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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

1,138 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 43 of 57

Basis of Good Farming. Wheatgrower's Tribute to Fallow

Western Age · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 4

"The basis of all good farming is fallow. The basis of maximum crops every year on that fallow is good cultivation and superphosphate. This, in…

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Crop Conditions. Agricultural Inspector's Review. Crops and Pastures Both Need Rain. Where Fallow Proves Its Worth

Western Age · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 4

Report for the month of September, 1925, on the condition of crops, etc., in the Dubbo centre of the western district, furnished by Mr. B. M. Arthur,…

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Old Method and New. the Demands of Modern Farmings

Western Age · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 4

The essential difference between the new methods of farming and the old is that the old rule of thumb methods are being superseded by those which are…

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Farmers' Chaff. Losses in Consignments

Western Age · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 3

[?] a conference of Wagga district farmers last week-end the [?] of produce on railways was discussed, particularly the loss of chaff and grain by…

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Dairying in the Central-west

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 3

It is perhaps not so well known as it should be what the Dairying Industry means to the western districts. The Country Freezing Co. (1924) Ltd…

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Out on the Farm. Field Day at Buninyong. Instructive Address by Agricultural Inspector. Sociable Country Folk

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 8

The Field Day, as arranged by the Buninyong-Eulomogo branch of the Agricultural Bureau is not a more matter-of-fact observation of material things. It is an outing pulsating with the heart-throbs of social life and human energy…

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The Shipping Strike. How the Farmer Will Feel It

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 3

Wheat farmours in five Australian States will suffer a serious reduction in their ne[?] returns if the present strike continues, said a prominent…

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Farmers' Field Day. Interesting Afternoon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 2

A Field Day at the site of the pure [?]eed plots on "Boothenba," grown by MR. R. H. Hawke, was hald last Monday by Mr. B. M. Arthur, Agricultural…

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Bourse Cattle

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 October 1925 · page 4

On the hoof at Homebush last Tuesday, good to prime beef made 34s to 40s per 100lbs. Messrs Smith and Wilson Bourke, secured to £16 1s,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 October 1925 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson wised as follows: We sold 96 per cent of the wool we offered at our Sydney sale on Wednesday. Competition was keen…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., report:—Market conditions at this week's sales have been the best so far experienced since the opening of…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Ltd., report:— Our last catalogue contained 6,077, bales, and included several…

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The Position of Wool Supplies

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—Recent events in the wool trade tend to create further confidence in the markets. Expanding breadth in…

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Cattle Sale

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 4

Christie Bros., auctioneers of Gilgandra, will hold an important catthe sale at Gilgandra on Monday, 19th inst., commencing at 11.30 a.m…

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Sheep Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 7

Mr. M. G. Cater will sell by auction on account of various owners, including Messrs M. Wilcox and Barton Bros., 3000 sheep on…

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500 Store Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 7

Leeds Bros., Ltd., of Orange, advertise a big sale of store cattle at the Orange sale yards on Thursday of next week, when they will yard 500…

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District Wool

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 4

Owners with wool on offer at last Wednesday's Sydney auctions met a very buoyant market. Fleece from Hercules H. Fisher, Gular, realised…

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The Wool Position

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 8

Mr. Edward E. Collins, a Wagga wool buyer an dexporter, recently returned from a tour abroad with a gloomy view of the future of the…

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Honor to Wheat Proposal to Celebrate First Crop Grown in Australia

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 1

Green and amber and gold it grows. When the sun sinks late in the West; And the breeze sweeps over the ripling rows…

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Wheat Speculations How America Gambled

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 3

"It is interesting to turn from present uncertainties and review the uncertainties of last year," says the August review of the National City…

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