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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 5

The A.M.L and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 11th April:—Since the last series of appraisements in Sydney the Commenwealth appraisers have been in…

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Wheat Pool—another Shilling Promised

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Farmers everywhere will be pleased to learn that the primeo Minister, who has done be much for the wheat growers of Australia, has promised that…

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Wheat Experiments Where Small Plots Fail

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 9

In discussing the weakness and failure of wheat experiment work in small plots, Sir Joseph Carruthers says that small plots are an absolute…

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Rabbit Farms in the Fut. Ure

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 1

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal" States that a man whose name is one of the best known in the pistoral wdrld expresses the belief…

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Dairy Cattle

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

The Guer[?] field was comparatively small, several well-known breeders not ex[?] year. Competition was keen in every class. A…

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Sheep

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 7

Among the [?] the sheep farming indus[?] of the Macmillan Chemical Co., which presented a most interesting display of…

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Milk and Butter. Royal Champion Butter Fat Test

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

Cow, any breed, giving the best butter fat results under the Babcock test Cows to be milked at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Wednesday, and…

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Beef Cattle Sales

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

There was a buzz of excitement as bidding ran high for Broadway Eclipse Hereford bull, who carried the grand champion's ribbon, and there was a…

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Cattle Breeders' Association

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

Delegates to the United Pures[?]ed Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association of New South Wales attended in strong force at the annual meeting of that…

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Butter for Local Consumption

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

Special prizes £100, viz.; First prize, [?] second prize, [?] third prize, [?] fourth prize, £10: [?] presented by the Berrima District F…

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Beef and Cattle Averages

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report the following transactions in connection with their sales of Shorthorns and Herefords at the Royal Show on…

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Pastoral and Commercial. the Weather. Western Herald Office, Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 2

There is no change in the exquisite weather, but moisture is badly needed It makes us think of the Boys at the Front, who are having very bad weather just now…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 3

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. 310…

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Dairying. Selecting Dairy Cows. And Handling Them

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 3

The most important factor in dairying is selecting the cows. That is the view taken by Mr. L. Green in a paper read by him before the Lower…

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Dairy Produce

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 10

The entries in butter cheese, and [?] compared with [?] last year. Butter advanced from 235 [?] and bacon…

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"Royal" Crop Competition

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 8

Mr. E. Field judged the Royal Agricultural Society's field wheat competition in Riverina this season. The competition was for the best 50 acres of…

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Farm Produce

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 9

The exhibit of farm produce was quite up to former standards. Mr. F. Denman, gardener, at Springfield. Goulburn, showed a nice range of…

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Wheat Payment

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the provision of funds to meet the payment of the further advance on the 1915-16 harvest. In the Eastern States the…

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Gollan Farm Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 April 1917 · page 4

Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd., advertise in to-day's issue a nice compact farm situated at Gollan, comprising 800 acres of beautiful wheat and…

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Wheat Elevators

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 1

Sir. Holman last night stated that the Government considered the wheat elevators question on Sunday, and decided, in view of the reliable report…

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