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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Mudgee Annual Stud Sheep Sales. Messrs. Stewart and Smith's Catalogue

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 4

As will be seen by advertisement in another column Messrs. Stewart and smith of Mudgee will hold their annual stud sheep sales on Tuesday July 12th, and will offer stud rams,…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Recommendations. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 2

Mr. O'Sullivan has arranged to ado[?]such recommendations of the recent Fanners' and Settlers' Conference as can be carried out without loss of revenue…

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Taking the Farmer Down

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 6

A COUPLE of individuals were recently gazing with admiration at a fine fat beast at a cattle show. I wonder what his weight might be ?' observed one of them, who, has it…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Ventilation in the Incubator

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 3

LATE experience with hatching machines emphasised the desirability of reptrioted ventilation or the supplying of abundant moisture in the air of the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Annual Conference, 1904. Complete List ot Resolutions Passed. The Land Laws

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 6

1.' "That no Country Lauds should be disposed of by Auction Sales, Sornb or Improvement Leases, until after having been first made available for settlement for a…

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Reav[?] Sheep Case

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

Argument wan continued before the High Court in the case of B[?] v. [?] in which [?] question for their [?] was [?]…

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The Wheat Traffic

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 June 1904 · page 3

The wheat traffic on the railways is steadily diminishing. At present there are only 92,000 bags in Darting Harbor sheds…

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High Price for Sheep. Mr. D. Kilby (Wait-a-While.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 June 1904 · page 2

Mr. D. KILBY, of Wait-a-While, was very successful with a consignment of sheep sent to Sydney for sale a few days ago. Prior to despatching the animals he sold the overplus in…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 June 1904 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report:—Considering the dearth of wool just now, our catalogue on 22nd inst. was of exceptional interest. We were…

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The Law As to Travelling Sheep

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 7

Some few months Ago we drew prominent attention to a decision of Mr. Justice Pring's in which his Honor held that no matter what short a…

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WOOL, &c

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 3

JOHN BRIDGE AND Co., LTD. report: WOOL.--We brought forward our last wool catalogue for the 1903.4 season on the 22nd instant, offering 323 bales and selling…

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A Wheat Hospital

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 6

Americans are nothing if they are not original, but their neighbours the Canadians have been in the van this time, and have erected nothing lees than a wheat…

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Commerfial. London Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 3

LONDON, May 27th.--A very quiet, uneventful week this has been, so far as transactions in wool have been concerned; but all the same the various markets keep firm, with a…

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Travelling Sheep Case. Obligation of Drovers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 3

THE High Court of Australia on Wednesday dealt with the case of Borthistle v. Saunders, in which the question was whether a drover (the appella[?]nt Saunders) should be fined for…

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Sydney Sheep Sales. Magnificent Display. Record Entries

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

THE ninth annual show of the New Smith Wales Sheep Breeders' Association was opened on Wednesday morning. It included 600 exhibits as against 307 last year…

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Mudgee Annual Stud Sheep Sales. Messrs. Stewart and Smith's Catalogue

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 3

As will be seen by advertisement in another column Messrs. Stewart and South of Mudgee will hold their annual stud sheep sales on Tuesday July 12th, and will ofter stud rams,…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Fertilizer Constituents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 3

ALL agricultural plants consist essentially of ton chemical elements, the proportion of these different elements varying quite widely with different plants…

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Homebush. -- Monday. Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 3

THERE were only 2846 sheep and lambs penned, and 3170 drawn for, being one of the smallest supplies ever offered on one sale day. The drawslip was unusually short, containing the…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 3

The Stud Sheep Sales were tes[?]med to-day; only comparative small lines being so far offered…

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The Sheep Show

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

FOLLOWING is a list of the champion awards at the annual Sheep Show held in Sydney last week:— GRAND CHAMPION…

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