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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

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Production of Lucerne Seed. a Profitable Crop

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 6

The,production of seed is mostly confined to those districts where [?]ucer[?]e has been grown for a number of years, and the practice is to allow one crop…

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Good Crops Out Spicers Creek Way

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 4

Spicers Creek farmers had an additional three-quarters of an inch of rain last week end. The crops in that portion of the district are…

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When I Was Young. Some Old and New Farming

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 2

The other day a farmer questioned my idea that the tractors for ploughing would pass out on account of their cost and needing skilled men…

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The Result of Rain. Also Good Farming

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 2

There is only one way of finding out about anything, and that is, in the language of the natives, to "go-look-see."…

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Prize Wheat Crops Gilgandra Competition

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

Despite the adversities of the season in the west the Gilgandra P. and A. Association was able to muster 11 crops for its annual field wheat competition…

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Homebush Sheep Prices

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 1

Supplies were again on high water mark at last Thursday's Homebush sheep and lamb sales. 46,000 head were penned. Ewes and plain sheep…

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New Shason's Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 3

The first wheat of the new season was delivered to the Voluntary Pool on Tuesday afternoon. Word to this effect was received by the Lindley…

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Overseas Wheat Position

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 5

Messrs. Lindley Walker Co-op. Wheat Company's special wheat report states:--Our cable of the 19th reads:--"Parcels December 40, January 45…

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Oversea Wheat Position

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

Lindley Walker Co-op. Wheat Co.'s cable of November 10th reads as follows:—"Parcels, December 46/-, January 45/-. Adverse American exchange…

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MILLERS v. Wheat Pool

Western Age · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 4

Negotiations between millers and the Voluntary Wheat Pool are proving difficult. Millions want to know where they stand in the matter of obtaining…

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Season's Record Price for Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

Mr. A. W. Cleaver received the following telegram from Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., on Wednesday:--"We secured at our sale to-day four season's records…

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Hansardines Captain Dunn and Mr. H. V. Thorby in the House. Wheat Silos

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 3

Captain Dunn: Is the Minister for Agriculture in a position to make a full statement to the House in connection with the use of the silos this…

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Dairying on Small Areas a Californian Example

Western Age · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 4

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

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Irrigation Farming Under Irrigation. Methods of Applying the Water

Western Age · Friday 23 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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Dairying Milk and Cream Quality. And the Monaco of Busty and Dented Cans

Western Age · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 3

All dairy farmers should see that their milk and cream cans are in a condition to contain these products. It is not sufficiently recognised that old…

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Seasonable Dairy Utensils

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

The heavy milking season will soon be on us, necssitating a heavy demand for such commonplace, but very necessary, articles as Milk Cans, Milking…

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The Young Lucerne Spring Treatment of the Autumn Sown Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

Lucerne sown in Autumn--which in the bulk of the areas where lucerne is grown is the best time--should receive no cultivation until the following…

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Crop Failures

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 4

Returned men on the Pine Ridge and Lawson Park settlements, have had crop failures for three years in succession. Unless some…

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Dairying Milk and Cream Quality. And the Menace of Rusty and D[?]nt[?]d Cans

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 4

All dairy farmers should see that their milk and cream cans are in a condition to contain these products. It is not sufficiently recognised that old…

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Ballot for Homestead Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 6

The ballot for homestead farm area No. 1514, parish of Glenhet, land district of Nyngan, for which there are 425 applications, will be held on 7th…

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