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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Fruit Crops Destroyed. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 6

Heary frosts in the New England district, in September destroyed nearly all the summer fruit crops…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 4

At the Girlambone Police Court on Thursday[?] September 27, before Messrs. J. F. Kenyon, P.M., and C. D. Dicker, J.P., Sarah Elizabeth Finn was…

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Homebush Yards.--monday. Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 3

ABOUT 8230 sheep and lambs penned at to -day's sales. The sheep mainly comprised good quality a fair representation of crossbreds about 630 shorn sheep forward including one or…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 3

EVERYTHING is shelved in the Australian wool markets until after next Tuesday, (says the "Telegraph") when the fifth and final series of the colonial wool sales open in London, and…

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Wrinkles on Vermont Sheep Pelts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 2

SHEEPBREEDERS frequently debate the profitableness or otherwise of increasing the Vermont strain in the merino flocks of the colony; but the discussion invariably hinges upon the…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening, October 9

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 2

Fine warm weather with va[?]able winds and aggravating apperances of rain still prevail. The temporanture is early equable. the maximum average being 86 and the minimum 50 degrees…

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The Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 October 1900 · page 2

Messrs. T. H, York and Co, received to-day by wire from their Sydney Agents (Pitt. Son and Badgery) the following informations "London wool sales, compared with July…

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Poultry Notes for October Farm, Plumpton, Rooty Hill

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 October 1900 · page 4

October is, perhaps, the most interesting and busiest month of the year in the poultry yard, because in addition to the ordinary routine of attending the adult birds and…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 4

A general meeting of the members of the Narromine branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' associated will be held at Robinson's Commercial Hotel,…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 3

AT the Girilambone Police Court on Thursday, September 27, before Messere. J. F. Konyon, P.M., and C. D. Dicker, J. P., Sarah Elizabeth Finn was, charged with stealing from Wilgar…

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New Sheep Truck

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 4

The sheep truck having the patent attached for preventing the animals falling during transit has been given a practical test. The truck was…

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Cattle Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 5

Cattle advanced. Best bullocks from £9 5s, extra from £12, good from £8 5s, medium from £,7 5s…

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Commercial. London Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday afternoon.--The fifth and final series of London colonial wool sales opened to-day. There was brisk competition for the lots offered. Merino wools, however, declined…

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The Latest Telegram. Sheep Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 5

Sheep firm. Best merino wethers from 16s 6d, good 15s 6d to 16s, medium from 14s…

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Latest Commercial. London Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 5

THE following cable intelligence has been received respecting the opening of the fifth series of London Wool sales now in progress:-- "The fifth and concluding series of wool…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, October 12

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 2

Since Sunday last who weather up to yesterday was only fairlywarm averaging 83 degrees maximum and 49 minimum On Thursday the mercury rose to 23 and to-day, with a sultry disagreeable westerly…

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Dubbo Police Court. Thursday, Oct. 11. (Before Messrs. R. G. Dulhuhty and E. H. Utley, Js. P.) Alleged Larceny of Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 4

MELBOURNE SPARKES and Patrick Smith were charged on remand with stealing a quantity of wool, the property of W. H. Baker, at Barbigal, on or about the 28th September. The prisoners…

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FARM and Garden Faking Fruit

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 4

The production of freak fruits, such as white blackberries, frost-proof plums, and seedless oranges, has become such an important business in America that the…

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The Farmer Khedive

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 4

Abas Pasha, the young Khedive of Egypt, always has his mother with him, and she outranks all his advisers. She is said to be one of the most beautiful women in Egypt, in…

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Wheat Prospects

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 October 1900 · page 3

There is uncertainty about the future of the world's wheat markets that will continue until the middle of November, by which time accurate information will be available. At present the…

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