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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Sheep Like Rabbits

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 August 1900 · page 2

In this district, where at the present time everything in the shape of stock is "rolling fat" the following extract from a letter received in Dubbo this week, from a British…

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Cattle Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 3

Cattle firm. Best bullocks from £9, extra to £12 7s 6d, good from £7 10d, medium from £6 10d…

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The Wool Trade

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 2

THE position of wool shows no change for the better, and beyond a small inquiry, which only occasionally results in actual business, there has been nothing to disturb the monotonous…

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The Wool Season

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 2

THE Dubbo railway goods shed and the carrying offices of Messrs. Pewmewan, Wright, and Co., and Wright, Heaton, and Co., are presenting a busy scene each day now as the wool is coming…

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Latest Commercial. Homebush Yards.--thursday, Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 3

ABOUT 8000 sheep and lambs penned at today's sales. Of the sheep penned the quality was good to prime; mainly merinos, with a few lots of crossbreds. The usual buyers were…

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The Latest Telegrams. Sheep Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 3

Sheep lower. Best merino wethers from 16s, good 13s 6d to 14s, medium from 11s 6d…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 3

THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd. ; John Bridge and Co., Ltd. ; Dalgety and Co., Ltd.; Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd.; Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., Hill,…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, August 23

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 2

The weather alnce Sunday has been fine, but with Indications of rain near at hand. The minimum temperature during the [?] 24 hours was 62 degrees. Mr. R[?]s latest forecast on Monday was…

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Peculiar Experience of a Farmer's Wife

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 2

A farm wife's life way be thought regular and devoid of incident, bat for 17 years the life of Mrs. Hannah Eliza Nevin, the wife of a farmer residing at Oakwood,…

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Wool Classing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 3

THE " Herald's " special commissioner has the following remarks on this subject:--On the majority of sheep stations in this colony the classing and "get up" of the clip is given…

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Cattle Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 5

Cattle, higher. Best bullocks from £9 10s; extra, to £13 10; good, from £8; medium, from £7…

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Capture of Boers and Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 4

The Wiltshire Yeomanry captured 17 Boers and 700 cattle at Randwater…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western [?] [?] Friday [?] August 31

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 2

After severl days of d[?] [?] weather, with [?] weather is [?] [?]…

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The Latest Telegrams. Sheep Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 5

Sheep lower. Best merino wethers, from 16s; good, 13s 6d to 14s; mediums from 10s 6d…

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Meteorological Forecast for Farmers and Gardeners. As supplied to the New South Wales Government in August, by Oronzo Presa, Agricultural Meteorologist and Mathematical Astronomer. (All rights reserved.) September, 1900

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 2

1ST to 3rd.—Atmosphere less productive. Weather cloudy, cold winds and squally, frost and enow in many places, especially in northern and southern districts. In…

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Farm and Garden Giant Onions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 3

'How to Grow Giant Onions' is the title of a little book which may be published. But a book is hardly needed to tell the little story. Those who want to…

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State Farms for Prisoners. Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 5

The Government contemplate the estsblishment of State farms in connection with the gaols of the colony…

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Cattle Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1900 · page 3

Prices lower, Best bullocks from £9, extra from £12, good from £7 10s, medium from £6 10s…

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Sydney Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 5 September 1900 · page 3

WOOL (says the Telegraph) is now coming into Sydney much more copiously, the shearing season being in full swing. But business continues at a standstill, and will not improbably…

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The Latest Telegrams. Sheep Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1900 · page 3

Best merino wethers from 17s, good 14s to 14s 6d, medium from 11s 6d…

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