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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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

The Western Herald · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

The wind has been blowing from the north for some days. The sky is overcast, and there is every indication of rain. The country can do with it…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Friday 31 August 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. 330…

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Local and General the Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 1

Owing to the strike, very little wool is arriving in Sydney. The railway services are improving, and a big Improvement is expected next week…

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Commercial. Wool Report. the [?] and F. Co., Ltd., report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

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Dairying. the Spineless Cactus. As Food for Stock

The Western Herald · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 4

Recent American [?] contain a statement supplied to certain newspapers by Professor Woll, of the University of California, on the subject of feeding…

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Rotation of Crops. And the Effect on Fertility

The Western Herald · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 4

Of figures that show the importance of rotation there are plenty, in the new of some farmers, perhaps, but the latest are certainly remarkable. They…

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Root Crops in Pig Feeding

The Western Herald · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 4

Many of the ailments among pigs, a Western correspondent to the Melbourne Leader writes, are brought about in the first place by indigestion; often the result…

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No. 329 Dairying. the Utility of Starters. In Different Classes of Factories

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 7

Classifying the uses of "starters," the Dairy Expert, in the paper referred to in last week's notes, considers them as used (1) in factories that receive…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister o Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 330…

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Dairying. the Spineless Cactus. As Food for Stock

Western Age · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 4

Recent American files contain a statement supplied to certain newspapers by Professor Well, or the University of Ca[?]terma, on the subject of feeding…

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Rotation of Crops. And the Effort on Fertility

Western Age · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 4

Of figured that show the importance of [?] there are plenty, in the view of some farmers, perhaps, but the latest are certainly remarkable. They…

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Root Crops in Pig Feeding

Western Age · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 4

Many of the ailments among pigs, a Western correspondent to the Melbourne Leader writes, are brought about in the first place by indigestion; often the result…

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Our Farmers. Address by Mr. Coghlan

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

Mr. C. Coghlan, chief organiser for the F. and S. Association, is at present operating in this district. He will spend some time in the Macquarie…

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Farmers and Settlers' Assooiation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

The Dubbo branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association held a special meeting in the Protestant Hall on Saturday afternoon, Mr. H. E…

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

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 2

Although indications were good last week, little or no rain fell. Ten points was the score, although in several parts of the district over half…

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Wool and the Strike

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: "Though the present industrial situation has practically created a hold-up, in the wool trade, woolgrowers'…

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On the Land the Wool Position

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 6

Schute, Bell and. Co., Ltd., report under date September 3: The strike position with regard to wool is very little altered. Arrivals have been small, and…

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On the Land. Wool and Produce Reports

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 7

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:— The Wool Position.—Selling brokers are busily preparing for the coming…

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 5th September:—Shearing is now in progress in some of the earlier shearing districts, and we learn…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 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. 331…

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