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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

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London Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 4

LONDON. April 3.-- At yesterday's auctions the following were among the prices realised: Bullamon, 7[?]d; Richmond, New Zealand), 7¾d Eskbank 8¾d; Moyball, 10[?]d; Rockview, 10[?]d; Scott,…

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Meeting of the Sheep Board

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 2

A meeting of the sheep Directors was held in the Stock Office yesterday, when there were present Mess[?]s. M. R. Dwyer, (in the chair), M. Robertson, G. H. Bureher, and…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, April 9

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 2

The dry weather unfortunate [?] [?] w[?]h the exception of one or two [?]. this di[?] tries is wa[?] off. By far the larger [?] of the colony is, however, in a deployable condition. [?]est…

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Original Correspondence. the Cattle Straying Nuisance. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Dispatch.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 3

SIR,--Allow me, per medium of your journal, to draw attention to the still existing nuisance of cattle straying in our streets at night. Were it not becoming absolutely unbearable I should not…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Headral Office. Tuesday Evening, April 13

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1897 · page 2

Excepting [?] [?] [?] [?]…

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Germinating Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 4

IN February, 1896, my attention was drawn to the purple colouration in the sheaths of some shoots of germinating wheat grains. Noting that the variety…

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The Holmwood Cattle at the Sydney Exhibition

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 2

THE Holmwood cattle were in prominent evidence at the Sydney Exhibition. The "Herald's " reporter says:--"This year, however, there is a fair share of competition, Mr. Holmes being…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Westron Haarld Officer. Wednesday Evening, April [?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 2

With the [?] [?] [?] [?]…

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Sydney Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 3

WE have much pleasure in drawing tho attention of our readers to the advertisement of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, which appears in another column of this issue. The magnitude…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Hearld Office. Friday Evening, April 23

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 2

[?] dry weather [?] prevents, with a [?] cold south wind. Heyand that there is nothing to report. In his forecast for New south water, Mr. W[?]…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, April 27

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1897 · page 2

The weather in itself may be termed delight [?] the days being warm and the nights cool. This state of things, however, is [?]ing a very anxious [?]e for want of grass and water, [?] that unless [?]n…

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The Wheat Returns

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 4

As a set off against the dry weather the otherwise dry subject of the wheat returns becomes quite interesting reading. It must be gratifying…

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Experiments with Cross-bred Sheep

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 4

In order to afford sheepowners reliable information as to the most suitable sheep to put to merino [?]es for the production of crossbreds for…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, May 4

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 2

The weather continues bright, but cold and dry, ate there are no [?]s of change; nor[?] we expect any change for some time to come, according to Mr.Wragge's late [?] forecast…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. the London Wool Sales. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 5

THE wool sales show a decline in prices down to 15 per cent…

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Cattle Poisoned. Sydney, Friday. SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 3

At Gundagai 75 head out of a mob of 130 cattle died through eating young thistles. The cattle in the district are also dying in hundreds…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, may 11

The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 2

The weather is dry,[?]lly dry, A time of writing the sky is clear, but [?] of a change [?]. Although a good many sheep [?] district have found their way here to the [?], there is [?]…

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A Cattle Muster in 1856

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 May 1897 · page 3

The "Old Hand " in the last issue of the Wellington Gazette writes :--In 1856 Bimbejong was owned by Dr. Harris, at that time of Mudgee. I was employed by S. B. Daniel to go to the muster at…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, May 14

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 2

The weather is still very dry and clear. The drought scema to have farly setteled with [?] and n[?][?] Wragge, Russel, nor any body else can break it…

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