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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,168 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 36 of 59

Wheat Elevators. State Contract Stopped

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 9

The attitude of the Acting-Premier (Mr. Fuller) and the State Cabinet to-wards schemes of wheat storage and wheat shipping was defined in an…

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10 Per Cent. Wool Payment

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wire us as follows:—Prime Minister announced last night that ten per cent, balance of purchase money of last year's wool…

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94 Bushels Per Acre. World's Wheat Championship

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 7

The report of the Minister for Agriculture for the Dominion of Canada for the 1015-1916 season is just to hand, writes Sir Joseph Carruthers…

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Western Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 6

Wi[?]chcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that their offerings at Homebush last Thursday included some attractive drafts of district sheep. The firm sold…

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 7

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 21st July:—It is now officially announced that the Imperial Government has taken over the 1917-18…

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The Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 6

Winchcome, Carson, Ltd., report that the trade is now busy preparing for the new wool clip. Wool is wanted both in England and the United States…

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Decrease in Area Under Wheat

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 2

Mr. L. H. Andrews, who is farming in the region between Tooraweenah and Gnlar, says that the area in that and adjoining districts under…

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£40,000,000 Sterling. Our Golden Wool. This Season's Clip Purchased

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., writes:-Everybody in Australia is interested directly or indirectly in the announcement that the Imperial Government has…

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Farmers As Grain Merchants

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 1

The Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Grain Co., Ltd., has been registered with a capital of £100,000 in £1 shares. The objects areto…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Primary Producers' Union Its Rival

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 2

When asked at the conference what was the actaal strength of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (says an exchange), the secretary…

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Whigh Is the Better Crop?

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 10

Which pays best—wheat or sheep? Well here's how one man works it out:—The woolgrower off good sheep to the acre can produce about 101b…

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Pastoral. Sheep-maggot Flies. Destruction of Offal and Carrion

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 4

The destruction of all carrion, offal and animal matter was among the first matters taken into consideration when the Sheep-fly Experiment Station was…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., report: It is now officially announced that the Imperial Government has taken over the 1917-1918 Austrralian wool clip on the same terms…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 July 1917 · 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. 325…

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Local and General. the Wool Growers' Balance

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson wired us on Thursday that the Prime Minister announced on Wednesday night that the 10 per cent. balance of…

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Pastoral. Sheep-maggot Flies. Destruction of Offal and Carrion

Western Age · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 4

The destruction of all carrion, offal and animal matter was among the first matters taken into consideration when the Sheep-fly Experiment Station was…

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Commercial. WOOL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 28th July:—The Prime Minister has announced that the 10 percent. ret[?]ntion money deducted from…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister a Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 325…

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France's Day. France Saved Europe and the British Empire. the Graziers and Farmers' Tribute to France

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 2

Crown the occasion by having your candidate crowned Queen on August 6. We want the support of the country people. Your duty is plain. Support…

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

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 August 1917 · page 2

We have bad a few extremely cold days. Jack Frost is very lively…

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