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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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An Expensive Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 3

A considerable amount of interest was aroused at Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co's twenty-fifth annual sale on Wednesday, when the ram Pioneer (by Primus)…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Ii

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 1

Dealing with horses, them were 510,636 in the colony on 31st. December, 1896. The value of the improvement that could be brought about in these we will leave…

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Farmers' Co-Operative Co

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 3

The eighteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Farmers' Co-operative Company of New South Wales, postponed from June 27, took place in the…

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Drought and Sheep Feeding

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 3

MR. JOHN ROBINSON, of Warrigal, writing to the Nyngan "Observer" says: "Seeing that there seems to be no abatement in the disastrous drought now reigning in the West, and…

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The Stud Sheep Sales

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 3

The stud sheep sales, which opened on Monday of last week and concluded on Friday, realised, notwithstanding the adverse season, the grand total of…

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Our Surplus Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 6

THE Hon. the Minister for Lands (Mr. J. H. Carruthers) has received through the Under-Secretary for Lands, the following interesting…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Iv. The South Coast Cattle. The Illawarra Durhams

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 5

The South Coast cattle, according to the best authorities, originated from crossing the Holstein, Ayrshire, and Durham breeds. Then the farmers…

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Pastoral and Commercial Western Herald Office Friday Evening, July [?]. the Weather

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

The weather is [?] not withstanding the dreadful threatenings that have made themselves manifest during the past [?]ow days. Storms and waterspo[?]ts leaving thousands of tons of water in other river…

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Farm & Garden. Original Articles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 4

No. 94. The Flower Garden (continued)— [?]ds—Bordera—Soil—Annuals—Time of Sowing—Weeding and Watering—Peren[?] nial Flowers—Prenemng Flowers—…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herlad Office. Tuesday Evening, July 18. the Weather

The Western Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

Brighty cold days, followed by trosty nights, prevail at present. [By Telegraph.] SYDNEY, July 18…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, July 19, [?]. Wheat Markets of the Future

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

IN [?] gave the [?] of a voluntary report by Mr. District Surveyor, [?] on the possibilities of a market for wheat in the East. As…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Iii

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 1

I am frequently asked the question : What is the beat breed of cattle for dairy purposes ? Now, no more indefinite query could be put, because the…

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Pastoral and Commercial, Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening, July 25. the Weather

The Western Herald · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

There is no alteration to report in the weather, which continues bright and very cold…

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Burning Wheat Stubble

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 July 1899 · page 3

A resident of the northern district asked the Department of Agriculture recently whether the burning of the stubble on wheat land is in any way detrimental to the land,…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Iv. The South Coast Cattle. The Illawarra Durhams

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 July 1899 · page 1

The South Coast cattle, according to the best authorities, originated from crossing the Holstein, Ayrshire, and Durham breeds. Then the farmers,…

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Red Polled Cattle

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 5

This might be described as an improved breed of English, stock, and though the great antiquity claimed for it by its ablest admirers promises to…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New Sooth Wales Stock. From the Agricultural Ga[?]ette of N.S. W. Part Vi. the Shorthorns

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 5

This breed is the moat remarkable and moat noted of the whole bevine race. Wherever ono travels they cannot get away from the English Shorthorn. Some…

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Farm & Garden. Original Articles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 3

No. 96. The Hy[?]cinth (continued)—Nar[?]ssus—Daffodil—Varieties—White Nar[?]issus—The Jenquil—Propagation—Seeds —Soil—Chrysanthem[?]ms—Chinese and…

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The Wheat and Flour Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 2

WHEAT and flour continuo firm in Sydney. Numerous buying orders for both are sent from Sydney to Victoria on account of the holding policy of the N.S.W. farmers. A few small…

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The Latest Telegrams. Sheep Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 3

Sheep a shilling lower. Best merino wethers 15s, good 13s 6d to 14s, medium from 12s 6d…

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