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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,213 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 33 of 61

On—The Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Interest centred last week in the Brisbane sales, where prices have been well maintained, with…

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A Voice From the Farm (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 4

Sir.—So long as the farmers are prepared to go on supplying Sydney with cheap farm produce, grown under slave conditions of 60 to 70 hours…

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Unbranded Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 1
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

Lawrence O'Sullivau, of Bushy Park, Peak Hill road, for having sheep in his possession unbranded with the owners brand, an offence under the P.P…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. has received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—"Very good selection available at opening of Brisbane wool…

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Local and General Narromine Sheep

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:— On the hoof at Homebush last Thursday, mutton made 2½d to 4d per lb., hoggets andslamba 4d to 6d. We sold…

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Special Stud Cattle Sale at Dubbo

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 4

Messrs. Leeds Bros. Ltd. will sell by auction at Dubbo on Saturday, July 10th, at 2'o clock, some 500 stud Durham and Hereford cows and helfers…

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Sydney Sheep Show. Trangie Breeders' Successes

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 2

At the Sydney Sheep Show held last week at Moore Park quite a number of sheep from the Trangie District were in exhibition, and were very…

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Great Western Water Scheme Important Meeting at Wellington. Sheep Saved "Would Pay for Dam. Strong Committee Former

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 1

A large and representative meeting of the town and district was held at Wellington on Saturday night for the purpose of dealing with the important…

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Cattle Sale

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 4

On Saturday, July 17, A. Townsend and Son will hold a sale of [?] head of mixed cattle, comprising cows and calves and young cattle…

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Bulk Wheat Handling on Farms

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 3

Mr. E. S. Twigg, writes:— Two years ago I made sixteen corrugated iron tanks without bottoms, and tops about 8[?] and 12ft. in…

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Wheat Farming a Higher Standard

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 1

The wheat industry has come into its own again. It is not correct to conclude that because the wheat acerage has…

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Sheep Sale at Gilgandra

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 10

Christie Brothers will hold a monster clearing sale at Coomboona, Gilgandra, next Thursday, July 15th, when they will yard 4200 young…

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Voluntary Wheat Pool

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 3

Arrangements have been completed by the Wheatgrowers' Pooling and Marketing Co. Ltd., to make the third payment in connection with…

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Delayed Wheat Sowing

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 6

Discussing the conditions in the western district, Mr. B. M. Arthur, H.D.A., the district agricultural instructor, states that the inch of rain…

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Special Stud Cattle Sale at Dubbo

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 10

Messrs Leeds Bros, Ltd., will sell by auction at Dubbo on Saturday, July 10th, 1926, at 2 o'clock, some 500 Stud Durham and Hereford Cows…

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The Rabbit Toll. Displacement of Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 4

Notwithstanding thirty or forty years' efforts to combat it, the rabbit was never a greater menace in New South Wales than it is to-day. This…

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More Wool for Germany. The French Position

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Wool selling: experiences in Brisbane furnished additional evidence of the soundness of the position…

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Curious Sheep Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 6

At the Police Court this morning before Mr. Atkinson, P.M., Laurence Bede O'Sullivan was proceeded against by the police on charge of taking and…

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Foot Rot in Sheep. a Seasonable Warning

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 3

Owing to the wet season and abundance of green feed in the West, resulting in the sheeps feet being almost continually wet and becoming…

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