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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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Rape for Dairy Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 3

RAPE is a very good cattle food, and holds to make very nutritious ensilage when mixed with vetches, oats or other crops. When fed alone to dairy cows, Bays Mr. O'Callaghan,…

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The Wheat Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 3

THE Government Statistician has completed his official estimate of the yield of wheat now being harvested, and from the reports received from crop…

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A Cattle Ownership Question

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 3

ARMIDALE, Tuesday -- An appeal case affecting the ownership of curtain cattle, excited a deal of interest at the Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Heydon, the court…

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Wool and Produce Report

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 4

Messes Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., and Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:— Wool.—Despite the fact that the…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report: Yesterday's wool market was very firm. Greasy reached 10d; scoured 14½d…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Weestern Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 2

Since the " scorcher " on Tuesday last, the weather has been genial. It will, however, gradually warm up, and we may expeet a hot Christmas. We hope, in our…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, December 21, 19[?]. the Wheat Harvest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 2

THE output of wheat by New South Wales this year is a record for the State. The yield by the various agricultural districts is advancing steadily, though…

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Farm and Garden. Original Artigles. Best Method of Growing Large Strawbereies

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 3

DURING the autumn fresh stable manure should be epread evenly over the land intended to be planted with strawberries, and the manure…

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Wheat Buying

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 December 1901 · page 2

The "Mudgee Post" says:—My. Abel Wilkins, of Wellington, is buying immense quantities of wheat for Messrs. James Bell and Co., the well-known wheat exporters,…

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Wool Shipments

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 December 1901 · page 2

Vessels which either cleared at the Customs or sailed on Saturday had 48,442 bales of wool on board, valued at about half a milling sterling…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 December 1901 · page 2

The sales on Wednesday brought a satisfactory half-year's business to a termination, when notwithstanding the quantities of wool brought forward for sale during the…

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Ponto Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 December 1901 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held at Mr. S. Jackson's, ponto, November 26th last. Proposed by Mr. Graham, seconded by…

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Cheap Paint for Farm Buildings

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 December 1901 · page 3

A mixture of skim-milk and stone lime is described as a very cheap and lasting paint. It is thus described by a farmer in the United States:—Thirty years ago a building was…

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Redfern Produce Trade. the Farmers and Settlers’ Co Operative Association, Ltd., report :—

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 3

Wheat.—The local market has become higher and very firm—the outcome of an advance in London and very keen competition here amongst…

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Wheat Purchases

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 2

ACCORDING to the "Western Post" Mr. Abel Wilkins of Wellington, is buying immense quantities of wheat for Messrs. James Bull and Co., the well-known wheat exporters, probably…

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The Australian Wheat Yield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 2

IT has been demonstrated by recent statistics that New South Wales has not only the largest wheat crops in Australia, but likewise the best quality of grain. Out crop is officially…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 2

A movement has been originated by the Cobbaco branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association with a view to bolding a conference of delegates from…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Pasturing Orchards

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 4

SHEEP and hogs are the only domestic animals that should be pastured in an orchard of young [?]it trees of any kind, and they need to…

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Warning to our Farmers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 3

Unless the farmers and stockowners of this country organise, and turn out the gang of professional politicians who have ruled the roost too long in…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 2

The weather has been genial for this time of year, during the day, and the nights delightful…

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