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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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What are Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 2

A matter materially affecting the finances of all municipalities who happen to have slaughter yards within their boundaries has just been settled at Bexley. Some time ago…

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Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 4

At yesterday's wool tales greasy reached 11¼d scoured 21¼d…

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The Quantity of Wheat to Sow per Acre

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 2

Owing to the scarcity of wheat for seed purposes and the high prices ruling, the question of thick and thin seeding is a most important one and worthy of the…

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Crops all the Year

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 3

Harvesting goes on in one quarter or another of the globe the whole year round (says the Liverpool "Post") In January it is the New Zealander and the Argentine…

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Record Wool Shipment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

THE barque Port Jackson, which has been at Sydney for the past four months, was despatched for London on Wednesday with 12,145 bales of wool—a record shipment…

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Wheat Cargo. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 3

Another large cargo consisting of 10,050 tons of wheat arrived this morning from Tacoma…

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Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 4

At the wool sales last evening there wan a good business of all classes at nuchanged prices…

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Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 3

The wool sales continue. Merinos are extremely firm; cross-breds are unchanged…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

Decant rains fell in the north and northeast on Thursday, and during the night and early this morning 17 points fell in Bourke. The weather is close and muggy, and there…

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The Quantity of Wheat to Sow Per Acre

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 4
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

OWING to the scarcity of wheat for seed purposes and the high prices ruling, the question of thick and this seeding is a must important one and worthy of the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles Sorghum Cane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 6

ALTHOUGH sorghum has been grown extensively for many years, there has been very little selection of varieties: Early…

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Finland Crops. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 3

Owing to the failure of crops 100,000 persons in Northern Finland are dependent upon outside relief, American contributions of £25,000 have averted a…

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Farmers and Settler’s Association

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the farmers and settlers was heldlast Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of meeting Mr. D. R. Hall Member for the District, who is at…

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Theft of Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 3

Five hundred sheep consigned to Homebush were stolen from a yard near Adelong on Saturday night…

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Wool Up

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 3

On Saturday night the wool sales proved one of the dearest of the present series for merinos and crossbreds. Home buyers competed keenly with continent for merinos…

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Pastoral and Western He[?] T[?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 2

Since the small fall reco[?] the weather here has been [?] Sunday and Monday were ve[?] but on Monday night a change [?]…

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Wheat Shipments. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 4

Two barques arrived yesterday from San Francisco bringing 5,600 tons of wheat…

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The Wheat-sowing Season

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 4

THE ploughing and sowing season, always an anxious and arduons period for wheat growers, is, this year, bristling with unusual difficulties. As a general…

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Wool Sales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 4

On Saturday night the wool sales proved one of the dearest of the present series for merinos and crossbreds. Home buyers competed keenly with continent…

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