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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Big Wheat Yields. The Influence of Size of Seed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 9

An experiment to test the relation of the size of the seed to the yield in wheat was started by the Department of Agriculture, at Wagga. Experiment…

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The Wheat Pool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 4

Representatives of the Federal Farmers' Organisations met in Melbourne on Tuesday, to consider the wheat position. All the wheat growing States were…

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PEANUTS. An Increasingly Popular Crop

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 9

Judging by the number of inquiries that are being received by the Department writes one of the experts of the Department of Agriculture the…

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Best Cattle Thrower

Western Age · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 3

A report received by the Chief Protector of Aboriginals, states that an Australian aboriginal named William Tindall, a resident of Goodiwindi, is…

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Cattle Trucked at Bourke

Western Age · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 3

Huge trackings of cattle are still being trucked at Bourke, and special trains are a daily occurrence. The cattle in most instances are for Sydney…

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Sheep Fly Dep[?]dations

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

A report from Charleville (Q.) states that sheep owners generally complain bitterly of the depredations of the blowfly pest among sheep all over…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

Western Age · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 2

During a debate in the West Australian Parliament on the Wheat Bill it was decided on the motion of the leader of the Opposition that the…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Sydney

Western Age · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 2

The impression amongst business quarters is that the Government's proposal to establish a State Compulsory Wheat Pool is doomed…

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On the Land. Area Under Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 7

Anticipations of a deep in the wheat area in this State this year have proved to be unfounded, though these has been a decrease in the Dubbo and…

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To Tight the Sheep Fly. Graziers Discuss United Action

Western Age · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Moree P.P. Board Director Smith referred to the question of fighting the foxes, Crows, and other so called pests…

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Wool Demand Still Keen Bawra Share Values

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:-- Scoured wools, which attracted noticeably improved attention at the last Sydney auctions, continue in good…

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Early Maturing Wheats. What the Department of Agriculture has Done for Farmers

Western Age · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 3

The value of the plant-breeding work of the Department of Agriculture has been strongly exemplified during the sowing of wheat this winter. Owing…

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Wheat Pool Farmers Seek Federal Guarantee

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 October 1921 · page 1

Following the meeting of the representatives of the Federal farmers' organisations, at which it was decided that a deputation should wait on the…

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Victorian Wheat Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

Mr. Miscamble, one of the Victorian Railway Commissioners, stated after returning from a tour through the State that the wheat crops were likely…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Super-yields From "Super" Hugo Increases from Top-dressed Lucerne

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 9

Old stands of lucerne on the coast and tablelands have given increases of as much as 400 per cont following an application of superphosphate. Does…

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The Wheat Crops

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 2

Mr. H. V. Thorby, farmer of Geurie, and a member of the central executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, who is organising at present in…

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Dubbo Cattle Sale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 4

Messrs. Cleaver and Tayor, Dubbo, in conjunction with the Australian Estates, Sydney, advertise in this issue particulars of an important cattle sale,…

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Sheep-fly Depredations

Western Age · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 4

A report from Charleville (Q.) states that sheep owners generally complain bitterly of the depredations of the blowfly pest among sheep all over…

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New Season's Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 4

It is reported that twenty thousand tons of new season's wheat has been sold by a Melbourne corporation. The nett return to the growers will be 44…

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On The Land. Area Under Wheat

Western Age · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 2

Anticipations of a drop in the wheat area in this State this year have proved to be unfounded, though there has been a decrease in the Dubbo and…

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