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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 55 of 70

Quality of Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 9

Quality in wheat is not recognised sufficiently in the prices paid tho grower. This is a disadvantage that should bo remedied by tho introduction…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 6

Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd., report under date 25th September:— Wool has been coming in very freely at Darling Harbor lately, so that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. (Issued under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture). Soil Fertility. a Farmer's Methods

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 8

"Every farmer must study the requirements of every variety of soil with which lie is dealing, in order to apply those, fertilisers which are…

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports under date 27th September:—We found improved competition at our wool sale to-day…

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The Wheat Pool and the farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

Considerable annoyance and dissatisfaction has been caused among farmers by the action of the Federal Government in not paying them in full for the…

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The Wheat Pool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

The Commonwealth wheat pool to date accounts for 162,300,000 bushels. The N.S. Wales contribution totals 60,447,000 bushels' Australia has…

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The Wheat Pool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

Orange "Advocate" states that many Millthorpe farmers were disappointed when they applied for the sixpence per bushel on wheat in pool…

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Wool Growers Taxed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

The reported decision of the shipping firms to put up tho freight on wool 1d a pound is being accepted by brokers and buyers with stoic calm…

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Commercial. the Wool Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that the wool market showed a decided weakness at their sale last Monday, owing to the fact that shipping freights…

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A Self-sown Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

Orange "Leader" challenges all and sundry to show a hotter self-sown crop than one on Mr. T. P. Quade's property at Trundle. During the sowing season…

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Branding Wheat Bags

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 October 1916 · page 2

Fanners are warned by the Department of Agriculture that when branding their wheat bags for delivery to Government agents next season with…

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The Marooned Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 1

The sheep that wore marooned on an island in the Carinda district, through the flood waters surrounding them, have been nil landed safely in their…

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The Wheat Pool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

According to the statistics compiled by the Australian Wheat Board, the quantity of wheat received on account of the pool up to September 25 last…

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Wheat Six Feet High

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 1

Mr. Balfour, who is farming along the Narromine road, informed us that he bad a lot of wheat standing, over six feet' high before the last rain. But…

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Farmers and Politics. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

At a conference of the Farmers' Federal Organisation, held in Melbourne, it was decided to adopt a constitution and a political objective, but…

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Dairymen Want Exemption. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

The Assistant Minister for Defence has been asked to exempt those in the dairying industry from the provisions of the Defence Act…

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Next Wheat Harvest. Another Pool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 October 1916 · page 4

A conference of Ministers for Agricultures took place in Melbourne last week regarding the intention to pool tho next Australian wheat harvest…

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Dubbo District Wheat Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 2

A correspondent from Orange has presumed to report to the " Daily Telegraph" on the state of the wheat crops in the Dubbo, Eumungerie, Geurie,…

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 30th September:—Sound, long-stapled merinos, particularly those which are free from burr, continue to…

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Splendid Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 2

Mr. Tom Knight, who is now a knight of the rural roads, going amongst the farmers in pursuit of his business, states that there are…

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