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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

983 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 43 of 50

Drought Smitten Farmers. Ministry to Help

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 November 1923 · page 4

"You ask the Government to assist the farmers, and you can rely upon the Government giving sympathetic treatment. But it is up to…

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Dubbo Butter Factory

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 2

The returns at the Dubbo Butter Factory for the month of October are record for the present season. Cream was received from 52 suppliers, and it…

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Unsatisfactory Sheep. Dipping

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 4

Mr. Sam McKibbon, at the monthly meeting of the Bathurst P.P. Board, referred to the fact that many people had dipped their sheep, evidently with…

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Wheat in Bulk

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 4

The executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association discussed the grades of wheat to be received at the country silos. Mr. A. K. Trethowan…

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Firm Wool Market. Values Unchanged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 4

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports:- At our sale on the 12th inst. we brought forward an average ca[?]alogue,…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Tuesday, November 20, 1923. Local and General Dubbo Butter Factory

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 2

Mr. F. S. Hamey, manager of the Dubbo Butter Factory, has kindly supplied us with the following figures for the month of October, which should…

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Dairying on Small Areas a Californian Example

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 1

Some time back Professor Shaw, of Berkley University, California, while on a visit to Leoton, expressed great astonishment upon learning that…

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Irrigation Farming Under Irrigation. Methods of Applying the Water

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 4

In a discussion of the possibilities of irrigation farming in New South Wales, some space was devoted in these notes recently to the choosing of a farm. In…

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Firm Wool Market. Values Unchanged

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 2

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports:— At our sale on the 12th inst., we brought forward an average catalogue…

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The Sheep Maggot-Fly. Jetting As a Means of Control

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 2

Jetting (or spraying) for the control of the sheep-maggot fly consists of applying with a single jet an arsenical solution at high pressure on the rump…

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Pastoral. the Sheep-maggot Fly. Parasites as a Factor in Control

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 6

An Important development in the control of the sheep-maggot fly was the discovery in 1913 the Government sheepfly experiment station in the Brewarrina…

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Dunedoo Sheep Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 4

On Friday, of next week, November 30th, at Dunedoo, Messrs Baker and Campbell will hold a special sheep sale, for which further entries…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 7

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—For the bulk of our offerings on Wednesday last week, comprising 2865 bales, we experienced very…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Production of Lucerne Seed. a Profitable Crop

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 9

The production of seed is mostly confined to those districts where lucerne has been grown for a number of years, and the practice is to…

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Can Black Sheep Be Bred

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 3

A correspondences writes: I have read a letter in which [?] writer says it is not impossible to breed black sheep. Well I can say this He has…

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Agricaltural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 6

These Notes are insued every week under the pera[?]nal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experien[?] of the Department. AGRICULTURAL…

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The Sheep-maggot Fly. Parasites as a Factor in Control

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 9

An important development in the control of the sheep-maggot fly was the discovery in 1913 at the Government sheep-fly experiment station in…

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Assisting Distressed Farmers. the [?]Ubbo Conference

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 3

The Premier on Thursday last told an iufl[?]ential deputation, representing the farmers in the west and north west, that the Government…

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Irrigation. Farming Under Irrigation. Preparation of the Land

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 6

Perhaps in no branch of agriculture is there necessity for greater care in the preparation of the land than, on an irrigation farm. Whatever method of…

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The Fire in the Crop

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 8

The child[?] of the Wong[?] sc[?]ool Were out for morning play The farmers round were busy Mating stacks and carting [?]ay…

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