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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, August [?]. the Weather

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 2

The weather has been [?] [?] [?] [?]…

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Butter Making

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 2

WE think it is about time the Wellington farmers took up the matter of butter making in a practical way. The previous attempt at running a butter factory in…

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Suntop and Ponto Farmers' Union

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting was held at Mr. S. Jackson's, Punto, on 29'th July, 1809. The meeting was largely attended, and the minutes of the previous meeting were adopted…

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Dairy Supervision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

MR. T. W. HEAYDON, Town Clerk, has received the following information, respecting the Dairy Supervision Act : -- The Act came into force on the 1st July, 1899, and application…

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Ring-barking on Pastoral Leases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 3

IN Banco on Friday last, before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Stephen, and Mr. Justice Owen, an appeal by the Minister for Lands against a decision of the Land…

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The Latest Telegrams. Sheep Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 3

Sheep advanced. Prime merino wethers to 16s 4d, good 12s to 13s, medium 10s to 11s…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, August 8. the Weather

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

The weather for the past few days has been p[?]ingly cold, the result, no doubt, of a heavy fall of snow in several parts of the colony. This certainly has been the coldest winter experienced in Bourke…

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Advice to Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 4

SPEAKING at a Farmers' and Settlers' Association meeting at Nyngan last week, Mr. W. S. Campbell, of the Agricultural Department, said there…

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Red Polled Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 August 1899 · page 1

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 South Wales Stock. Part Vi. the Shorthorns

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 August 1899 · page 1

This breed is the most remarkable and most noted of the whole bovine race. Wherever one travels they cannot get away from the English Shorthorn. Some…

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Wool and Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 3

ADDRESSING a meeting of settlers, the other day, Mr. R. W. Peacock, of the Coolabah Experimental Farm, spoke and said:--He was pleased to be at Nyagan, as he was very…

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Tick in Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4

AT the meeting of the Tuberculosis Commission now sitting in Sydney, Dr. S. J. Hunt gave evidence on Tuesday. He stated that cattle infested with tick did not always develop Texas…

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Farmers' Conference

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 2

The Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales is to hold this year's conference at Orange. Messrs. W. O'Neill and R. Webb have…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4

THE following resolutions have been framed and submitted by the Hay Landholders Association for discussion at the annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New…

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Farm & Garden. Original Articles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 4

The Hydrangea: Thia is a genoa of marsh or aquatic plants, and hence the name is derived from a Greek compound signifying water vessel. Four of the known species…

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A Farmer's Good Fortune. Through Reading a Paper

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 6

Many instances have occurred in which people have become the recipients of good fortune one way or another through reading a paper…

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Fat Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 3

The market was lightly supplied, 14,500 having been yarded. In view of the freezers not operating, the demand was confined to local requirements, with the exception of a…

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A Big Sheep Sale

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 2

On Saturday last, Messrs. E.Cahall and Co., sold, at Nyngan, 12,000 wethers, in the wool, at 9s. per head…

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Melbourne Stock Sales. Fat Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 3

Only 1220 yarded, comprising 120 from New South Wales, 300 from North-Eastern and Upper Murray districts, 700 from Gippsland, and the remainder principally from…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 4

THE annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales opened at the Australian - hall, Orange, on Tuesday morning. The following members of…

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