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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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On the Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 8

Goldsborough, Mort and Company, Ltd., report:—For our sale on Monday we submitted a catalogue of 2,916 bales, which consisted chiefly…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, by direction or the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. AGRICULTURAL…

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The Hardest Worker on the Farm

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

Cows are in reality the hardestworked animals on the farm. A horse at hard labour is not using more energy than a dairy cow does when she…

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Western Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:-- On the hoof at Homebush last Monday good to prime beef realised 25 to 33 per 100 lbs, mutton 4d to 5[?]d per lb,…

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Fat Cattle. Anticipating the Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes under date 28th April:—While it is always a matter of…

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Wheat Dull. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 6

The overseas wheat market is still dull. Prices locally are unchanged…

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Local and General Sheep at Homebush

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 4

Supplies in the sheep section at Homebush last Thursday totalled 35,000. Rates were 2/- to 3/- lower. Good to prime mutton was more plentiful than of late…

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Sydney Wool Sales Continental Demand Slackening

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 6

Values were more irregular at the Sydney wool sales on Monday. Continental demand showed a decided slackening, though Japan is still fairly…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—It was hoped that market conditions last week would have been at least on a par with late reduced…

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The Drop in Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—Signs of strength in the wool market have certainly departed recently. Every class of staple had been…

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Quail Protection. Friend of the Farmer

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

The 1923 conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association adopted a resolution urging the absolute protection of quail as a useful bird…

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Miles of Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

An interesting exhibit is being shown in the windows of R. L. Currie and Co., "the best ta[?] Dubbo. It consists of miles of wool, which Vicars,…

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Fat Cattle. Anticipating the Market

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Grazicrts' Co—op. Co. writes under date 25th April:— While it is always a malter of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the department. AGRICULTURAL…

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Dairying. Cleansing of Milking Machines. An Improved Method

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 3

An article in the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture advocates a method of cleansing milking machines which does away with the scrapers and spiral…

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Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

The cattle shown were of good, even quality but were small in numbers the principal competitors being Messrs. W. W. Baird, F. C. Wake and F. T…

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Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

The showing of sheep although small was of excellent quality. Mr. A. K. K. Scott and Mr. W. J. Doyle for the small holders were the chief prize winners…

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Wheat and Lucerne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

Mr, B. M. Arthur, the judge of wheat, stated that the local grain samples showed slight bleaching due to the November rain; they proved by their high average…

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Wool Trade Crisis. World-wide Causes. Sales May Bd Abandoned. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 6

The disturbance in the wool trade is acknowledged to be world-wide. It is highly likely the Australian wool sales will be suspended till July, and…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—The progress of the current selling season has been as exceptional as it was unexpected…

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