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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Government Experimental Farms. the Hawkesbury College

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 5

THIS farm has now been established for some years, and is recognised as one of the foremost agricultural scholastic institutions in Australia. Its object is not…

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Wollongbar Experimental Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 5

THIS farm, which is under the management of Mr. H. V. Jackson, is situated about 8 miles from Lismore, in the Richmond River district. The area…

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Coolabah Experimental Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 5

In view of the extensive discussion which has been going on recently concerning the future of our Western lands, the exhibits of the Coolabah[?]farm are…

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The Furracabad Estate Farms. Glen Innes, New England

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 2

THIS splendid estate, now subdivided into farms by the owners, the Haymarket P.L.B. and I. Company, Ltd., 750 George-street, Haymarket, Sydney, is…

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The Government Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 2

A very great amount of money has been expended by the Government on its Agricultural Colleges and Experimental Farms, and every penny of it,…

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Indian Famine Relief Fund. an Appeal to the Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 4

THE following circular latter has been addressed to the farmers of New South Wales by the secretary of the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative…

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Pastoral Troubles at Mount Hope

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 1

A public meeting was held here on the 23rd inst., at Moggin's Royal Hotel, for the purpose of supporting the efforts being made to obtain a…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening, May 4. the Weather

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 2

Cold nights. followed by bright, warm, dry days, rule at present. Unless the drought is determined to stay with us now and for evermore. and if precedent counts for anything, more of less rain should [?]…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Interesting Addresses

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 May 1900 · page 3

A well-attended meeting of farmers and others interested in agricultural pursuits was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last, to hear the views of Mr. W. O'Neill, of Narromine, and Mr…

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The Sydney Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 2

Another week, ending May 5, of inactivity, has passed in the local wool market, no transactions of say importance having taken place. Considerable interest is displayed in the London sales to open this…

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London Wool Market. [By Cable.]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited report as flolows:— Concerning the next London series, which commence on the 8th instant, our London Office cable as follows:—"The quantity available for the series…

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

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 2

The weather continues unsettled. The atomsphere is hot and stuffy, and thunder clouds are hanging about…

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Handling Wheat in Bulk Grain Elevators in Victoria

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 May 1900 · page 3

The Victorian Railway Commissioner, Mr. Mathieson, has thrown the burden of deciding whether of not elevators shall be introduced into Victoria or to the Cabinet. He has…

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The Wool Trade

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 3

THERE is one feature of similarity which marks the present month and the same time last year, and that is that there are no anxious sellers. A year ago, however, buyers were eager to…

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London Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 5

A special same states that the London wool sales opened with a decline of 7½ to 12½ per cent…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 2

A well attended meeting of farmers and others interested in agricultural pursuits was held at the Council Chambers, Wellington, on Thursday…

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Balladoran and Coalbaggie Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Balladoran and Coallaggie branch of the above was held at Balladoran on Saturday last. The president (Mr. C. W. Brown) took the chair. There was…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evenig, May 11. the Weather

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

The weather still continues unsettled. On Wednesday it was not enough for December: on Thursday it was cold it enough for June: and to-day the sky has been bright, but a cold South wind has…

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London Wool Market. (By Cable.) LONDON, May 8

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

The London wool sales opened with a decline in prices of from 7[?] to 12[?] percent PLAGUE is purely a fifth disease. To surely avoid it wash daily in water…

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The Farmery and Settlers' Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 5

WITH the object of allowing representatives of the Farmers' and [?]ettlers' s[?]tation to set forth the aims and advantages of the society, a meeting of farmers and others…

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