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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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The Wool Outlook. Artificial Silk

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:-- Before the war the world grew the equivalent of 10,151,491 hales of [?] actually. The latest available figures…

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The Wool Outlook Artificial Silk

Western Age · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Before the war the world grew [?] equivalent of 10,151,191 bales of wool annually. The latest available figures…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 10

N. Z. L. and M. A. Co. Ltd report:—The first series of sales for the year 1929 commenced in Brisbane on Tuesday. This company,…

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Wheat Figures For Dubbo District Railway Returns

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 8

According to the Railway Department the supplies of wheat coming into the stations in the Dubbo district are now easing off…

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Top-Dressing. Its Effect on the Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 3

WITH the object of determining whether top-dressed pasture affects the quality of wool, the Department of Agriculture recently…

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DAIRYING Cereals for Winter Feed on Inland Dairy Farms

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

Farmers engaged in dairying in western districts often find it necessary to supplement the natural grasses with fodder crops that can either be grazed…

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DAIRYING Cereals for Winter Feed on Inland Dairy Farms

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 4

Farmers engaged in dairying in western districts often find it necessary to supplement the natural grasses with fodder crops that can either be grazed…

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Pleaded Guilty to Wool Stealing. Two Brothers in Trouble

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

At the Wellington Police Court, before Police Magistrate Goding, John Martin (alias Furness), and Jame Martin wer e charged with…

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Fertiliser Tests at Temora Results Give Guide to Wheat Growers. Interesting Deductions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

MOST farmers in the wheat belt know that it is necessary to use superphosphate, but it is impossible to say off-hand, said the chief…

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Migrant Farm Hands

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 8

The New Settlers' League is experiencing some difficulty in placing young farm hands who have come out to N.S.W. under the League's…

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Farmer Killed Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

James King, a farmer, was killed yesterday while fighting a bush fire by the limbs of burning tree falling and fracturing his skull…

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Farm Book-keeping Advantages of Some System of Accounts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

Many farmers record simple details of their doings in "diaries," which are useful, but many advantages [?] from the keeping of a permanent record…

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Farm Book-keeping Advantages of Some System of Accounts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 4

Many farmers record simple details of their doings in "diaries," which are useful, but many advantages [?] from the keeping of a permanent record…

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Fat Cattle for Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

On Tuesday a draft of fat cattle was trucked away to Sydney [?] from Messrs. Cannon Bros., of Bulgandramine…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

Very little wheat now remains at the local station, and the large shed is more than holding it…

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A Skin Disease of Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 6

Any disease which affects the skin of sheep must be considered serious in Australia, a country which is so dependent upon wool for its prosperity. And…

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Green Coloration in Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 6

Though distinctly uncommon, it is not a very rare thing to see wool which shows a greenish discoloration, and at times a reddish coloration has…

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Wool Transport by 'Plane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 8

The transport of wool by aeroplane in now being considered by Australian Aerial Services Ltd., which already has transported sheep, calves, ponies…

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Wool Competitions. an Interesting Innovation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

The stimulative effect of agricultural competitions and the benefit to farm practice has been illustrated in the crop growing and other contests carried out…

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The Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 1

The price of wheat ex trucks in Sydney to-day is 4/6 1/2 to 4/7…

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