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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening May 18

The Western Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1897 · page 2

Little to report in connection with the weather, which continues bright, dry and cool, without any indi[?] of a change…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, May 21

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 2

Weather.— Nothing to add to our last report. The drought is [?] becoming more [?] both locally and throughout the colony. [By Telegraph,]…

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The Latest Telegrams. Trial of Butter. Sydney, Tusday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 3

Counsel for Batler to-day applied to have his trial postponed for six months to allow the excitement to subside. The application was refused, but the…

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Wheat Flour and Bread

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 3

OF 1000 parts of wheat 9.0 are nutritious. It does no to low, however, that when we eat baker's bread. 15¼oz out of a pound are nutritious. On the [?] While [?] specially selected…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening. June 1

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 2

On Sunday heavy black clouds brought the [?] of light sprinkling [?] during the afternoon; [?]ring the evening a few rolls of thunder was follow[?] a further full of a few points, and a clear cold night…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, June 4

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 2

The weather continues cold and unse[?]d. [?] is continually threatening, but little falls. This morning the sky was densely overcast, and a wet [?] seemed certain, but the only result was a [?]ght…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, June 8

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 2

The weather continues bright, cold and dry, without any indication of change. [By TELEGRAPH.] SYDNEY, June 8…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Omce Friday Evening.june 11

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 2

The weather underwent a complete change on Monday night, when light clouds obscured the sky.This morning broke cloudy and muggy, and soon afterWards a bitterly cold wind sprang up, which…

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Assistance to Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 2

A DEPUTATION, introduced by Mr. S. Phillips, M.P., and consisting of Messrs. T. Brown. Barnes, Reymond, Waddell, Chanter, Haynes, Wheeler, and J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, M.P's, waited upon Mr…

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Melbourne Stock Sales. Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 June 1897 · page 3

1330 yarded, comprising 150 from New South Wales, 600 from North-eastern and Upper Murray districts, 400 from Gippsland, 150 from the Westward, and the remainder from paddooks near town…

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Victoria, Queen and Empress. Sketched by J.d.hennessey. Author of "Wynnum""The [?]is Honearable""An Australian Bash Track" "The New-Chair Farmer "etc. Birth and Childhood

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 1

VICTORIA Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of lndia. was born at Kensington Palace on May 24th, 1819. She was the only child of Edward. Duke of Kent, Fourth son of George III and the Princess Victoria Mary Louisa. daughter…

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A Formidable [?]. Influenza and Rheumatism Combined. Terrible Experience of a Canadian Farmer. Suffered Much Pain—was Despondent and Easily Tired— S Ent Much Money on Various Medicines Before a Cure Was Found

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 4

The after effects of influenza and rh[?]matism is a combination well calculated to make any life miserable. Infl[?] weakens the whole nervous…

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Farming Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 4

ON many forms the most apparent causes of failure are want of system, wastefulness, and misdirected labour. It doubtless is far more difficult for…

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Wheat Growing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 3

THE large section of our readers engaged in wheat growing may profitably be reminded of some articles is the 'Melbourne Leader' of over two months back, upon the system of drilling in wheat…

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Pastoral and Commercial. [?] [?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

The weather on thursday was dull, heavy, and very [?], and daring the night heavy rain fall, the rewind at 9o'clock this morning banned[?].this makes all [?]in the last two.[?] [?]…

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Wheat Crowing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 4

MR. W. CORRELL, of South Australia, gives some of his experiences as to drilling in wheat together with phosphatic manures. He says:—In…

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THE Western Herald. and Darling River Advocate. Saturday, June 28,1827 the Government Farm

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

As a result of the eminently satisfaelory outlook at Pera and the highly encouraging reports tnade by the experts attached to his Department, the…

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A Formidable Foe. Influenza and Rheumatism Combined. Terrible Experience of a Canadian Farmer. Suffered Much Pain-was Despondent and Easily Triedspent Much Money on Various Medicines Before a Cure Was Found

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 1

The after affects of influenza and rheuma them is a combination well calculated to make any life miserable. Influenza weakens the whole nervous system.frequently leaving…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 4

SOME few weeks ago Mr. S. Phillips, M.P., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, asking that seed wheat should be loaned to farmers who were in n bad way. As a…

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