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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Sheep and Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 2

Messrs. Abel Wilkins and Co. advertise, a big sheep and cattle sale in the Wellington sale yards on Saturday next, when some fine lines of merino wethers…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 9 March 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. 460…

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The Orchard. Selection in the Orchard. "Beef" and "Butter" Oranges and Lemons

Western Age · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 4

Which are the "beef" trees of your orchard and which the "butter" ones. The more vigorous trees, if judged by wood growth, are not the producers…

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Sheep and Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 4

Messrs. J. H. Beale and Co. will sell, at the Commercial yards on Saturday afternoon next, at 2.30 p.m., 70 Bonooke blood rams, direct from…

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Sheep and Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 4

Messrs. Abel Wilkihs and Co. advertise a big sheep and cattle sale in the Wellington sale yards on Saturday next, when some line lines of merino wethers…

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Wheat Breeding. No. 1

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 2

For the Wellington Agricultural Bureau in lion of your kind invitation to speak to you at your meeting-place, as in words I am too poor, if I am…

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Mr. Holman and the Wheat

Western Age · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 3

The Premier has issued a defence of his wheat policy; it is an amazing document, let us analyse it step by step in the light of Mr. Justice Pring's…

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Developments in the Dairy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 1

The oil fashlonel system of dairying which was so exacting on all engage in it, left little time for recreation and rent, but man's Inventive genius has…

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Wool Trade Busy

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 March 1920 · page 2

The Sydney wool trade will be very busy during the next three weeks. Three five day series of appraisements will be held between now and Friday…

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Wheat Guarantees

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 6

New South Wales has always led the States in guaranteeing prices for the wheat crops. In 1916 it was the National Government of New South Wales that induced the…

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Overseas Sales of Inferior Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 6

A firm stand was taken up by the New South Wales Wheat Office when the Australian Wheat Board, in 1917, desired to introduce n method of pooling the overseas sales of inferior wheat,…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 16 March 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. POULTRY…

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Estimated Wheat Profits. on Overseas Contracts

Western Age · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 3

The British Wheat Commission has now advised the Australian Wheat Board that, subject to the approval of the Imperial Treasury, the…

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Farmers' Drought Relief. (To the Editor.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 1

Sir,--The Government came out last year with much "fuss" about what it was going to do for farmers. It was going to, as "Bullocky Bill" says,…

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Relief of Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 6

£1,000,000 Set Aside by National Government, [?] [?] [?] [?] Owing to the continuous drought the Rural Industries Board has been established to…

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4000 Soldier Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 6

The New South Wales National Government has incurred an outlay in concessions and assistance to soldiers of considerably more than £5,000,000. Of this amount, £1,600,000 was…

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Bulk Handling its Advantages to the Farmer National Government's Scheme

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 6

When faced by the necessity for storing wheat, it was decided by the National Government to take advantage of the situation to introduce bulk handling…

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Wheat Breeding. No. 2

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 2

The revelations of the microscope and recent investigations contradict the idea of prenatal impressions, and the transmission of acquired…

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Farmers & Graziers' Co. Easter Invitation to Shareholders and Clients

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 6

The approach of the Easter holidays and the opening, after a two-year interval, of the Royal Show at Moore Park, are certain, as in previous years…

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The Farmer's Due

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 7

"The farmer as well as the industrial worker, is entitled to a living wage, and a reasonable profit on his investment," writes D. F. Houston…

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