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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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The Pastoral Industry. Mr Stock Inspector Rbuss's Review for 1917

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 3

Mr Stock Inspector Rense, in reviewing the condition of the pastoral industry in the Cobar Pastures Protection district for last year, states…

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Open Column. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents.) WHEAT

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 5

Sir,--Your interest in the land, and man thereon, prompts me to ask when wheat farmers will be paid for wheat sold to the Imperial Government[?]…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Friday, Februay 1, 1918. Wheat-growing and Stock-raising

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

The official report of the proceedings of conference held at Parliament House, Sydney, on the 22nd January, 1917, at the instance of the Government, to…

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Pastoral. Destruction of Prickly Pear. Spraying Experiments

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

Of the numerous specifics that have been tried for the destruction of prickly pear, it can safely be said that none has yet come under the notice of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 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. No. 352…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 2

After threatening inches, we got 33 points on Tuesday night last, which made 58 practically in one fall. The rain was very general, and in some instances there was a…

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Dunedoo Sheep Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

Particulars of the sheep to be offered at Messrs. Baker and Campbell's special sheep sale at Dunedoo on, Wednesday next, appear in this issue. The sale…

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Commercial WOOL

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 2nd February:—Reports from England show that any "free" wools reaching the Home markets are being…

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Record Wool Price

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 1

Wandong wool was assessed at 25½d and Eulandool at 24Id. When this announcement was made there were fow, if any. who thought that the Wandong…

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Pastoral Destruction of Prickly Pear. Spraying Experiments

Western Age · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

Of the numerous specifics that have been tried for the destruction of prickly pear, it can safely be said that none has yet come under the notice of the…

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Weevil in the New Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

Reports from the country show that as a result of the general rain a portion of the new wheat got wet. This has aroused anxiety as to future trouble…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 5 February 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. No. 352…

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Letters to the Editor. Wheat or Meat?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

Sir,—Permit me to say a few words on the question that has been recently put by the Minister for Lands as to whether the farmer is to reduce his…

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Geurie Farmers Protest

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 1

Farmers of the Geurie district met on Wednesday last and inspected the wheat stacks in the Geurie railway yards and sheds. There was any…

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Some Wheat

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

The Geurie correspondent of the "Dubbo Liberal" says: Wheat still [?]tinues to roll into the local stack [?]g depots here, with the result that…

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

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

The weather since our last has been hot. On Sunday the glass showed 104 degrees, and on Monday 101. The rain seems to have disappeared although the wind is…

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Economy in Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—Owing to the shortage of wool supplies in England and America, great efforts are being made to economise in the…

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Special Cattle Sale at Goulburn

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

Messrs. O. H. Furner and Co., and the Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd., will hold a special cattle sale at Goulburn on Thursday, February 21. The…

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On the Land. Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date February 4.—We submitted another catalogue on the 28th ult., several lots well above…

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Wheat and Meat. Mr. Ashford's Explanation

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 6

When interviewed by a representative of the "National Advocate," Mr. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Lands, referred to what he characterised as the scare…

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