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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Analyses of Wheat Samples

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

MESSRS. Wilson and Oram are in receipt of the following analyses of samples of two varieties of wheat, submitted to Mr. F. B. Guthrie, F.C.S,…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Good Bred Fowls Are Best

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

SOME poultry-keepers' have wrong impressions regarding pure bred fowls and their profitableness. Many people may gay that although good bred birds are…

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Farmers and Settlers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

The last meeting of Moree branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was pregnant with important subjects such as will shortly have to…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 5

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report:—After an interval of nearly four weeks our auction sales were resumed…

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Special Express Wires. Sydney. Tuesday. the Wheat-shifting Worry

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

THE grain laborers adhere to their determination not to accept the agreement rates for wages, and the Stevedores' Association advise that grain…

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Farm Plant for Sale

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 4

MR. Cadell has been instructed to sell by auction on the farm, on the 31st inst., the whole of Mr. S. Layt's complete farming plant, together with…

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Farm Oilstones and Grind-stones

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 3

Frequently the oil and grindstones on a farm become irregularly worn, and in a condition to ruin edge tools, as at A (fig 1.) At fig. 2 is shown a stone worn into an…

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Farm and Field. Treatment of "Dry Bible."

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 7

Mr Williams, Government Inspector of Stock, South Australia, has been on a visit to Orroroo, for the purpose of inspecting stock, suffering from "dry…

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Wool

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 7

HARRISON, Jones & Devlin, Ltd., report:—After an interval of nearly four weeks our auction Sales were resumed on Monday when we brought forward a…

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Wool Sales

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

At the London wool sales business was animated at unchanged prices…

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Wool Prices

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

At Winchcombe, Carson & Co.'s wool sales yesterday, greasy reached 13¾d. And scoured 23d. The market generally is firm at late rates, and all…

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London Wool Sales

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:— The sixth series of Colonial Wool Sales, which opened on the 28th…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Limited, report:— Wool.—For our first sale of the New your and 14th for the season, we brought…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Management of Brood Sows

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 6

EXERCISE is necessary for brood sows during the whole period of gestation, and especially so during the last three or foot weeks, so that they will not be in a…

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Educating Farmers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 6

The Department of Agriculture has prepared a list of the conditions upon which, in future additional subsidies will be paid to agricultural societies…

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Farmer and Grazier. A Cheap Silo

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 5

ONE of the largest dairy-farmers in Victoria, Mr. E. O'Keefe, of Adelaide Vale, on the Gampaspe River, has erected a very large silo. It is 30ft…

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Dairying Superstitions

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 5

SUPERSTITION and extreme conservatism on the part of any people are always ludicrous to those who are a few degress ahead of them. Farmers…

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Sheep Poisoned by Rabbit

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

SAYS the Bann Ban correspondent of the Boggabri Examiner :--Mr. Leo Guest had the misfortune last week to lose several sheep through eating…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 6

The Australian Woolbrokers' Association report :— Wool.—The market throughout the past week has been most animated and…

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Wool Growing in South Africa

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 6

The Acting Agent-General in London, Mr. T. A. Coghlan, has written to the State Premier, acquainting him with a suggestion that has been made…

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