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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Past the Million. Success of State Loan. Relief to Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 3

In every way it is a matter for profound gratification that the State Loan floated by the New South Wales Government should have been so…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Super-farming Versus Blockade. Germany's Gamble with Her Natural Resources

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 7

To-day is the day of substitutes, but none has yet been discovered for the soil as the source of all material power. Of the truths re-discovered by the war…

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Wool Report

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 2

The Pastoral Finance Association writes: Late cables from London confirm the downward trend of values for super wools. The fall is most…

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The Wool Outlook

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 2

Latest advices of current London wool auctions show that competition has improved. Merinos were unchanged. Good crossbreds ruled very…

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Wheat Prices

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 1

Mr. Thos. Harper, agent, of Dubbo, this morning received a copy of a cable which was delivered to his firm in Sydney yesterday from Liverpool. This…

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Plant More Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

A Sydney firm has received a cablegram from its senior partner in London advising farmers to sow wheat extensively. He predicts high prices for…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 475…

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Poultry. Green Feed All the Year Bound. a Poultry Farmers' Crop Calendar

Western Age · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

The following list of sowings was compiled by the Chief Inspector of Agriculture in answer to a correspondent, who wished for advice as to…

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Latest Wires Sydney, Tuesday. Dairy Farmer Shot

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

As the result of having been shot in the chest and face, Maurice O'Connor, a dairy farmer, is lying dangerously wounded at Gundarimba, near Lismore…

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Farming Has Enough Doubtful Quantities. Don't Guess at Your Cows' Production

Western Age · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

When there is no other way of estimating the value of a cow, says an American farming journal, a man had better go so much on dairy form as…

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Dairying. Rug Your Cows During the Winter. If Practised Property, it Pays

Western Age · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

The practice of rugging dairy cattle during the winter time has long been followed by a few farmers on the South Coast, but latterly (writes the…

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Use of State Loan. Drought-stricken Farmers and Silos

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

The loan being floated by the State Government locally for £2,000,000, which closed at the end of this month, is for the purpose of providing…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Clean Housing Spells Thrift. But Stockowners Still Pay Heavy Toll to Dirt

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 7

"The prevailing opinion among farmers, appears to be that good hygiene is a kind of fad, bred by science out of a laboratory, but of no kind of use…

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Use of State Loan. Drought-stricken Farmers and Silos

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 2

The loan being floated by the State Government locally for £2,000,000, which closes at the end of this month, is for the purpose of providing advances…

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The Problem of the Boy. How to Convince Him Farming Is Worth While

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 7

"How to keep your boy on the farm," is a heading of perennial interest in American farm journals, and the solutions offered are many and varied…

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Sow Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

Farmers know their own business best, and it is not for us to preach to them as regards what they should do now that the rain has come. But they…

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 23rd June:—The London sales, which are now held monthly, opened on 31st May with a decline of…

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World's Wheat Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 6

The latest cable received from England states that it is almost certain that the price of wheat will go much higher still…

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The Wool Problem

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

Representatives of the Australian Wool Committee held a conference with Mr. Hughes concerning the disposal of the new wool clip and the payments of…

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Sheep Show & Ram Sales. Invitation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 1

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., will welcome a call from their constituents when in Sydney for the…

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