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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Price of Wheat. Farmer's Threat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 5

At the Farmers' Union Conference, in Melbourne on Monday, a delegate moved that the price of wheat sold within the Commonwealth be not less…

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A Pastoral Contrast.—elsewhere and Cliefden

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 6

A recent prospective buyer inspecting Cliefden Estate subdivision, Cowra-Canowindra, forcibly remarked on the marked contrast the country afforded…

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Wheat Selection. the Tendency to Reversion

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 9

"Does wheat true to type deteriorate?" was the question recently submitted to Professor A. J. Perkins, South Australian Director of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Advantage of Fallowing Some Object Lessons in the West

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 9

The advantages derived from fallowing are once again, shown in the present condition of certain crops in the western district, wrote the Chief…

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Stud Sheep for Dubbo

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 6

That enterprising and well-known Central.west pastoral firm, Strahorn and Co., have decided to establish a stud of high class sheep in the…

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Wool Carriage Suspended

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us yesterday that owing to the demands for trucks for starving stock the Railway Department has temporarily…

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Boom in Wool. Sensational Prices in London

Western Age · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 4

The sensational prices for wool mentioned in London cables a few days ago, afford convincing proof of the leading place which the…

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Soldiers As Wheat Growers. Suggestion by Sir Joseph Carruthers

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 7

At the last Council meeting of the Chamber of Agriculture, under the presidency of Sir Joseph Carruthers, the following resolutions were…

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Soldiers' Fruit Farms

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 9

The following appeared in last Saturday's "Daily Telegraph":—With a view to the extension next, season of the soldiers fruitgrowing…

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Coastal Farmers' Co

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 2

Mr. W. Handover in about to erect premises in Talbrngarst., Dubbo, for the local branch of the Coastal Farmers' Co. The building will occupy the…

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Farmers and Co-operation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 3

The F. and G. Co-operative Grain and Agency Co., as it stands to-day, constitutes the nucleus of an organisation which can be developed into a most…

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Pastoral Cheaplst Insurance for Sheep The Virtues of the Silo

Western Age · Tuesday 7 October 1919 · page 4

That the time must ultimately arrive when the she is an essential part of the farmer equipment is a to eg[?] conclusion. At present, although all…

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Wheat Commission. an Appeal to Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1919 · page 4

Mr, G. S. Beeby writes:—After unconscionable delay the Government has at last appointed a Royal Commission with sufficient power to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 7 October 1919 · page 4

These Notes are based every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 433…

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Dairying. Feeding Value of Sudan Grass All Interesting Demonstration

Western Age · Tuesday 7 October 1919 · page 4

A small experiment was conducted on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas last summer with the object of determining the feeding value of Sudan…

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Shearing and Wool Purchase

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1919 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—In addition to wools from the early shearing centres, consignments are now coming forward to Sydney from…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Importance of Good Seed. to Farmers and Vegetable Growers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 October 1919 · page 9

Whatever the crop, good seed is of the utmost importance; bad seed—as many a would-be economist has learnt to his Borrow—is dear at any pace. To…

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More Stud Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 5

Messrs. H. Smith and Son, of Murrumbidgetio Station, Dubbo, have just purchased (through Messrs. W. A. Mackay and Co., of Dubbo) 500 2-3 years…

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Mogriguy Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 1

Most of the crops in the mogrigay district will be cut for hay, and the average will work out at about half a ton to the acre. As £8 per ton is being…

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Farmers in Distress

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 1

At a meeting of farmers in the Inverell district it was decided to ask the Government to grant an extension of the term for repayment of advances…

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