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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Power Farming. the Indispensable Unit. an Ffficient Machine

Western Age · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 1

In the year 1900, when the first motor car landed in Australia. the civic authorities of Sydney would not allow it to proceed along the street because…

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Wheat Production

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

Once America led the world in wheat export. To-day, Canada Argentine have robbed her of her place, and Australia is clamouring…

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Stud Cattle Sale at Dubbo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

The Comongin cattle to he offered at Dubbo on Wednesday, January 10, are well known and trace buck to the old Duke of Tregunter strain. The…

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State Wheat Harvest. Better Than Anticipated. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture reports that the wheat harvest is turning out beyond expectations, particularly in the south- west and Riverina…

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The Wool Market. Schute, Bell and Co's. Report

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. report:-- It is customary at the close of the calendar year to review the happenings of the past twelve months. In this…

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The Butter Lion

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 4

More than 100 years ago an Italian nobleman was one day giving a great banquet, and his cook, who was known far and wide, was very anxious…

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The Franc and Wool. Causes of Easier Rates

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 4

Winchcombe, Garson Ltd. report:— Fluctuation in wool values in Brisbane cannot be attributed to declining business in goods but resulted…

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Farms Anp Homes Savings Bank Limits

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 7

Enlargement of the financial franchise of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales, in the direction of an increase in the limit…

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A Farmer's Lament

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 10

This is a realistic, poignant, and grimly humorous monologue by an Australian farmer in the midst of a drought. Be it understood that no…

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Arthurville Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

This season Arthurvllie is boasting of a fine harvest, no less than 25,748 bags being stocked, of which [?] have been despatched per train…

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Wheat at Eumungerie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

At the Eumungerle railway station the total amount of wheat received in the silo up to Dec. 21 is 23,392 bushels, despatched in bulk, 28,200 bushels…

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Artificial Wool Shrink-proof, Mothproof, Washable. Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

Information has been received in Melbourne that artificial wool experiments carried out at Turin by the…

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Another Good Narromine Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 3

Mr. E, Wilson, of Brandon, Narromine, also stripped an area of 27.38 acres, which was accurately…

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Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Rotton advertises a cattle sale in the Commercial sale yards on Saturday afternoon next, when he will offer 40 head of mixed…

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Wool Auctions

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., report:—Selling brokers are now getting their catalogues in readiness for the resumption of wool auctions…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company, Limited, report:—Sales will be resumed here to-day, and in the meantime interest has been centred in the…

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Wheat. Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 2

The total wheat despatched to the coast by rail from Dubbo and the surrounding districts for the week ending January 2nd was 122,566 bags. This…

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Wool Sales. Market Firm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that keen competition was experienced at the opening of the Sydney wool sales yesterday. Yorkshire and Japan…

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Easier Wool Market. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 2

Wool sales were resumed yesterday, and although competition was strong the market for good to super wools was weaker by 5 per cent. Ordinary…

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Farmers' Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 2

The grand conference of producers and consumers which was a plank of Labor's platform at last elections will be held at an early date. Cabinet…

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