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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Farmers and Settlers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

A meeting of members of the Narromme branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held at Fitch's Court House Hotel on Saturday…

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District Land and Farming Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 2

Wheat—N.S.W., choice, milling, [?] to [?] ld par bushel, bleached, best samples, [?] [?]ld to [?]d. Flour—Sydney roller, £7 10s to £7 15s…

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Farm, Garden and Orchard. Original Articles. Temperature and Milk Preservation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 4

IT is now claimed that the keeping quality of milk is more a matter of temperature than anything else. This conclusion has been arrived at as the result of experiments…

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Sales of Farms

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 May 1904 · page 2

Several important transactions in the way of sales of farming properties in this district hare eventuated during the past few days. Amongst others…

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Careless Farmers

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 May 1904 · page 2

We have had brought under our notice the careless practice of some farmers in this district of stacking their bagged wheat near their straw…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the above association was held last Friday afternoon, the 27th inst. Mr. Norton Vice president, occupied the chair…

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District Land and Farming Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 2

Wheat—N.S.W., chol[?], milling, 3s to [?]s 1d per bushel; bleached, best samples, 3s 11½d. Flour—Sydney roller, £7 10s to £7 16s…

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Crop Returns

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 4

IT is the intention of the Government Statistician to send out with the AGRICULTURAL GAE[?]TTE for June forms for the collection of returns concerning…

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Forming the Dairy Herd. Selecting Young Stock

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 7

Beginners in dairy farming quickly recognise the advantage of selecting and rearing their own heifers. At present prices it is practically…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Preparing Poultry for Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 3

AT the present time thes is a considerable quantity of dressed poultry consigned to commission merchants, bringing to the producers a much smaller…

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District Land and Farming Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 5

Wheat—N.S.W., choice, milling, 3s to 3s l½d per bushel; bleached, best samples, 2s 11½d. Manitoba wheat, N.S.W. grown, 3s 7d to 3s 8d…

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Sheep Attacked by Blow Fly. [To the Editor.]

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 June 1904 · page 2

Sir,—Following the unprecedented and disastrous drought, it is the misfortune of pastoralists to encounter yet another serious drawback in their…

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The Tillering or Stooling Proclivities of Wheat. (From Agricultural Gazette.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1904 · page 4

IN Agricultural phraseology the terms "stooling" or " tillering " mean the production of a large number of stalks from a single seed…

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Shall Farmers be Included?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1904 · page 2

In the House of Representatives on Friday last, consideration was resumed in Committee of the Arbitration Bill. In clause 4, "Interpretation," at the…

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District Land and Farming Notes. Redvern Chaff Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1904 · page 3

Saturday.—J.A.Eade, Webb's Siding, 11849, passed; Hutley, Dubbo, 12226, passed, 11666, [?]s 6d; E. Stones, Webb's Siding, 3853, 2s 9d, 12052, 2s 10d; Logue,…

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Homebush.--monday. Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 3

THERE were 5693 sheep and lambs penned, and 6364 drawn for, comprising a number of all descriptions, several lots being heavy and prime There was a moderate proportion of…

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Farmers and Settlers Association. Annual Conference. Opening Proceedings. Welcome by the Mayor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 2

THE Farmers and Settlers Association's Conference assembled at the Masonic hall at 10.30 am. yesterday (Tuesday). About 70 delegates had arrived by train…

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Working Horses on a Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 4

The main principles in working horses on the farm may be put in a single sentence select animals equal to the work, feed well with wholesome food,…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday Morning, June 8, 1[?]4. Published Daily during the Conference. the Farmers' Parliament. Annual Conference

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 2

WHAT has now come to be regarded as the Farmers and Settlers Parliament assembled in Dubbo yesterday morning, when delegates representative of most industries portaining…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 June 1904 · page 4

The F. and S. Conference commenced its sittings at Dubbo on Tuesday. The Executive Council's report, dealing with the main land…

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