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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Tranche Cattle Sale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 1

Messrs. A. K. Butter and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Bedford, Taylor and Weston, Ltd., of Wellington, report a successful cattle sale at…

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Wheat Dockages Wheat Board's Challenge Accepted

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

Mr. [?]. V. Thorby, of Ge[?]rie, secretory of Muequari[?] District Council of the Farmers and Settlers Association also a member of the executive…

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Wheat Dockages. MR. H. V. Thorby at Work

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 2

The State Wheat Board in Friday expressed its appreciation of the determination of Mr. Thorby, secretary of the Macquarie District Council of the…

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The Wool Position

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 2

Extracts from the Annual Review, issued by Winchcombe, Carson and Co. Ltd:— Experiences in the Wool Trade and…

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The Cost of Production. Cheap Wool Does Not Mean Cheap Cloth

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 2

We have frequently referred (says the Wool Record and Textile World) to the important part which the cost of production must necessarily play in…

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The Wheat Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 4

Abel Wilkins and Co., received this morning the following copy of a cable sent from Liverpool to Lindley, Walker and 'Co., Ltd.: Market firmer, partly…

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Local Results with Glencope Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 7

Glencope wheat is a product by Mr. Henry S. Cope, of South Australia, who last year sent a sample to the New South Wales Department of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Lime Water for Young Stock

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 7

Lime-water can be made on the farm by adding half a bag of slaked lime to a cask of rainwater. Stir well with a clean stick. When allowed to settle…

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Paddymelon Kills Sheep

Western Age · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

The deaths recently of 53 sheep out of a flock of 400 in one night at Uranquinty, was pronounced by the district stock inspector, Mr. Lyne, to be caused…

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Dubbo Show. Held Under Pleasant Weather Conditions Splendid Cattle Exhibit. Satisfactory Attendance on Both Days

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 3

List of Officer-benrers,—President, Mr. Frank Mack; Vice-Presidents, Messrs, T. D. Palmer, J. Stevenson, T. Wilkins, J. A. Ryan, W. W…

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Dubbo Show. Best Cattle Exhibits of the Country. Attractive Ring Events-- Witnessed by Many Thousands Dubbo Proud of the Result

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 5

From the four quartern of the wool and from far-flung distance of the Slate the annual pilgrimmage to Dubbo began last week and continued in…

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Peak Hill Farmers and Settlers' Association

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

At the annual faceting of the Peak Hill branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association, a credit of £60 was reported. The membership is now over…

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The Wheat

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 2

The Railway Department is handling the wheat well, and up-to-date all the wheat in the stacks at the railway sidings between Geurie and Mumbil has…

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Dubbo Butter Factory

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 1

During the month of March the sum of £160 was paid to suppliers to the Dubbo factory. In the same period, 500[?] of first class butter were made,…

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Wool Position, Preventing National Calamity

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 3

Senator Guthrie, of Victoria, addressed a meeting of members of both Houses of the Federal Parliament on the wool position last Friday…

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Wool Growing in British Empire

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 2

As a wool producer, the British Empire takes pride of place. Approximately half of the world's annual clip is grown in the various countries under…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Drab Farm Homes. Moro Beauty as Important as More Bushels

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 7

The manager of Yanco Experiment Farm in a memorandum on farm homes, suggests that personal and home comfort, especially for the women of the…

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Comparative Values. Of Some Auxiliary Sheep Feeds

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 7

While oats form a very good grain feed for sheep, they do not appear to equal maize; as a solo food owing to their larger husk content, they are…

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Wheat Harvest. Biggest Yield Since 1903-4

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 5

The final returns of the result of the wheat harvest for the season 1920-21 have been received by the Government Statistician (Mr H. A. Smith,) and the…

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The Pastoral Outlook

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 1

The graziers have gone through nearly three years of drought. They battled very hard, and spent nil their money and credit trying to keep their…

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