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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

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On The Land. the Future of Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 3

[?]chute, Bell and Co., Ltd., re[?]:—The authorities would appear [?] have acted with discretion in [?]ding to curtail weekly offerings…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

Edward Carr was charged with having stolen a sheep valued at £ 15s, the property of A. A. Madden. Accused pleaded not guilty, and was…

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Sheep Stealing Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 4

Edward Carr, a colored man. was charged with having on February 17 at Meadowbank, stolen one sheep, the property of Alfred Augustus Madden,…

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Another Rise in Butter

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

It is practically certain that there will be another rise in the price of butter on Thursday…

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Wheat Quiet. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

The wheat market yesterday was quiet but steady. Buyers offered 65 ex trucks Sydney, and. 510 country stations. Sellers ideas of values was 68…

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Wool Lower. New Zealand Sales. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

At the wool sales in New Zealand yesterday prices were generally 2½d to 3d below January rates, and a…

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Wheat Stacked and Despatched. Can Go No Quicker

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

We are informed by the Chief Clerk Of the District Superintendent's office that on February 7th the.number of bags of wheat left stacked at. Dubbo,…

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Special Sheep Sales. 61,970 Sold by Public Auction

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 2

Messrs. McNelly, Crampton and Martin, Ltd., report haviny held their fourth special sheep sale on 17th inst., when the complete yarding of 15,070…

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Of Interest to Farmers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 2

Thus the Cowra "Guardian.":—Mr. E. S. Twigg writes.—I believe the saffron thistle with other pests will prove the greatest blessing to N.S.W…

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Pastoral. Worms in Sheep. Importance of Early Drenchings

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

In a wet season some mortality among sheep from worm infestation may always be expected unless sheep-owners take proper precautions. It is in the…

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Worms in Sheep. Importance of Early Drenchings

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 2

In a wet season some mortality among sheep from worm infestation may always be expected unless sheep-owners take proper precautions. It…

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Damaged Wheat Pool to Be Formed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

The Voluntary Wheat Pool received very scant response from farmers to its invitation to forward particulars of the quantities of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

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

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Superphosphate for Wheat. Increased Use in the Central-west

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 2

Interesting comments on the changing attitude of wheat-growers to manure are made by the senior agricultural instructor in the…

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A Farmer's Fallacy

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

There is a fallacy, almost never challenged, says Garet Garrett in the Saturday Evening Post, that whatever the farmer grows, wherever he grows it, he…

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Turnips on the Tablelands. Their Value as a Catch Crop

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

The cheapness of the seed, and the case with which a crop of swedes can be grown in the tableland areas, offer considerable inducements to those engaged…

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Farm Facts

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 10

Man is but a product of the soil. Science found agriculture ploughing with a stick. Humanity marks time by the improvements in agriculture…

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Wool Report

Western Age · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:— The authorities would appear to have acted with discretion in deciding to curtal weekly offerings by 50 per cent…

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Wheat Steady. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 6

Private advices in Sydney state that the London wheat market is quieter but steady. Local buyers are offering 66 per bushel ex trucks Sydney for…

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