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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, May 6. the Weather

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

The weather since our last has been extremely cold. Wednesday was cold, and Thursday was [?] in with cold rain from the west. AI 3 o'clock [?]1 points were recorded, and altogether [?] points of…

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The Farmer's Garden

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 4

IT has been often remarked that the man who devotes all his attention to live stock and the growing of wheat invariably has to buy hie cabbages…

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The Cattle Trade and the Tick Disease

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 4

THE "Queenslander" of Saturday last says:--The immediate disadvantage of these restrictions (that is the tick quarantine) lies on the surface. But apart from their necessity or expediency…

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The Coolabah Experimental Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 4

GREAT credit must lie given to the Mines and Agriculture Department for its commonsense idea of starting an Experimental Farm in the West Begun country. From time to time we…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Weestern Herald Office. Friday Evening, May [?]. the Weather

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

The weather [?] and calm, and [?] of all [?] last [?] on many parts of the district…

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Pastoral and Commercial. [?] [?] the Weather

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 2

The weather since our last [?] has been [?] [?] but [?] [By Telegraph.]…

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The Latest Telegrams. Wheat Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 3

Wheat 4s 6d…

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How to Educate Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 4

A FARMER needs to possess a knowlodge of soils, plants, and animals, and, in Addition, [?] requites to be a business man. This may be…

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The Farmer's Wife. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Liberal.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 3

SIR,—"I never knew a prosperous farmer who did not o[?] a large measure of his success to his wife, but neither in the press nor on the platform has she ever received…

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Pastoral and Commercial, Western Herald Office, Friday Evening, May 20. the Weather

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 2

The weather countin[?]ues somewhat [?]. After three of four days' heavy threatening about the name number of points of ram fell on Tuesday night. Wednesday was cloudy, and rain was auticpated, but…

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The Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] SYDNEY, May 20

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 2

Private advices state thew London wool sales closed with good competition. Prices as compared with last sales, were from par to 3 per cent tower…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday [?], May 24

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2

The weather still co[?]nes flne, with days and cold nights…

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Baby Farming? (By Telegraph.) Sydney, May 24

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2

A cofin containing the body of an infant, bandaged with cloths was dicovered in the back yard of a house in Newtown yesterday afternoon. The police are endeavormg to…

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Some Leading Farmers’ Opinions

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2

MR. JAMES SNEDDON, of Manilla Road, near Tamworth, states:—“I am fully satisfied with the work done by the Sunshine Harvester. For an experiment I…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Hereld Office, Friday Evening, May 27

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2

The weather during the first half of the past week was bright and codd, especlaly on Thursday morning, when ice was not scare, the day was bright, but a keen wind blew. In the evening a change was…

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Some Leading Farmers’ Opinions

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2

MR. JAMES SNEDDON, of Manilla Road, near Tam worth, states ;—“I am fully satisfied with the work done by the Sunshine Harvester. For an experiment I…

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Butter As a Weapon of War. ' SAIL on the starboard bow ?'

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 6

' What is she?' asked Captain Peiterszoon, looking anxiously in that direction ; for in the Eastern seas two hundred years ago every strange sail was a…

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The Latest Telegrams. Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 3

Wheat 4s 4d to 4s 6d,…

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Practical Farmers' Experiences. (From the Melbourne LEADER)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 4

RECENTLY we gave some main points conneded with the great saving in seal and more effected by the use of the combined seed and fertilizer…

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