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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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London Wool Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

A private cable states that these is a good demand for sheepskins in general. Merino clothing is higher by ¼d, and merino combing from ?d to ¼d. Crossbreds are also…

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Condemned Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 3

THE question of condemned cattle has recently been the subject of a large amount of correspondence. Under the present system the graziers complain…

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A Baby Farmer Hanged. Auckland, (N.z.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 3

Minnie Dean, who was committed of the murder of several infants at Winton, was executed at Invercargill gaol yesterday. She protested her…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening, August 10,1895

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

The weather at present is One, but very dry. Beyond this there is nothing to report…

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Vict[?] [?]Rian Farmers. Sydney, August [?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

Many farmers with bag and [?] are still crossing over the border into the Albury district from Victoria, having taken up land in this colony. It is stated that many others…

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Cheap and Powerful Woolpress. for Farmers, Selectors, Etc

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 3

IT is a very fortunate thing that a cheap and powerful new wool press, to suit the wants of farmers, selectors or small flockowners, has been introduced,…

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Wool Traffic

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 2

3382 bales or wool have crossed the Darling river bridge, North Bourke, for the present year to date…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Wetters Herald Office, Friday Evening, August 23, 1895

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 2

The cloudy weather reported in our last cleared up on Wednesday, since then it has been fine, with bright days and cold nights…

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Sheep Stealing on the Castlereagh

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 2

AT Coonamble Police Court, last week, Alexander Campbell was charged with stealing sheep, the property of Ryder Bros., of Calga. He was arrested by Senior Constable Sheridan, of Baradine. The…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening, August 27, 1895

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 2

Splendid weather prevails at present, but we regret to say there is not the slightest indication of the present drought coming to an end. Thus the Warrego Watchman:—"In response to…

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The Pastoral Lessees of the West Bogan

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 August 1895 · page 4

A PUBLIC meeting was held at Nyngan, on Friday night at Barrett's Hall, the mayor (Mr. E. H. Prince) in the chair, for the purpose of making arrangements to ask the Government for some…

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The Wool Market. London Aug, 23

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 August 1895 · page 4

THE prospects in the wool trade are very good. Experts expect another good rise this year, with an improving market in 1896. In the course of an interview yesterday, Mr. E…

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Sheep Stealing

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 4

Some of the unemployed in the vicinity of the railway works are turning their hands to all sorts of things—from sticking up hotels to stealing…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening, Sept. 3, 1895

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 2

The weather is the most dismal subject upon which we have to write. This is September, and instead of being the beautiful spring it ought to be, it nothing but a deathly and unquenchable dryness. The…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 3

The wool market is very firm. Sales effected are fully 20 per cent. above the prices had at the last sales. Brokers expect a general rise on late…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening, Sept. 6, 1893

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 2

The weather is gradually becoming warmer, and to-day was muggy. Large quantities of forage are being carried to the country district daily. Prospects are not becoming brighter, and business is languishing for…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening, Sept. 10, 1895

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 2

Weather still cool and clear. No doubt about the severeness and reality of the drought. The Dubbo Liberal, September 6, says:—The weather during the last few days has come in warm, and…

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Australian Commercial Crops. the Cultivation of the Date Palm. Ph[?]enix Dactylifera, Linn

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 4

"Honor the date tree for she is your mother!" This was Mahomet's command to his followers. These words were wisely spoken, for without the…

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Some Points by a Noted Sheep Breeder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 September 1895 · page 3

MR. THOMAS SHAW, the celebrated Victorian sheep-breeder, recently read a paper at the Breeders Conservation. From It we make the following extracts : -- At this day I am inclined to…

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Wool

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 4

Experts unite in agreeing that the prospects before the wool industry are more encouraging than they have been for some time (says the Melbourne…

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