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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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The Desert of Arizona Farming Where There Is No Rainfall

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 September 1902 · page 4

A hank flying in the blue sky, the Sun fierce, burning and relentless, beating down on a great grey wilderness, bare and silent and unrelieved,…

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Sydney Wool Report

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 5

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON AND CO. LTD. report that their next auction will be held on Thursday, the 18th inst. The opening sale of the season, however, will be Tuesday, the 7th…

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Pastoral and Commerial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 2

The hot weather reported in our last issue continued up to l[?] on Wednesday night, when the sky became overcast, with strong indications of rain. Tow-rds…

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Commercial. the Wool Market. Sydney, September 11

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Limited, re port that their next auction will be held on Thursday, the 16th instant; the opening sale of the season, however, will be Tuesday,…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles When and How to Graft

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 6

THE ordinary method of gratting as universally practised is [?] grafting. A[?] intelligeat person with a fairly good eye [?]…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Trangie Btanch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 4

THE monthly meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held last Saturday afternoon, the President (Mr. P. Barry) in the chair…

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Wellington and Molong Wheat

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 September 1902 · page 2

In Mr. G. E. Wise's evidence before the Public Works Committee, as it appeared in our report of the inquiry, he was made to say that Mr. Crago preferred Wellington to…

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The Farmers & Settler’s Association Baradine

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the above was held on the 6th inst., Mr. J. Witter occupied the chair. There was a large attendance of…

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Worms in Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 2

SOME months ago, Mr. S. J. Laverack, of Emmagool, sent to the district Stock Inspector particulars of some deaths that had occurred among his lambs,…

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Sheep for Sydney. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 4

Three thousand live sheep and 17,300 carcases of frozen mutton are afloat for the Sydney market…

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Pastoral and Commerial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 2

On Friday night the sky became overcast, and early on Saturday morning light rain began to fall, which continued at intervals throughout the day. A few light showers…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Narromine Branch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 2

THE annual general meeting of the above Association1 was held on Saturday last in the Council Chambers. Mr. R. Webb presided. A large number of farmers and…

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The Selection of Seed Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 6

A Kansas experiment station wisely suggests the careful selection of seed wheat from the standing grain. The heads selected should be large, well formed, well filled with…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the Narromine branch of the above was held in the in the Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon…

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Long Cattle Horns

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 5

The headquarters of the National Live Stock Association in the Quiney building will soon have hung up an adornment that will be the admiration of every…

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Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 4

In the wool sales yesterday competition in strong coarse crossbreds was unchanged; in medium and fine there was a rise of fully five per pent. Merinos…

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Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 3

At the wool sales last evening there was brisk business, with keen competition…

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Commercial. the Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

At the London wool sales in July, 96 bales BAden Park (Cobar) wool, scored by H. Antill and Co., Dubbo brought 17¾3, 9 bales of bellies brought 10d, and 7 of locks 9d…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

The weather is quite cold, southerly winds blowing. No sign of rain…

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Wheat Growing in the West. The Government Experimentalist on the Subject

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 3

THE report of the various branches of the Department of Agriculture, for the year 1901, has been issued. In his reports of the work carried out at…

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