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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 July 1918 · page 2

Cold and hard. The clouds are a mirage. They come up and threaten rain. That's the end of them…

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Commercial. WOOL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1918 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 6th July, 1918:—The continued absence of rain is causing a good deal of anxiety in the Far West and North…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 9 July 1918 · 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. 374…

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Dairying. Process of Milk Production. An Animal Factory

Western Age · Tuesday 9 July 1918 · page 4

The process by which the fat, sugar, [?] and ash are formed in the udder of the cow is one of the most delicate and obscure things that could well be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Linseed. the Subject of Many Enquiries

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 July 1918 · page 7

War conditions have called attention to linseed as a crop in Australia, and there have been a good many enquiries about it in the past few months. In a…

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Farm Lad's Fortunes. How Riches Were Gathered

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 July 1918 · page 6

The romantic wedding of Mrs. Marshall Field, a millionaire widow, to Mr. Maldwin Drummond, recalls what is perhaps the most remarkable of all the…

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The Pastoral Industry

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

Mr. F. W. Gavel, stock inspector, Dubbo, in his annual report, states:-- The returns show substantial increase in sheep and cattle, and a slight…

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Wool Appraisement Wool-classing Pamphlet

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2
Also in Western Age

We are asked by John Bridge and Co. Ltd., to notify wool growers that they are prepared to send, post free, on application, a copy of their "Practical…

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Wool Appraisement. Wool-Classing Pamphlet

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

We are asked by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to notify wool-growers that they arc prepared to send, post free, on application, a copy of their…

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Farmers' Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 1

The Farmers' Conference in Sydney has passed a vote of censure on the Government for ignoring the Interests of primary producers in the appointment…

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Latest Wires. Sydney, Friday. Farmers and Aggressive Industrialiam

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

At the Farmers' Conference in Sydney,a remarkable response was made to an appeal for funds to fight aggressive industrialism,and nearly £1700 was…

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Wool Appraisement. Wool-classing Pamphlet

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 2

We are asked by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to notifying woolgrowers that they are prepared to send, post free, on application, a copy of their…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., report:—The continued absence of rain is causing a good deal of an[?]ety in the Far West and Northwestern district, and also in the New…

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Field Wheat Competitions

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1918 · page 2

Wellington is included in the Royal Agricultural Society's third field wheat competition, 1918-19, entries for which close on September 1, no entry fee…

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Wheat Pool Operations. Reply to Criticisms

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1918 · page 2

Senator Russell, Minister in Charge of the Wheat Pool, referred on Saturday, to a statement made recently by Mr. Clement Giles, of Sydney, who…

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1917-18 Wheat. Its Rumored Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 July 1918 · page 4

The rumored sale in London of 1917-18 wheat was further referred to at the sitting on Saturday morning of the Farmers and Settlers' Conference…

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Commercial. WOOL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 13th July:—Conditions verging practically upon a drought now prevail in the watersheds of the Gwydir,…

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Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction. a Doubtful Method—Poisoning Water

Western Age · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 4

Poisoned water used to be regarded as an effective method of destroying rabbits in the drier portions of the State, but the risk of poisoning Mock—indeed…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · 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 [?]ed mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 375…

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