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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farmers' Carnival

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

Mr. S. W. Moore is in receipt of the following correspondence:-- "Department of Public Instruction. Sydney, 6th October, 1908. Sir,--…

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Farming Implements

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

A movement has started in the House of Representatives to have a select committee appointed to enquire, into and report on prices charged…

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Farm Gates

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 6

The usual dimensions of field gates are about four feet in height by 9 feet wide, this size being suitable for all purposes. The bars are not placed at…

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The Wheat Crops

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 2

FROM what we can gather from wheal growers in various parts of the district the early wheat crops are, on the whole, very promising…

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Wool Away

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 2

UP to yesterday 3000 bales of wool had been despatched from the local railway station…

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Farm Scholarship

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 2

PARTICULARS are published of the "Sydney Morning Herald's" second scholarship, the winner of which is entitled to two years' free…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles (All Rights Reserved) Chrysanthemum Rust

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 6

There are many amateurs who have observed light brown specks or blotches appearing, often in great abundance, on the under surface of…

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The Farmers' Association

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 4

MR. C. Vincent received the following letter from Hon. John Wetherspoon M.L.C., one of the vice-presidents of the Farmers and…

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The Farmers' Carnival. Record Gathering. A Magnificent Success

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 4

JUST as there are white stones which mark special days in human lives, so there are white stones which mark…

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Wool Market

Manilla Express · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 2

The wool market ruled firm yesterday ; faulty lots being in better request, with,larger clearances…

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Station Stacked Wheat

Manilla Express · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 2

RETURN furnished by the railway department of wheat stacked at various stations on all lines, being the week ended 10th October, 1908:…

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A New Wheat Destroyer

Manilla Express · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 2

A TREMENDOUS amount of damage is being caused in the wheat crops in the country between the South Australian border and…

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Wheat or Butter?

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 2

ALONG the route of the railway extension opened by the Minister for Lands last week --Manilla to Barraha --and particularly round about…

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Area Under Wheat

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 4

An official estimate of the wheat crop gives the area under wheat as 1,939,440 acres. On the Northwestern slopes the acreage under…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Market Cattle

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 6

The taste of the public for a rather leaner class of meat, whether pigs, cattle, or sheep, has been growing now for some few years, and breeders and…

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Late Commercial News Wool

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 5

AT the Sydney wool sales on Thursday, the following local wool was Bold:-- H42Manilla, 4 h at 6¼d, 10 w e at…

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News and Notes. Wheat Railed

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 4

The following is the return of wheat despatched from the undermentioned stations for the week ended Oct. 10:--Attunga 239 bags,…

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Items of Interest. a Recommendation to Wool Growers

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 2

IN view of the frequent complaints made regarding the damage to wool through the use of inferior woolpscks, Messrs, Winchocombe, Carson and Co…

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Electrical Farming. Startling Experiments by Sir Oliver Lodge

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 3

Sir Oliver Lodge, Principal of Birmingham University, has been conducting a series of experiments regarding the effect of electricity on field…

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Victorian Wheat Yield

Manilla Express · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 2

The Victorian Railway Commissioners have officially placed the probable wheat yield at 32,000,000 bushels…

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