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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Crops for Hay. No Interference by the Government

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 9

In the Assembly Mr. Wearne asked In view of the statement which has appeared in the press as coming from the Minister for Agriculture to the…

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Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 2

New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report under date October 20th:—No sales have been held in Sydney during the week, but…

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Wool and Station Produce

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report under date 14th October: Wool.—The auction sales were continued this week, and the market…

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Mendooran Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 5

All uncertainty as to the yield of wheat in the Mendooran district is now past. Many feared on account of the continuous showery weather of a…

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Nyngan Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 October 1920 · page 2

Messrs. A. Lyne & Co., (Nynagan) and Dalgety & Co., (Albury) will hold a special auction sale of Cattle at Nyngan Tracking Yards on…

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The Position of Merino Wool

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 October 1920 · page 2

Wincbcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Since our wool auction we have sold over 300 bales of passed in lots privately. We Lave also disposed of a line…

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Wheat Scandals. Commissioner's Final Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 October 1920 · page 4

The strange eventful history of the wheat scandal has ended in an oven more strange and more eventful way. Paradoxical though it may sound it is…

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Tranche Cattle Rale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 1

On Wednesday, November 3rd, Messrs. A. K. Butter and Co., and Bedford Taylor and Weston Ltd., will sell by public auction at Trangie 500…

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Threshing Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 3

Messrs. Ferris Brothers, of Terramungamine, intend to reap a considerable portion of their thousand acres of crop and thresh it. They will have a…

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Flat Rate for Wheat. Advantage to Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 4

The case from the farmers' point of view for a flat rate for wheat for local consumption during the coming year, as proposed by the Government, was put…

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Heavy Hay Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 1

Messrs. Ferris Bros, of Terramungamine, are rutting about 60 acres of their crop for hay, and it is yielding over two tons to the acre. We saw…

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Baltimore Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Raines, of Baltimore, was in Dubbo on Friday, and he informed us that the wheat crops in his district are better than any he has ever seen…

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Wool and the Money Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1920 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd. report:—The wool market is not singular in the irregular demand at present existing , Metals of all kinds have suffered a set…

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Donor Hills Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 4

Messrs. Leeds Bros, conjointly with Wilkinson and Lavender, Ltd., Sydney, report having held a most successful sale of cattle at the Corporation Yards…

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Wheat in Sugar Bags

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 3

A recent announcement was made by the Minister of Agriculture that it had been, decided wheat would be received into the forthcoming pool delivered in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Declare War on Weeds. Re-distribution of Stock During Drought Has Vastly Increased the Menace

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 9

If the farmer were to look for an hotelkeeper willing to board him indefinitely for nothing, he would look for a long time; if he were to seek one…

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Lucerne on Hill Tops. Increased Carrying Capacity the Best Farm Improvement

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 9

Increase the producing and carrying capacity of your farm, and in effect you increase its area. Small farms producing to their utmost limit are more…

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Western Wool Clips

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report that their wool sales last Monday included the following western lines:-- Flece[?] from Messrs. Walker Bros…

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Stacking Wheat at Dubbo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 4

"Miller," Gulgong, writes to the "Dispatch" advocating the stacking of wheat at Dubbo. Inter alia he says; As you are, aware, there will be a lot…

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Local and General Wool Money

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 2

Wool-growers throughout the Commonwealth received payment of £7,653,202 on Wednesday. This represents half the Profits on the wool sold to the…

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