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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

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Gilgandra Wheat

Western Age · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

The amount of wheat in the grain shed at the Gilgandra railway yards is 9120 bags. During December 3668 bags were despatched, and 2135…

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Wellington's Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 8

It is anticipated that, despite the bad season, between 300,000 and 400,000 bags of wheat will be harvested in the Wellington district. Messrs…

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Wool Report

Western Age · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., write:—The high prices ruling for wool during this season have proved a veritable God send to the man on the land,…

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Eulandool Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., of Dubbo, advise that they have just received a wire from their Sydney office telling them that…

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Oversea Wheat Position

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 3

Lindley Walker Co.Op. Wheat Co. report their London cable received on Monday reads:--"January parcels sold 463. Parcels advanced another 6d…

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Prolific New Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

The yield from one of the stud plots at the Cowra experiment farm recently harvested appears to herald the discovery of a wonderful variety of who…

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Some Fine Wheat Yields

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 1

Mr. C. Austin, of Neurea (Wellington), who is farming on the halves on Mrs. F. England's property, his harvested 674 bushels of wheat to the acre…

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Security in Dairy Farming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

The first factory in security for the stockowner is obviously a reliable supply of food, and as a means to this on there is none so cheep and simple as the…

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Wheat Harvest

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. H. B. Smith has issued a preliminary estimate for the wheat harvest during the current season, based upon returns received from…

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On The Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Ltd., report.:—After a recess of about three weeks, auction sales were resumed on 17th January, when…

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The Soundness of the Wool Inquiry

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Optimistic anticipations were fully realised at opening 1924 Sydney wool sales. The shortage in the clip…

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Wool Yields Per Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 1

Figures based on the latest statistics of flock totals and wool production show a varying weight of wool per cut per sheep in the world's leading pastoral…

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Emmagool Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co. report the sale of Mr. J. Lindsay's Emmagool wool at 3[?]d per lb., the clip averaging over 27d per lb…

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Arthurville's First Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 1

The first load of wheat to be delivered at the new railway station at Arthurville was sent in by Mr. Alexander White, of "Cramond," Arthurville. He…

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Burglary in Dubbo. Butter Factory Visited

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

During Monday night burglars effeeted an entrance to the Dubbo Butter Factory, but their visit did not prove very profitably to them. The manager,…

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Fifty Years of Wheat. Early Cultivation in Grenfell

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

It is interesting to note that Mr. W. Graham, of Grenfell, who has just reported a yield of 66 bushels of wheat from one acre, assisted with the first…

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Farmer Sent for Trial

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 1

Walter Patrick Vans, a returned soldier farmer, on Coma Soldiers' Settlement, near Forbes, was committed for trial at a coronial inquiry on a charge…

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Farm-Made "Super." How to Turn Accumulated Bones to Good Account

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 4

The following directions for making this invaluable fertiliser on a small scale may prove useful on farms where bones accumulate, and the question arises how to deal with them…

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Substantial Prices for Local Scoured Wool. 54¼d for First Combing

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 3

We have on many occasions brought before our grazier friends the advantages to the gained by having their clip scoured at the Bourke Woolscour…

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Wellington's Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

The average yield of wheat in the Wellington district is about, four bags to the acre. Messrs Abel Wilkins and Co., on the main, western line…

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