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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Victorian Wheat Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 5

The Victorian wheat crap is estimated at 27,120,000 bushels, which is largely in excess of that of any previous year…

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Victorian Wheat Crop. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 5

The Victorian wheal crop is estimated at 27,120,000 bushels, which is 7,500,000 bushels in excess of that of any previous year…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Feed for the Dry Season

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 4

THE hot weather and dry period which usually prevails during midsummer and early antumn is usually very trying and critical…

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Cattle and Horses Ringbarking Trees

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 4

Mr. JOSEPH BOX, of Albury, writes to the AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE:— "In this month's AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE Mr. Maiden inquires about…

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Wheat Returns. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 4

Forty one thousand seven hundred bags of wheat were recevied at Darling Harbour on Saturday, as against 100 bags for the corresponding day of last…

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Wheat Destroyed by Fire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 4

AT the Young Police Court last week a man named James Kelly was charged with careless use of fire. It was stated that it was in consequence of the accused's…

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The Wheat Traffic at Trangie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

The number of baps of wheat loaded at Trangie for the mouth ending December 31 amounted to 11,037, and the tonnage to 1327 tons, of which 840 were sent to Darling Harbor,…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, January 6,1904. a Prize for Wheat. Open to Dubbo District Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

THE sub-committe (Messrs. F. Mack, W. Brownlow, and A. Craig) appointed at a recent meeting of the committee of the P.A. and H. Association to frame…

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P. A. and H. Association the Wheat Prize

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

A special sub-committee was recently appointed by the Dubbo P. A. and H. Association to[?] with Mr. F. Mack's suggestion re revival of the former wheat prize of a few years ago in…

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The Wheat Standard. To be Fixed on the 14th instant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 4

MR. J. M. Paxton, Chairman of the Grain Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, made a statement last week concerning the intentions of the…

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The Land Available To-morrow. Farms on Murrumbidgerie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

There is likely to be keen competition for the land to be thrown open on Murrum bidgerie holding to-morrow (Thursday). The lots consist of 15 h.s. farms, in…

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Sheep Sale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

Mr. J. F. Clifford will offer at the Commercial saleyards on Saturday next, at 11 a.m. 14 stud rams and 200 ewes and wethers on account of the well-known breeder, Mr…

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The Butter Company

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

Mr. John Irving has been out the last two or three days pushing the shares in the co-operative batter company, and upon the whole has met with much encouragement…

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Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday greasy reached 12d, scoured 20¾d…

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Through the District on Horseback. Our Travelling Representative's Notebook. Out Ponto, Micketymulga and Suntop Way. the Wheat Fields

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 3

In, around and through Ponto, Micketymulga and Suntop there was a large area of new lands under cultivation, and the yield from this land has been prolific. On Mr…

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An Experimental Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

His Worship the Mayor, and Messrs. Irving, Stockwell, Matthews, W. H. Paul, G. Paul, and local press representatives constituted the attendance at last night's…

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Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 3

SALES were held on Wednesday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridget-street, when the quality catalogued totalled 7661 bales, and the sales, including privates transactions…

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The P. A., and H. Wheat Prize

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

We are informed by the secretary of the P., A., and H. Association (Mr. F. Weston) that the prize to be offered by the P., A., and H. Association is to be…

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The Weather and the Crops. An Ideal Season

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 6

THE remarkable mildness of the present season is the theme of general comment. Although the mercury in the thermometer in the daytime has occasionally reached 100 degrees, the…

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Notice to Farmers, Pastoralists, and Land-occupiers Generally

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 6

THE Government Botanist (Mr. J H. Maiden) writes in the Agricultural Gazette as follows under the above heading : — "The present season will long be…

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