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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Raising Young Turkeys

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 6

YOUNG turkeys are very tender and need to be carefully and intellgently trouted, otherwise the mortality among them will be…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 2

Although we are only at the commencement of spring, the weather resembles midsummer, and no change can be expected till November, when heavy thundernhowers…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report, under date lst October:—New wool is still coming to hand very slowly, and it seems certain that the quantity to be offered at the…

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Mudgee Stud Sheep Sales. MUDGEE

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 5

The sheep fair conducted by Messrs. Stewart and Smith to-day was well attended by buyers from all parts of the State, and one from Toowoomba, Queensland…

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Farms in the United States

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 3

A very interesting, not to say remarkable, [?] bulletin has been received from Washington, this giving a mass of summary figures on the information collected in 1900…

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Crows and Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

IN view of the depredations amongst the weak sheep caused by the crows, a petition has been prepared, and is now being signed. praying that the Dubbo…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

William McVey and George Main were charged with stealing 196 sheep skins, the property of Michael Fallon, on or about the 17th July…

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Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 3

The wool sales closed last evening firm at the high prices of the series…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

The weather since our last report has continued very warm. Yesterday morning the town was completely enveloped in red dust, and the atmosphere was almost stifling,…

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Banana V. Wheat for Bread

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 3

The banana is a true child of the tropics , and grows in the greatest luxuriance, demanding little exertion from those who cultivate it for their…

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The Wool Market. Sydney, October 1

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson & Co Ltd., report: —New wool is still coming to hand very slowly, and it seems certain that the quantity to be offered at the opening sales on the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Punting and Caring for Peac[?]trees

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 6

THE peach tree requires high, welldrained, moderately fertile soil, sandy Joam is preferable, and of that kind which contains…

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Mudgee Sheep Sales

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 October 1902 · page 2

As briefly announced (by wire) in our last issue, Messrs. Stewart and Smith's great sale of stud sheep, at Mudgee last Wednesday, was a success. There was a large…

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Warwick Farm Races. Saturday

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 2

Jumpers Flat Race : [?] 1, Matong 2, Marathon 3; Stewards Mile; Denbies, Fireclay, Chassepot; Farm Stakes: Jumbo Ruella, Curraway ; Warwick Handicap ;…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 2

The weather has been most peculiar The dreaded gales of wind, to which we have been so subject during the many years of drought, have again oommenced. On…

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The Wool Market. Sydney, October 6

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 2

During the past week the market has remained unchanged values for the paro[?]ls of e[?]ured description which have been quitted being fully equal to late rutes. Owing to…

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The Dubbo Liberal. and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, October 8, 1902. Losses in Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 2

THE return of the autumn lambing for the present year, just issued, shows a very considerable. but fully expected, falling off as compared with previous…

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Warwick Farm Races. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, October 6

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 2

Jumpers' Flat Race.—Oudal, 1; Matong, 2; Marathon, 3. Stewards' Mile.—Denbies, 1; Fireclay, 2; Chassep[?], S…

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The Wool Season

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 2

FOUR thousand bales of greasy wool have been despatched from Coonamble via Dubbo this season to date. The amount despatched from Dubbo has been…

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Wholesale Sheep Buying. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 3

It is reported from Albury that the Narrandera Meat Preserving Works have purchased 120,000 sheep from the Riverina at from 6d to 1s. per head…

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