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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Sheep on the Farm

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 4

THERE is nothing to prevent any wheat-grower making a considerable profit from a small flock of sheep. The idea that sheep farming can only…

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Butter Export

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 5

The export of butter from Victoria this season so far has exceeded that of last year by 1500 tons…

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Butter Competition

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 5

Thirty seven factories have entered for the butter competition in the show to be held this week…

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Wool Sales

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday greasy sold up to 14¼ per lb…

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London Wool Sales. Selecting Wool. Bradford, Aug. 18, 1899

The Moree Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 4

This requires an intimate knowledge which cna only be gained by practical experience and a good training. It is a course of apprenticeship, either in…

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Feeding Sheep on Artificial Fodder and Edible Scrubs. No. 3. (2) Feeding on Edible Scrub Alone

The Moree Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 4

Naturally, the success or otherwise of the attempt to keep sheep alive by feeding them wholly on scrub leaves, depends altogether on the feeding…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 1

Sir,--You are pretty hard on the farmers of this district for not rolling up better at the meeting on Wednesday night last, when Mr. Perry…

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Farming and Grazing The Peach Aphis

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 4

An old-experienced fruit grower writes in reference to this blight:--"The use of bisulphide of carbon in the same way as for the phylloxera on…

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London Wool Sales. Wool in the United States

The Moree Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 4

The very mention of the word American to colonial wool growers is synonymous with prosperity and big things, and the fact that the United…

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Feeding Sheep on Artificial Fodder and Edible Scrubs. 4

The Moree Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 4

We are confident that the table published in last Saturday's issue will prove of interest and value to our readers; but we would point out that it is,…

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Crop-bound Fowls

The Moree Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 1

Although the hen has no teeth and cannot chew its food, there is the same necessity, and possibly greater, for it to eat slowly that there is for animals…

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How the Boers Treat a British Farmer

The Moree Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 5

The following (says a correspondent of the St. James's Gazette") is an instructive instance of the treatment accorded just now to those fellow,…

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Poultry Farming

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 4

THE subject of poultry farming as a source of income to the farmer and village settler was discussed at the Temperance Hall, Melbourne, on 6th…

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Farming and Grazing The Prickly Pear Pest

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 4

MR. J. L. THOMPSON, Travelling Instructor in Agriculture, has received from a Queensland correspondent the following communication in regard to…

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The Markets. Wool and Produce Reports

The Moree News · Friday 6 October 1899 · page 4

The Sydaey Woolselling Broker [?] Australian [?] Morigage and Agency Co-Lead : John Bridge and Co., Ltd. : Daigety [?] Co., Ltd : [?] and [?]…

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Farming and Grazing. Buying Impounded Animals

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 6

PURCHASE of animals at pound sales may occasionally have some Trouble. The other day the Ballina police found a horse with a man…

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The Markets. Wool and Produce Reports. (Week ending October 14.)

The Moree News · Tuesday 17 October 1899 · page 2

The Sydney Woolselling Breakers' Association (Australian Morning and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd; Goldsbrough. Mort, and Co…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Moree News · Friday 27 October 1899 · page 2

The Sydney Wool selling Brokers' Association report that sales were held on Tuesday at the Wool Exchange, M[?], when the quality [?] was…

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The Markets. Wool and Produce Reports

The Moree News · Friday 27 October 1899 · page 4

The Sydney Woolselling Brokers' Association: Australia [?] Most [?] and Agency Co.. Ltd.: John Bridge and Co., Ltd.: Dalgrety and Co., Ltd: Gold-brough, Mort, and Co…

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The Wheat Blight. Caused by Frost

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon we received the following report, by wire, from Mr. J. L. Thompson, Government Agricultural Expert, relative to the…

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