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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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1917-18 Wheat Pool

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

Messrs. Abel Wilkins and Co. have received a letter from Mr. R. M. Drummond, of the State Wheat Department, in reference to wheat delivery after…

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Farmers Grain Company Visit of Director

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

Mr. German, one of the directors in the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Grain Co., addressed a meeting of farmers in the Oddfellows Hall on…

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Butter Storage. Value of Pasteurisation Again Demonstrated

Western Age · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 4

Factory managers and others will be interested to learn that not only was the quality of the butter stored in the 1918 pool eminently satisfactory, but that the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grehame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 385…

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Poultry Feeding with Bluestoned Wheat. Has it any Ill-effects?

Western Age · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 4

An interesting experiment has been conducted by the Department of Agriculture, at the suggestion of the Poultry Expert, to determine the effects, if any…

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Mogriguy Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 1

Cr. Godwin and Messrs. Shumack and Klintworth, of Mogriguy, are still hopeful of a good harvest. The crops look well in Mogriguy district, but…

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Our Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

A meeting of the Dubbo branch of, the Farmers our Settlers Association was held on Friday afternoon. Present: Messrs. H. E. Holmes…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Monthly Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Protestant Hall on Friday afternoon, when there were present:…

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Horses, Sheep and Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

Messrs. W. H. and G. Paul, in conjunction with Messrs. J. H. Beale and Co., Sydney, will hold a sale of horses on Tuesday, October 29, and following…

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The Wheat Crop

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

The area under wheat in the Wellington police district this year is about 18,000 acres, compared with 56,000 acres last year. From these figures it will…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Grasshopper Swarms. a Seasonable Warning to Farmers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 9

Fortunately, in this country serious visitations of grasshoppers are not of frequent occurrence, nor is the pest widely distributed over the State. In…

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Nyngan Cattle Sale on Next

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd., in conjunction with W. Richardson, (Geurie) draw special attention to their advertisement in this issue that they…

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'Roos in Far West. Sheep Outnumbered in Places

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 9

This fine specimen of a white kangaroo was captured on Mount Stuart Station, Tibooburra, by the Thompson Brothers, of that station. It is about…

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Wheat Receivers. (To tho Editor.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 5

Sir,--Permit me, through the columns of your valuable paper to say a few words in reference to the methods adopted by the majority of branches…

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letter to the Editor. Selecting Wheat Agents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 2

Sir,—Permit me through the columns of your valuable paper to say a few words in reference to the methods adopted by the majority of the branches of…

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Open Column. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents.) Ballimore Wheat Receiver. (To tho Editor.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 5

Sir,--On looking through my paper on Saturday I noticed an account of the election of the wheat receiver at Ballimore. Your informant slightly…

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Farmers' Dinner

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 3

In March last about 140 members of the F. and S. Association resident in Macquarie and Castlereagh electorates met in Dubbo for the purpose of…

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The Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 1

The keenest anxiety is folt by wheat growers all over the Dubbo, Wellington, Gilgandra, and Narromine districts. Unless rain falls within the…

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Geurie Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 2

The wheat crops, in Geurie district are not quite as far advanced as they were this time last year, when most of them were from twelve to eighteen…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 September 1918 · page 2

On Thursday, a strong wind from the north blew all day. In the evening it veered to to north-west, from which quarter it was still blowing when we weut to press…

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