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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

John Bridge and Co., Limited, report:— Wool.—The market is very firm, and competition general for all sections of the trade…

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N.S.W.'s Wheat Harvest

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 1

THE present wheat harvest is estimated at about 19,000,000 bushels. Figures, however, when they run up into millions, do no convoy a real idea…

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Cotton Wool for Foreign Bodies Swallowed

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

Dr. W. Blair Bell refers to several cases in which he has used cotton wool in order to carry along foreign bodies which had been swallowed. One child had swallowed…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Care of Milk

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 6

MILK should be drawn from the cows in the most cleanly manner, in tin pails, and strained through a wire cloth strainer, and the milking should be done…

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Farm and Field. the Construction of Stables. Selection of the Site

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

The selection of the site on which stables are to be built demands some afternoon. Where possible. they should be built on high ground, thus giving a…

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Electricity to Destroy Farm Pests

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

Since a Monaco engineer's discovery that an electric current will free the soil from insects, the idea has been held that electricity should aid in abating the insect…

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Tamworth Pastoral Protection Board

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

A MEETING of the board was hold on Thursday. Present :--Messrs. R. Gill (chair), G. B. G. King, F. T. Payne, J. M. L. Macdonald, W. D Dowe…

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Farmers and Settlers' Meeting

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the members of the local branch of the above was held at Huxley's hotels on Saturday afternoon last…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 5

The Australian Woolbrokers' Association report:— Wool.—The market has ruled exceptionally strong the past week, and…

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Moree Police Court. Tuesday. Alleged Wool St[?]ling

The Moree News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

J. L. Clark and W. Gro[?]ield were charged on remand with st[?]ling certain wool, the properly of some person unknown…

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Farm and Field. Shropshire-Merino Cross Preferred

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 3

The following report regarding the competition in London as referred to has been received by the National Association of Queensland, from Mr. W. B…

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A Psalm of Farm Life

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 7

Tell me not in broken measures Modern farming does not pay, For the farm produces chickens, And the bens--do they not lay?…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 5

John Bridge and Co., Limited, report:—Wool.—On Tuesday (6th inst.) we submitted a further large catalogue of 6,218…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Machines Indispensable on the Farm

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 6

A MODERN farm in these times is not complete without a good gasoline engine. It should not be too large to prevent it from being easily moved from one…

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Crop Maps

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 3

The U.S. Biological Survey is engaged in mapping the natural life zones and crop belts of the country for the primary purpose of aiding the farmer to decide what crops…

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Wool and Wheat Traffic

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 5

The records of the railway traffic authorities show that last week 1761 bales of wool were delivered at Darling Island, Newcastle, and Morpeth depots…

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Gold in Sheep's Teeth

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 5

An unusual application was made to the Clerk of Petty Session at Hay last week for two miners' rights. The incident which led to the application is…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 6

The Australian Woolbrokers' Association report:— Wool— The closing auctions of the were held during three days of the…

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Hoyen in Cattle

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 4

Every man possessing an animal, no matter of what kind, should know something about the more simple ailments to which it is subject, and also such methods…

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Wool and Produce Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Limited, report:— Wool.— Our sale on Wednesday 14th inst.) was the last of the weekly series for…

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