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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Comparisons in Wheat Production

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 4

WITH a population of about 4,000,000 people, Australia produced 54,535,532 bus, of wheat last year. This is equal to 13 12 bushels per head of population. America,…

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Wheat, Lambs, Dairying

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 2

Speaking at Boggabri on the 19th. instant, Mr. W. S. Campbell, Director of Agriculture, said that the Department possessed a number of…

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Wool Sales

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday the market again showed considerable strength, quotations being fully five percent above the level of a month…

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Cattle Poisoned. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 2

On Friday 300 cattle were bought at Cooma by A. Wade, of Yass, and placed in a paddock for the night, when 25…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 3

Winchcome, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:— Rabbiitskins.— We offered 27 tons. The market was firmer for early winter…

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Destroying Wheat. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 2

SIR,—I would like, through the medium of your valuable paper, to call the attention of those parents who allow their children to destroy and…

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Poultry Farmers' New Premises

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 4

The Poultry Farmers' Co-operative Society, Limited, held their first sale of table birds in their new premises, Parker-street, Sydney, on the 6th inst…

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Sydney Sheep Show

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 4

WE are pleased to learn from the secretary of the New Sooth Wales Sheepbreeders' Association (Mr. C. Prince) that the forthcoming annual show…

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The Sheep Shearing Industry

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

DOES a connection with the great wool industry of Australasia conduce to woolliness in some ill-balanced minds? Apparently it does. Because…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Moree News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 2

The monthly sales were r[?]umed on Tuesday, when 1718 baies were offered. " The quality," says the "Hy[?]LD," was above the average, sud…

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Farm and Field. The Lamb Export Trade

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

The South Australian Government a few months ago commissioned Mr F. W. Ralph, when on a visit to England, to inquire into the distribution of…

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Experimental Farm at Baan Baa

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 5

IN connection with the proposed establishment of an experimental farm at Baan Baa Mr. Campbell, Director of Agriculture, visited the place last week…

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Poor Farms Produce Men

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 5

"POOR farms produce men," says Professor Thomas Shaw, of Ontario Agricultural College. They rear our clearest thinkers, our true economists, our strongest men…

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Farm and Field. The FARM as a Factory

The Moree News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

The farm is a [?]a [?]ory which is always in [?] "American Fer [?]" The far[?] his raw pr[?]. The…

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Wool and Price Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

Messrs. Schuteil and Co. Report under date 21st [?]— At the sales held he Sydney market to-day a very g[?] election of wools…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Ducks Profitable

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 2

DUCKS are the easiest raised and most profitable. They are not half the trouble that chickens are, they are not subject to vermin, and are uniformly healthy…

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Gathered Grains for the Farmer

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

A good co operative society for a farmer is his wife and children. When you read of "legumes", just think of peas, beans, and other such…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Annual Meeting

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the Mannilla Branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, was hold on Saturday afternoon, when there were in…

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Farmers and Settlers. Annual Conference

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

THE next annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held at Sydney on July 24 and the following days. The Executive…

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