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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Fifty Bags of Wheat Burnt

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 August 1904 · page 2

A fire occurred on Mr. W. C. A'Beckett's " Whitwell" estate on Friday, as the result of which a stack of 50 bags of wheat was destroyed…

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Commercial News. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 August 1904 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. report:—For our second sale of the current wool year we offered a small catalogue of 204 bales. As might be…

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Sydney Grain and Farm Produce

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 August 1904 · page 3

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—At the Bedfern produce sales for the week ending Friday, 12th instant, the following quantities of…

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Butter Commission

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 August 1904 · page 4

Further extraordinary allegations hare been made before the Butter Commission, [?]tting at Melbourne, by Mr. J. M. Sinclair with regard to the…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 August 1904 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report:—Foreign buying firms are competing strongly for local scoured wool, and for the few lots of early-shorn…

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Commercial News. Sydney Wool and Produce

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 August 1904 · page 7

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:— Wool.—Owing to the email quantities of wool available at the present…

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Record Stock Prices. Wingadee Sheep and Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 4

Thirteen thousand Wingadee fat sheep, sent by rail from Coonamble to Melbourne and sold by Messrs. Powers, Rutherford, and Co, this week, made the splendid average of 23s. 6d, topping…

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Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 5

WIN[?] BE, CARSON, AND Co. Report: FOREIGN buying firms are competing strongly for local scoured wool, and for the few lots of early shorn new clip which are available. And…

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Wheat Shipment. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 3

The steamer Indralemo took from Sydney yesterday 62,000 baga of wheat being a record shipment for the Commonwealth and New Zealand…

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Latest Commercial. London Wool Market

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 5

LONDON, July 15.--The wool sales have gone off with some increase in spirit and rather harder rates than last quotations for all good combing greasies; good shar[?]ty scoured pieces…

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Early Days in a Wheat Country

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 4

IN the beginning there were grey box, umbrella scrub, and patches of prickly scrub, on country u flat as a billiard table. Miles [?]part were small areas of sand, which were…

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Agriculture at Wellington. Big Transactions in Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Wellington, dated Saturday last, says:-- "To-day an enormous amount of wheat changed hands locally at 3s. a bushel. A number of farmers had wheat stacked, with…

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Sheep-stealing Prevention. (To the Editor of the Stock and Station "Journal.")

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 4

Sir,-" Dubbo," who is a constant victim of sheep-stealing, gives in your journal Bome suggestions to put down the evil, Pardon [?]e for suggesting to you my ideas…

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Price of Wheat

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1904 · page 2

The price on offer in town this morning for wheat is 3s 1d. Last week when 3s was reached large holdings were disposed of, having been stored…

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Homebush -- Monday. Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 3

THERE wore 4731 sheep and lambs punned, the supply being a small one, but was sufficient for requirements after the big number forward last day. The quality was again very good, some…

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Farmers' Co-operative Com[?] Meeting of Local Members

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

A MEETING of [?] in the Farmers' Co-operative Coy was held at the Town Hull on Saturday afternoon. Owing no doubt to insufficient notification being given by way of…

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Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Company

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

A meeting of the shareholders of the Farmers and Settlers Co-operative Company was held in the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of choosing…

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The Wheat Situation. Will There Be an Increase in Price ?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 6

Despite the extravagant preliminary reports and estimates of last season's wheat crop, and the assurances of people who knew something of the…

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Latest Commercial Wool, Tallow Etc

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 3

JOHN BRIDGE AND CO., LTD. REPORT. WOOL.--The pant week has been rather quiet in the local market, only a few transactions by private treaty having bring effected at prices…

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The Sheep-breeders' Association. Land Administration in Dubbo District

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 3

MR. A. A. CAMPHELL, of Waterloo Station, near Narromine, writing in the "Stock and Station Journal " re the membership in the Sheep-breeders' Association says:--" If the…

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