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

Farming & the land, 1903

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Imported Wheat

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 4

SAMPLES of wheat, which is being imported from America and Argentine by Messrs. Wilson Bros. and Oram, are on view at this office…

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Purchase of Seed Wheat

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writes:--We are told that great care has been taken in the selection of the seed, as it was felt that only the best kind, and the…

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Seed Wheat Matters. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 2

SIR,--In answer to "One Who Applied" for seed wheat re your last issue, saying that the local branch of the Farmers' and Bettlers' Association…

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Farmer and Grazier. About Pigs

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 4

IT is questionable if any description of farm live stock will be more profitable than the pig, under proper management, during the next few…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

It seems that over a thousand applications for seed wheat have been received by the Government, and they are now coming in at the rate of about 100 a day…

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Wool

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, Carson and Co. Ltd., report as follows:--"The wool sales held on the 3rd instant disclosed a decline in values of fully 5 per cent, as compared…

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The Right Kind of Sheep

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

Mr. E. Van Weenan, so well known as a judge at the annual Shows, has an interesting article in the last Agriculture Gazette on the subject of…

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The Second Crop

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 1

"If a man wasn't a widewer in my day. why, no girl wanted him," said Sarah Ann Spriggs, advising her daughter Sully as to the choice of a husband. "Look at year…

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How Dairying Pays

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

ONE dairy fanner in Victoria, near Port Fairy, had a record for last year of £14 6s 6d per bead for the milk from 27 cows. His holding comprises 235 acres…

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Pallamallawa Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

On Saturday night, the 7th instant, a meeting of the Pallamallawa F. and S. Association was held, at the Pioneer Hotel. Mr. S. Cavanagh (President)…

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Imported Wheat

Manilla Express · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 2

Three thousand tons of wheat arrived yesterday from San Francisco…

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McINTYRE Farmers and Settlers. Co-operation of Muree Branch Asked

The Moree News · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 4

A meeting of members of the McIntyre Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.S.W. was held at Trinkey last Thursday…

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Imported Wheat

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 4

The Manilla "Express" says :— "The proprietor of a local flour mill, owing to the effects of the drought, are forced to import wheat. Their fins…

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Pastoral Market Intelligence. Sydney Produce Markets

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 5

In the Sussex-street markets business was quiet in nearly all departments. Holders on the whole, however, were confident, and refused to quit at…

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Latest Telegraphic. Wool Market. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. report:— Wool market firm and unchanged. Greasy sold up to 11½d, and scoured to 20¼d…

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A Farmer King

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 4

It is not generally known that King Edward VII. is a practical farmer, and a large exhibitor at shows. Recently at the Smithfield Show his Majesty…

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Pigweed Causes Great Loss of Sheep

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 4

A telegram from St. George states that last week 800 sheep out of a travelling flock of 14,000 died in one night in camp below Doondi Station…

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Pastoral Market Intelligence. Sydney Produce Markets

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 4

No improvement was noticed in business in the general produce markets. Imported stocks were heavy, while very little local forage wag…

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Coare[?] v. Fine Salt for Butter

The Moree News · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 5

The weight of butter before and after salting and working, Mr. F. W. Wall, of the W[?] experimental station, writes, has been a subject of considerable discussion and…

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The Most Successful Farmers

Manilla Express · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 2

The Farmer's Review says the moat successful farmers pay some attention to the beautifying of the farm home. The man that takes no interest in the…

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