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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Farmers and the Workmen's Compensation Act

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

The new executive of the Primary Producers' Association hay agreed to ask the State Government to suspend the Workmen's Compensation Act…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., report:—The 8th series of appraisements will commence on the 14th inst. The 9th series will commence on the 14th…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

Those 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. 314…

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Plant Breeding on Farms. Save Promising Plants

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

The Plant Breeder of the Agricultural Department is anxious to get into touch with farmers or sons of farmers who have sufficient interest in…

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Farm and Clearing Sale at Wongarbon

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

On Saturday, 19th May, Messrs. J. L. Jeffers and Co., Pty., Ltd. (Dubbo), and E. J. Saunders (Wongarbon) in conjunction, will sell at Wongarbon, on…

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New Wheat Sacks

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture states that all wheat to be delivered to the pool next harvest must be delivered in new bags. This intimation is made…

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The Wheat Pool Ballot

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. H. B. Argus, J.P., of Boree Creek, solicits the support of the Dubbo district farmers in connection with the Wheat Pool ballot. Mr…

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Wool for Local Sockknitters

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

Mrs. C. Cadell, Secretary of the Dubbo branch of the War Chest Committee, states that £20 worth of wool for socks arrived here on Thursday…

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Commercial. Wool and Live Stock

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., repot under date 12th May:-Wool.—After an interval, given over to the Brisbane market, appraisements…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 4

Those 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. 314…

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Plant Breeding on Farms. Save Promising Plants

Western Age · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 4

The Plant Breeder of the Agricultural Department ia anxious to got into touch with farmers or sons of farmers who hare sufficient interest in…

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

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 2

A few nights ago we had a windstorm, accompanied by 14 points of rain. This was not nearly sufficient. We want two inches. A strong…

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Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 7

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:—The final figures of the wool appraised in Sydney during the first seven series under the…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report, under date 14th May. The appraisers were in Brisbane last week, and business here will not be resumed until the 16th…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Coming Hatching

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 9

"Before next month's notes are in the hands of poultry-farmers, the first eggs to start the hatching season should have been set." So writes the…

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Extension of the Wheat Belt. a Fascinating Problem

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 3

"A feature of the agricultural development of Australia during the last 15 years has been the gradual extension of the cultivation into areas that…

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On the Land the Question of Wool Control

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—50,000 bales of wool will be offered during the appraisements, which commenced in Sydney last Monday, and…

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Farm and Clearing Sale at Wongarbon

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 4

On Saturday, 19th May, Messrs. J. L. Jeffers and Co., Pty., Ltd. (Dubbo), and E. J. Saunders (Wongarbon), in conjunction, will sell at Wongarbon, on…

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Wheat Pools

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 6

The Australian Wheat Pool sales realised £31,436,000. The payments made to growers in respect of the 1915-16 pool amount to £31,333,000,…

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"John Bridge." Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Chairman on Wool Clip and Wheat Pool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 3

From the financial columns of the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the 16th instant we extract the following interesting remarks made by the…

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