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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Melbourne Stock Sales. Fat Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 3

1,420 yarded comprising 100 from New South Wales, 650 from North Eastern District, 550 from Gippsland, and the remainder from the Westward- Owing to the quality being well…

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The Wheat and Flour Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 4

DURING the past few days (says the " Evening News") the anomaly has been witnessed of the wheat values at Mark Lane and in the English provinces underlapping Australian prices. The…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, June 16

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 June 1899 · page 2

Right cool days, with frostly nights, prevail at present. No sign of rain. [By Telegraph.] SYDNEY, June 16…

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Federation and the Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1899 · page 6

The farmers of the inland districts are specially interested in the proposed Federalizing of the colonies. The advantages have been glowingly…

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Farm & Garden. Original Articles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1899 · page 4

No. [?] The Dahlia (continued)—Theory of Engrafting—Layers, Slips, Grafts— Descriptions of each method of propagation—Limitations—Grafting by Approach…

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Sydney Sheep Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 June 1899 · page 3

THE two great events of the [?]astoralists' year -- the New South Wales Sheep[?]reeters' show and the stud sheep sales -- are now within a fortnight of being held, and according to all…

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The Wheat and Flour Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 June 1899 · page 2

FARM operations (says Friday's "Herald") continue to restrict deliveries of wheat. The market is in a nervous condition, buyers scarcely knowing what course to pursue…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday [?], June 2[?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 2

There is little to report with result to the weather. The last few days has been bright and [?], to-day, however, the sky has clouded up, and light rain appears probable…

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Melbourne Stock Sales. Fat Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 3

1,450 yarded, comprising 150 from New South Wales, 500 from North-Eastern district, 700 from Gippsland, and the remainder from the westward. The quality was well suited to…

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The Orange and Lemon Crops of New South Wales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 4

THE news respecting the orange crop is fairly satisfactory, and far better than was expected. The rain at the and of last month was practically the salvation of many growers, especially…

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The Pastoral Industry. Feeding the Sheep, at Meryula

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 2

On Tuesday last a representative of this journal visited Meryula Station when the courteous manager showed him over the two vast camps where…

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Farm & Garden. Original Articles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 3

No. 91. Grafting (continued)—Methods of grafting by [?]—Cleft-grafting— Grown-grafting—Wimble-grafting—Side grafting—Grafting by Buds—Herbaceous…

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Experiment Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 6

AT a convention of dairymen held in the United States, the Director of the New York Experiment Station, Professor W. H. Jordan, touched upon…

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Sheep Stealing Near Warren

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

A CASE of sheep stealing was heard on Wednesday at the Warren police court, before Mr. T. McKell, P.M., when a man named Alexander Wilson, a kangaroo shooter, who had been…

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The Sheep Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 4

THE annual show of stud sheep under the auspices of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association will open on Thursday next at the grounds of…

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Sheep Dog Trials

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 4

IN view of the sheep dog trials shortly to be held on the Sydney Show Ground, the following description of a trial in England may be read with…

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Summons Cases. Straying Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

For allowing cattle to stray in the public streets, James Egan was fined 10s; Thomas Munday, 5s; Peter Foreman, 5s; J. T. Connor, 5s; and Mrs. Bates, 5s;…

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The Latest Telegrams. Sheep Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

Sheep improved. Prime merino wethers to 15s, good to 12s 6d, medium 72 to 8s…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 5

There is no apparent change in the prices at the Sydney Wool Sales. The competition is good, and the highest price reached is 11½d or greasy, and 21¼d for scoured…

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The Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 5

The wool sales have opened with an advance of 5 to 10 per cent, on merinos. Low crossbrods have declined 7½ per cent…

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