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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Sydney Wool Sales

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 5

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report under data 28th inst,:— A quiet time must again he chronicled for the past week. The paucity…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report:— Rabbitskins.— Once more we have the pleasure of reporting a firmer and…

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Farm and Field

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 3

Then is Land too Good to be Tilled Under the above heading, this problem answered in an article In the "Journal the Department of Agriculture,"…

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Dairying

Manilla Express · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 2

THE Government Dairy Expert, Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, paid an official visit to Manilla on Saturday, under the auspices of the Manilla branch…

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The Composition of Milk. The milk of dairy cows usually averages:--

The Moree News · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

Per Per cent. cent. Water £ 7.50 Milk Sugar 6.00 Fat [?] A[?]n [?]…

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Butter Factory

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

IT is now high time to take some definite action with gard to the establishment of a…

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Husk in Sheep

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 6

Husk, hoose, hask, or host, lungworm, or worm in the throat, for these are all names for the same complaint, is a most debilitating disease, and causes great…

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Sydney Wool Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool, Grain and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date of 30th MAy:—…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Soil and Seed for Potatoes

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 6

IN order to raise good smooth potatoes they require suitable soil, good seed, and careful treatment, Large uniform tubers are the only quality that command…

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Byron Estate Farms

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 2

MR. John Walmsley, of Talmoi, has purchased a farm on the Byron Estate, Inverell. He bought two blocks containing in at 256½ acres of splendidly…

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Dairying

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

IN introducing Mr. O'Callaghan, the Government Dairy Expert, to a Maoilla audience on Saturday last, Mr. H. Stoddart said that there was…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report:— Rabbitskins.—We offered 21 tons, the bulk of which was winter quality…

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Fat Sheep but Bare Stock Routes

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 6

There are thousands of fit sheep in some parts of the Walgett district whose owners would like to dispatch to market but the condition of the…

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Farm and Field. Watering and Feeding Horses

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 4

The proper time to water horses is a matter that has caused a considerable [?]nount of controversy for the past hundred years or more. Many people…

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Farm and Field. Wheat Grown by Electricity

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 7

An experiment of the greatest interest, to farmers and gardeners is now being conducted by Messrs R. and B. Bomford, of Pitchlli and Bevington near Evesham…

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The Sheep Shearing Industry

The Moree News · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 3

[?]a connection with the great wool industry of Australian [?]to wool[?]in some [?]Apparently it [?]…

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Farm and Field. The Lamb Expert Trade

The Moree News · Friday 8 June 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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Sheep Coated with Grass

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 4

Mr. Storey, Crown lands bailiff at Seymour (Vic.), displayed this week a piece a wool which had been shorn from a sheep that had grass growing…

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Sydney Wool Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report under date 5th June:—There is no diminution in the eagerness of buyers to secure any available…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Starting Early Tomatoes

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 2

IT is not difficult to raise good stalky tomato plants from seed if one has a fairly prepared hotbed. Fresh horse manure is preferable for such a purpose…

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