dubbo Butter Factory, lately conducted by Mr. J. N. Wright, at…

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Commercial. the Wool Trade

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report under date 22nd September:—There being no public auctions during the week,…

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Wool and Live Stock

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 23rd September:—Wool.—Auction sales of wool will be resumed in Sydney next week, when…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 26 September 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. 281…

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