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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Half a Crop. the Railway Estimate

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 1

Some good while back the Railway authorities estimated that the wheat grown this season in the Dubbo Railway District would yield two and a…

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The Weather and Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 7

The weather still continues to be of [?] uncertain and fickle character. At times appearances made hopes run [?]gh for a good fall of rain, but these…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd wired as follows on Wednesday : —We sold 5800 bales, of wool at our.Sydney auction today, values for good wools…

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Monster Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 2

A big sheep from which 15 lbs weight of wool has just been .shorn is to he Keen on a farm at Dir[?]er. On being weighed, he turned the scale at…

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Sheep Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 2

Messrs A. Wilkins and Co. report having held another successful fortnightly sale at the Commercial Yards on Saturday, there being, a good…

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Last Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 1

W[?]combe, Carson Ltd., report: Demand showed excellent strength at our Sydney wool sale last Tuesday. Japan was again a forceful bidder and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 1

The Commonwealth Wool and produce Co, Ltd,. submitted a catalogue on the 16th instant, of [?] They report that compellation…

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Wheat Maize and Potatoes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 2

The following is the monthly report for September regarding wheat, maize, and potatoes:-- Wheat…

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Wool Market Brighter Outlook

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 1

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report that concurrently with practical cessation of strike interference with the normal course of the wool trade, a heartening…

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On the Land. Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—Concurrently with practical cessation of strike interference with the normal course of the wool trade,…

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Local and General Government Wheat Elevators

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 2

The manager of the Government Grain Elevators wishes to bring under notice of wheat-growers that the elevators at Dubbo, Eumungeric and…

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Notes From the City Infected Cattle PLEURO-PNEUMONIA

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 4

Mr. Carter, M.L.A. recently drew the attention of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) to the fact that cattle infected with contagious…

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Pastoral Costs of Pr0ducton Lowering Down Is Problem Hope for Lower Rail Freights

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 4

Wherever and whenever representative graziers meet in conference th[?] is bound to be talk of the high costs of production. For years now these costs…

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Wealthy Grazier Before Court Stuart Town Cattle Stealing Case Arthur Harold Lawson Acquitted

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 6

At the Dubbo Sessions, before Mr. Justice D. G. Ferguson, on Tuesday of last week, Arthur Harold Lawson was charged with stealing two cows, three steers, two heifers and one calf, the property of Charles Clay, of Stuart Town…

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Need for Care Lice and Ticks in Sheep Regular Kipping Is Only Remedy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 5

There are several varieties of Hee found in this Stale of which the biting house in the most common and does the most damage. It is a very minute…

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Those Bradford Wools Our Wool Estimate, Decried Wild Charges Are About

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 4

Graz[?]ers will be amazed to rent that Col[?] F. V. Willey, who has been prominently associated with British woollen interests, makes the charge of…

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For the Man on the Land Pastoral For Shelter and Fodder Useful Trees of the West[?]ern Plains

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 5

The hot summer month and the b[?]k winds of impose severe handicaps on stock which have not the benefit of some efficient shelter and…

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The Potato Crop the Question of Size of Seed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 5

There is considerable diversity of opinion as to which is the best site of potato to use as seed. Small potatoes can be divided into two class[?]--(1) the…

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POULTRY Sour Crop in Poultry Causes and Method of Treatment

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 5

Soft or sour crop is often brought a[?]nd by irregular feeding and watering of the birds, and few cases occur on a well-managed farm. It is often…

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State Wheat Areas

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 6

According to figures supplies to the Government Statistician, the total area sown with wheat in New South Wales during the current season was 4,420,000…

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