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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 69 of 70

Tebramungamine Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 2

We have been shown by Messrs J. L. Jeffers and Co., a fine sample of Algerian oats, grown by Ferris Bros, of Terramungamine. The area under…

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Gulargambone Sheep Again

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Monday 18 December 1916 · page 2

Sheep from Mr. Peter Ferguson, Gulergambone Station, again figured prominently at last Thursday's Homebush sale. Two bundred and…

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The Wool Position

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Monday 18 December 1916 · page 4

Winchombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—The Prime Minister has announced that the Imperial Government had definitely purchased the unsold portion…

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A Crop Destroyed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Monday 18 December 1916 · page 2

A rather disastrous fire occurred yesterday when the whole of the standing crop of Mr. Pescoe, of Terramungamine, was destroyed by fire. The…

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Pastoral. the Government Merino Stud Flock. Established at Trangle Experiment Farm

Western Age · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 4

The formation of the stud flock of merino sheep at Trangie experiment farm is an important move on the part of the Department of Agriculture and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 19 December 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. 293…

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Crop Insurance

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 1

The cash invested this year in bait insurance has been money well spent, as in almost every ease farmers have been fully compensated for any loss…

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The Wheat Crop. Expediting Transport

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 10

Several questions relating to the payment of farmers under the wheat pools were asked and replied to in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The…

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Goulburn Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 10

W. H. Wheatley report having held their seventeenth special cattle sale for 1916 on Friday last, the 15th instant; 2900 cattle wore yarded to a good…

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On the Land. the Wool Position

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:— The Prime Minister has announced that the Imperial Government had definitely purchased the unsold portion of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. (Issued under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture). the Government Merino Stul Flock. the Type Aimed At

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 3

The sheep that have been accumulated as the foundation of the stud flock that has been established at Trangic experiment farm are of the…

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Wheat and Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 5

As reported in our wires last week, the purchase of Australia's output of wheat and wool has been continued by the Prime Minister. The wool will be…

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Cattle Duffing Revived

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

At one time in the history of Australia cattle-duffing was carried on most extensively, and it has been openly stated that many men who rose to…

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Losses in Sheep

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

The blowfly pest has been creating great havoc amongst the sheep flocks in the West this season. In the Coonamble district thousands of sheep…

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Sheep Struck by Lightning

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

Mr. W. T. Rigney, of "Lom[?]," near Gilgandra, lost twelve head of sheep during a storm which passed over his property the other day. His brother…

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Good Quality Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 4

What is claimed to be one of the best samples of wheat grown in this district was produced from Mr. Buckley's property. Resi. The grain which…

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The Wheat Standard

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 8

Mr. Raymond G. Bennie, Donedoo writes:--"With entry, for some years at any rate of the Government into the control of the wheat trade of…

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F.a.q. Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 4

Speaking to a representative of thin paper on the question of f.a.q. standard of wheat, Mr. Barkldy, of Heni, considered that if farmers are alive to…

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The Wool Position

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 6

At last a clear and concise statement of the "scheme" in connection with the acquisition of the balance of the wool clip by the British Government has been…

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On the Land. Special Cattle Sale at Gungahleen

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 6

W. H. Wheatley reports having held a special sale of store cattle and sheep, on account of Mr. A. P. Wade, at "Gungahleen" station, on Thursday the 21st…

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