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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

1,193 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 59 of 60

Cattle Sale at Dubbo

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 3

A special cattle sale was held last Wednesday, 17th inst., when 1,000 head of cattle were yarded, on account of Edmund Jowett, by A. W…

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Wellington's First Wheat

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 2

It is a far cry from the date of the first harvest in the western district to the harvest of 1924. The earliest chronicling of wheat…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, limited, report:—For our sale we submitted a catalogue of 9742 bales, which included…

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The Future of Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—The wool trade will now experience a world-wide cessation of offerings for the Christmas recess. In…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Keen Closing Markets

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co., writes: We opened the 6th series of sales of the current wool year, and the…

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On The Land. Wool Prospects Still Good

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—Competition was animated and widespread throughout our sale last Wednesday, but occasional…

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Good Clean Crop

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Hubbard, of "Seatonville," Maryvale, had 400 acres under wheat this year, and already has taken off l700 bags, the average…

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Fallen Crops

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 5

Frequent rains and strong winds had the effect of flattening the wheat crops over large areas in New South Wales, and the same condition exists…

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Pastoral Taxation. Revised Valuation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 2

The Federal Taxation Department has issued a notice calling the attention of farmers and graziers to the revised basis of valuation of live-stock…

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Wheat Fluctuates

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 3

The wheat market during the past couple of days has been very excited. Yesterday quotations varied from…

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Sheep Cases. Wongarbon Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 2

Two cases in connection with sheep brands were heard before Mr. George Meeson, P.M., at the Dubbo Police Court yesterday morning…

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Wheat in Silos

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 1

On Friday, December 19, the wheat held in Government silos in the west was as follows:--Bogan Gate 56,191 bushels, Dubbo 16,156, Eumungerie…

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Wheat at Peak Hill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 4

Last week 26,759 bags of wheat were received at the Peak Hill railway station. Of this number 21,056 bags went into the silo, whilst the…

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The Wheat Market Price on the Rise

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 2

During the past few days the price of wheat has been rising steadily, and reports from Europe appear to tend towards a further rise…

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Local and General. Canada As Wheat Producer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 2

Twenty years ago Canada produced 80,000,000 bushels of wheat; last year she produced upwards of [?]00,000,000 bushels; but this year, owing to the…

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6000 Sheep

The Wellington Times · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 7

Messrs Abel Wilkins and Co. announces a very important sale of 600 high-class mixed sheep at Goonoo on Friday, January 16th,…

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Price of Wheat

The Wellington Times · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 7

Yesterday the price of wheat rose to six shillings per bushel, with every prospect of another rise early in the new year. It is anticipated…

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Wheat Pool Payments

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 2

The N.S.W. Voluntary Wheat [?] Committee, Ltd., has stated that it has arranged to make fourth payment on the 1923-24 Wheat Poul on Tuesday…

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The Week's Wheat

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 2

The railway record the [?] up to Saturday last for district wheat has [?] topped the 100,000 bugs mark. Since our last report 11,401 bags have…

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Wheat and Hay

The Wellington Times · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 7

By the first fortnight in the New Year the whole of the area for grain in the West will have been harvested, but there will remain…

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