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

Farming & the land, 1900

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The Wheat Market

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 5

A cable from London on Wednesday read :--Wheat is Very strong. At Mark Lane the price has advanced 4s a quarter in a week. Owing to the failure of the…

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Manitoba Wheat

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 8

DURING the past few years experiments have been made in various parts of the colony with growing Manitoba wheats, and the samples produced had…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 7

MESSRS. Goldsborough, Mort. and Co. report:--"During the past week all attention has been centred in the Ram Fair, and we have just concluded one of the…

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The Markets. the Wheat Market

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 7

WEDNESDAY'S report road:--"In the absence of business of consequence wheat is difficult to quote. It is only possible to give a buyers' and sellers' price, as is the…

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Farmer and Grazier. Regulating the Production and Price of Wheat in the World

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 8

The low price of breadstuffs in the European market which now and again obtain, however beneficial it may be to the consumer, is naturally viewed with…

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Rough on the Farmer

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 3

An old farmer having been elected a member of the School Board, paid a visit to one of the schools under his care…

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Manitoba Wheat

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 5

MR. W. H. Smith is this season cultivating 70 acres of Manitoba wheat on his farm at New Mexcico. On Mr. G. Smith's property, at Wongo Creek,…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

MESSRS Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., report:--There is little to report in the local market, which is still in a very depressed state. The unprecedented fall…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 5

THE following were amongst the resolutions passed at the Farmers' and Settlors' Conference, which concluded a very successful sitting in Sydney this…

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Farmer and Grazier. Grain Elevators

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 5

A DEPUTATION of farmers and graziers waited upon the Ministers for Mines and Agriculture on Friday last to urge upon that gentleman the need…

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Smut in Wheat

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 3

Mr. Peter F. Orr, of Michelago, writing in reference to a letter from Mr. P. Cosgrove, of Ganmain, on the subject of smut in wheat, says: "I have been…

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The Editor's Packet. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinion of our correspondents. Farmer's and Settlers' Association. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 5

Sir,--I notice in your issue of Saturday last that the President notified a meeting of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, to take place on 28th instant…

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The Markets. Wool Report

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 2

MESSRS Goldsbrought, Mort and Co, Ltd, report--The local market remains in a very quiet condition and transactions are not likely to bo large until some definite…

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The Real Value of Crop Rotation

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 5

'A bare soil, writes Mr. G. W. McCluer in the 'American Agriculturist,' must sooner or later become a barren soil, even without the removal…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 7

A MEETING of the Manilla branch of the above was hold at the Royal Hotel on Saturday afternoon last, Mr. T. W. Higgins(president) occupying the…

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Wheat

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 8

KEEN interest now centres on the London wheat market, which has now entered a critical stage. Harvesting operations are proceeding in most of…

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Farmer and Grazier. Heavy Sheep Losses

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 8

A LETTER from Longreach, received by the Queensland Pastoralists' Association, states that there is scarcely any growth of grass, and the losses of…

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Farmer and Grazier. Poultry Notes for August

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 4

AMONG barn door fowls are generally included some approach to all the types of the different breeds, from Hamburg to Cochin, all fed and treated alike…

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Skill & Power of the Boer Farmer

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 3

The skill and power of the Boer farmer in the matter of lifting heavy weights are remarkable. These he inherits from his forebears, who were compelled to hew…

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Salt for Sheep

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 4

The effect of salt on the health of the sheep is not generally understood. Its effect is to give tone to the organism. The ash of the blood of a healthy…

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