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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Details of Butter Making

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 5

[?]HE ordinary details of butter making are now so well understood that it might appear—on first sight—an unnecessary subject [?]…

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Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 4

The wool sales were resumed last evening. Prices for merinos were well maintained; medium and low crossbreds were generally a farthing lower…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 2

The weather is superb. "Silas Bragge" says we will have decent rains next month…

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WOOL. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 4

Wool sales: Merino unchanged; cross-breds showed slight improvement…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 2

Cold nights and mornings, lovely days, but a change is not far off…

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Latest Cablegrams. Wool Sales. Loudon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 3

At the wool sales, meriuos brought the highest prices of the series. Crossbreds were unchanged…

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Commercial. the Wool and Produce Market. Sydney, May 26

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 2

The brisk demand which was in evidence at the recent auctions has been continued during the past week and all stocks available for private sale havee found ready buyers at…

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Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 4

At the wool sales competition was animated. Prices for all sorts were firm except for low crossbreds which were slightly in buyers' favor…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 2

The weather is grand, but it lacks moisture…

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The Duty on Wheat. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 4

In the Senate last night, the duty of Is 6d per cental on wheat was condemned, and the item added to the free list…

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Pastoral Industry and the Drought. an Important Meeting in Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 4

A LARGE and representative meeting of citizens was held at the Australia Hotel yesterday after noon, with the object of asking Mr. Kingston, the Federal Minister for Customs, to suspend…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. Protecting Fowls From Vermin

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 5

A POULTRY breeder remarks that he had great trouble with vermin infesting the fowl houses (common to all breeders), so that it…

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Prize Sheep

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 June 1902 · page 2

The Bathurst "Free Press," referring to Mr. B. Veech's sheep, exhibited at the late Dubbo Show, writes:—"Mr. B. Veech, senr., Mountain View, Wellington, won no…

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Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 3 June 1902 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of the above Association was held in the Mechanics’ last Saturday afternoon, when a good attendance was present…

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Fodder for Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 2

A [?]Y grazier writes [?] follows to his local paper :-- "Although I am fairly well off for grass, I find that box leaves make very good fed dor for sheep. At present I am f[?]lling box…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 2

The weather is cold at night. The days are superb. (BY TELEGRAPH.) SYDNEY. June 8…

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Commercial. the Wool and Produce Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, report:—There is no change to report in the local market, which continues very firm and active. The…

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Wheat Sowing

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 6

In connection with the thick and thin sowing of wheat, about which so much discussion took place some few years ago, Mr. William Farrer, the wheat experimentalist to the…

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Experimental Farms

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 6

Mr. Kidd (Minister for Agriculture) has received a report from Mr. M'Keown, manager of the Wagga Wagga experimental farm, giving the results of the trials with…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

There is every appearance of an early fall of rain…

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