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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Wool. DALGETY & Company, Limited, Re

Manilla Express · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 2

Sales were held in this market on Tuesday last and continued throughout Wednesday and Thursday; the total offerings for the period by all…

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Wool

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd, report:-- There is little change to report in the wool market. The inquiry is…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Cows for Small Holdings

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 6

The usefulness of the cow whilst alive depends entirely upon the quality and quantity of the milk she gives. No matter how handsome in…

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Poetry. Leaving the Farm

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 6

With hopeful hearts they packed their goods, The farmer and his faithful wife, Their thoughts turned to'rd the city…

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Clean Farm Seeds

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 6

While it is perfectly true that even good seed requires a good grower to secure the best results, it is equally true that no grower is able to produce…

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The Wheat Crops

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 2

A REPRESENTATIVE of the EXPRESS was informed by a wheat grower on Monday morning that the young wheat crops in many…

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Butter Grading

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture has received a communication from the Agent General in London, in which he states that he has had a conference with the…

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Smut in Wheat

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 5

THE annual report of the Saskatchewan (Canada) Department of Agriculture contains some interesting facts in regard to the treatment of…

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Late Commercial News Wool'

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:-- The intervention of the holidays and festivities have made the wool market…

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Paeonies

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 6

Herbaceous paeonies are grand flowers, especially the bright red and white kinds, which are massive and showy, and produce a fine effect in…

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Big Cattle Sale

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 2

IN this issue Messrs. Lowcock, Broughton, and Ring announce an auction sale of 1100 store, cattle at their, yards, Gunnedah on 11th…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2

Messrs Harrison, Jones. & Devlin, offered, at auction Qn Wednesday an attractive catalogue of 1736 bales, principally new…

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News and Notes. Manilla Sheep

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2

AT the Gunnedah Show. Mr. C. W. Coote was again, successful with Jus famous sheep, securing first and champion for Lincoln ram…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Cheap Fencing

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

For all general wants a fence 3 ft. 6 in. high, with two,or, better still, three strands of wire, will answer very well. For a fence this height, the…

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The World's Wheat Crop

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 5

Manila wheat growers will be interested in the following particulars concerning the world's wheat crop. Usually at this time of the year an…

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Sheep and Lambs

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 6

Just now these animals are causing a good deal of anxiety to both shepherd and owner. Sucking ewes seem to be always hungry," and finishes off…

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Vines: Disbudding and Stopping

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 6

Very great care must be brought to bear on the final disbudding of the shoots, as any accident to one of those left may cause a permanent…

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Dairying' in New South Wales

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 11

Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, the Dairy Expert in his admirable work on "Dairying in All its Branches," makes special reference to the value of mixed farming. He states:…

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Spying Out Land. Fertile Acres for Farmers. New Centres Developing

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 10

As the North-west mail train steams out of the Narrabri station for Moree the passenger looking idly from the carriage window gazes upon great fertile…

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Farm and Dairy Original Article [All Rights Reserved] Bedding Plants

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 6

An important point to be observed in using tender plants for the summer decoration of the flower garden is to see that they are all gradually, but…

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