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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Prices of Farm Produce

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 2

The following letter from Mr. Fitzpatrick, the member for Rylstone, appeared in the “ Herald ” :— Sir,—In your issue on Monday appeared…

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Varieties of Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 4

MR. H. F. HAYES, manager for Messrs. Taylor and Sanderson, millers and grain merchants, Tumut, New South Wales, is a gentleman possessed of more than usual share of…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 4

No 71. Hemp (continned)—Varions Soils— The F.b[?]e—Its Uses—Uses of Seeds— Leaves—Sowing—Quantity of seed to an s[?]re—The Oak—Raising Oak Seeds—…

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Farmers' and Settlers Association

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

THE following circular has been sent out by Mr. T. J. Campbell, General Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales:--…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, February 22, 1899. Dairying and Butter Production

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 2

DUBBO district has come through the severity of the season with a result showing the marked richness of the district in pastura[?] and…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, February 21

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 2

The weather is still most oppressive and the best average is increasing. Up to Friday last, the average was [?] for [?] days. Since then the glass recorded lies on Saturday, 112 on Sunday, [?] on…

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Handling Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 6

AS the colony has in the matter of wheat consumption overtaken the local demand and last harvest produced an exportable margin, it is of the greatest concern that every economy should…

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Terrible Experience of a Cattle Steamer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 5

A HURRICANE, or "willy willy," which swept the West Australian coast recently, was encountered by the cattle steamer Tangier (Capt. Neate), and the steamer turned up at Fremantle…

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

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2

Once more blank despaire. On Wednesday Evening great watery looking clouds [?] up in the [?] and south[?] sky, and [?] was livid. The [?]…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 4

No. 74. The Elm—Some special features of the Common Elm—Uses of the Bark— Leaves and Flowers—The Wood—The Wych Elm—The Smooth Elm—The Dutch…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, March 7

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 2

Still dry and dreary, Beautiful rain clouds come up every evening, but that is all. The sky next morning is as blue as blue can be. Hope will probably last this month out, as will the water on some…

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Wheat to Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 5

During the past five years, wheat to the value of £20,300 has been distributed amongst farmers, and only £6000 has been repaid…

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Melbourne Stock Sales. Fat Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 3

1,340 yarded, comprising 30 from New South Wales, 500 from North-Eastern and Goulburn Valley districts, 700 from Gippsland, and the remainder principally from the Westward…

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Standard Weight of Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 4

THE corn trade section of the Chamber of Commerce has fixed the f.a.q. standard of wheal for the colony at 61 lb. per bushel. The sample which we have seen is of lower quality…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, March [?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 2

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 3

No. 75. The Ash—Description—Varieties— Effects of Soil—Ash and Oak—The Husbandman's Tree—Further uses of the Ash—Over thirty Species—The Flowering…

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The Drought. Feeding Sheep on Maize

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 4

I have received from Mr. M. A. Gatenby, of Jemalong station. some interesting particulars of an experiment in sheep feeding carried out in the Burra Burra…

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Pastoral and Commercial, Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening, March [?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 2

The weather is still very dry and hard, with cool nights. No prospect of rain…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate Wednesday, March 15, 1890. Dubbo Farmers' Union

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 2

IN the week preceding Christmas a meeting of the Dubbo Farmers' Union was held, mainly for the purpose of appointing a delegate to a place on…

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Melbourne Stock Sales. Fat Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 5

1,430 yarded, comprising 100 from New South Wales, 350 from the North-Eastern district, 900 from Gippsland, and the remainder principally from the Westward. All…

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