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

Farming & the land, 1905

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To-day's Sales. Horses and Cattle

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

SWAIN's yards will be occupied this afternoon with some nice lots of horses and cattle. Mr. A. Wilshire will submit. 12…

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Eating Poisoned Rabbits. Losses Among Sheep

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 4

In connection with the case of the sheep which were poisoned through eating the carcases of rabbits destroyed by phosphorus, as reported to the…

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Farmer and Grazier. Harness

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 3

HARNESS is worn out more by the treatment it receives off the horse than by the wear it is subjected to on the animal. Do not prt. the harness away…

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Wheat Returns

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 2

The official returns of the recent wheat harvest place the yield at 16,463,068 bushels, being little over nine bushels to the acre of the area…

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Wool and Produce Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 2

The Australian Woolbrokers' Association report :- Wool Although a good enquiry still exists in the local market for…

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Dairy Inspection

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 6

The principle of self-help amongst farmers has been adopted in Scotland, where the Highland and Agricultural Society has been testing the cows of…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Mores Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Royal Hotel on Monday at 2 30 p.m. There were present :-…

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Estimated Number of Sheep

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 4

Experts estimate that there will be about 39,000,000 sheep in the State at the close of this year…

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Wool and Produce Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 3

Winchcombo, Carson and Co., Ltd., re-port : - Wool.-There is no alteration in the tone of the wool market. The late range of…

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The Dairying Industry. To our Fanners and Pastoralists

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 2

It forcibly strikes one, who has travelled the greater portion of the Australian continent, and has had opportunities afforded him of judging…

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Farmer and Grazier. Mixed Farming

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 2

"BERI," writing in the Town and Country Journal, says that "Whilst, as a rule, farmers along the South Coast run much in the same groove,…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Winter Care of Ducks

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 6

NO farm-bred bird will show the effects of proper care or neglect so quickly as the duck. It should always be kept comfortable during the winter. While its…

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Wool and Produce Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1905 · page 3

The Australian Woolbrokers' Association report:- Wool:- The local market remains unchanged, the smallness of supplier…

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Wheat Growing

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 3

Mr. Farrer, Government Experimentalist, his been interviewed by a representative of the "Daily Telegraph" in reference to wheat experiments and that paper has…

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Wheat for Distribution

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture will (says the "Agricultural Gaze[?]") he glad to distribute, in one bushel lots. seed of the five macaroni wheats,…

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Wool and Produce Report. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report:-

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 3

Sher[?] Many consign[?] showed the effects of the recent wet weather and for these competition was not so animated as for any dry att[?] submitted…

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Farmer and Grazier. The Mice Nuisance

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 8

The Warialda Standard says Farmers are afraid that the mice will seriously interfere with the seed wheat as soon as it is sown. One…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. the Poultry Yard

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 6

THERE are two varieties of Indian Game, the Cornish and the White, both of about the same shape aud weight. Male birds weigh from seven and a half…

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The Horse for the Farmer

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 6

The kind of a horse the farmer should breed for his use on the farm and for market cannot be answered in one sweeping statement and made applicable to all…

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MOREE Experimental Farm

The Moree News · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 2

Having recently paid a very brief view to the Moree [?]purpose referring to one or two [?]under our notice by…

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