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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

723 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 37

200,000 Sheep Drowned

Western Age · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 4

Visitors to Rockhampton who travelled across from Winton to Longreach, give a vivid description of the ravages caused by the recent disastrous floods…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 8

Herbert Williams appeared at the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G Meeson, P.M., to answer a charge of having in his possession one bag of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 4
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

W[?]combe, Ca[?]son, Ltd., wired as follows yesterday afternoon:—We sold 7000 bales of wool at our Sydney sale to-day. Fine merino fleece, skirtings…

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The World's Wheat Situation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 3
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

The Lindley, Walker Co-operative Wheat Co., report under date February 27th last:--Our cable this morning roads:--"America's crop has benefited…

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Varieties of Wheat The Department of Agriculture's Recommendations for the Earning Season

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

The wheat recommended by the Department of Agriculture, for various purposes for the ensuing year may be presented in districts as follows:--…

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Another Splendid Wool Sale More Big Prices

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Company reports:— "At our fourteenth sale of the current wool-year, held on the 1st instant…

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Another Splendid Wool Sale! More Big Prices

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Company reports:—"At our fourteenth sale of the current wool year, held on the 1st inst.,…

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Breach of Dairying Act

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

The Municipal Council proceeded against F. Cunningham for failing to registor his dairy in accordance with the act. A Fine of A Flue of £1 witli 5 li coBts was…

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Fine Wool Wanted. Broad Wools Plentiful

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Competition for choice merino fleece wools and pieces showed full recent strength at our Sydney wool sale last…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. "Foot-rot" of Wheat. a Free Pamphlet for Growers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 9

There appeared among wheat crops in New South Wales last season a dis ease to which, on account of its character, the name "foot rot" has been…

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Sun or Silo? a Question of Thoughtful Farmers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 9

With summer coming to an end a question that the farmer might well put to himself is: What proportion of the good grassland herbage scorched up by…

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Wool Sales Close Firm

Western Age · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Sydney wool sales closed on Wednesday with strong, general competition. German buyers operated with particulars as…

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The Farm the Abuse of Artificial Manure

Western Age · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 4

In a lecture recently delivered before the Mayfield Farmers' Club, Mr. G. A. Cowie, M.A., B.Sc., in describing certain abuses of artificial…

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The Wheat Stacks At Gilgandra. Depredations of Goats. Was Instruction to Destroy Given?

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 15 March 1922 · page 9

" Your letter of 14th instant, with reference to the damage being done to wheat is the station yard, Grilgandra, by goats, has been referred to…

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Farming Revolutinised

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 15 March 1922 · page 14

Mr. A. C. Howard, of the Gilgaudra district, has given very careful thought to the present methods of farming, he being seized with the…

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Labor's Election Bait. Mr. Mcgirr's Half Guarantee, Farmers See the Hook

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 15 March 1922 · page 8

One of the most carious developments of the election campaign was Mr. Mc Girr's half promise to a Sydney audience that the Government…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Nature Study with Maize. Pamphlets Designed for "Farmer Junior."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 9

"Farmer Junior" is beginning to come into his own as a power in modern farming, and in some of our more progressive rural districts boys' and girls'…

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A Good Swab for Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 9

Oil and arsenic can be combined to make a very good swab for dressing sheep. The formula recommended by the Department of Agriculture is as…

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