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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Cold Storage

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1904 · page 2

IT would appear that the most deplorablo part of the business of fruit-growing is the waste that takes place when the crops are in a condition to be harvested. No…

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Wool Report

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 2

John Bridge & Company report:— On Monday we offered our ninth catalogue of the season. consisting of 5304 bales, the most…

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Land Appeal Court. (BEFORE Mr. H. A. G. Curry, President, and Messrs. Brander and Houston, Commissioners.) Mr. Hanbury Davien appeared for the Crown. Allotment of a Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 21 December 1904 · page 3

In the matter of the appeals lodged by A. H. Richardson and E. F. Richardson against the direction of the local land board in respect of William John Scott's original settlement lease…

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New Wheat Shed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 4

A large new wheat shed is being erected in the railway yards for Messrs. James Bell and Co., the bit? wheat buyers (for whom Messrs. A…

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The Wheat Harvest. Estimated Yield, 16,300,000 Bushels Fine Yields in the South and North. Poor in the West

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 3

The harvest is in fall swine, and it ia too late for the rains to do it any good, while s continuance might do harm…

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Notes and Notions. a Sop to Farm Laborers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 7

Mr. Willis, speaking in the House of Representatives on the inclusion of farm laborers in the Arbitration Bill, said: "I would point out that the…

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The Wheat Crops. The Official Estimate

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 4

REFERING to Mr.Coghlan's official estimate (to be found on page 3 of this issue) of the present wheat crop, the writer of " On the the Land" in the S.M. HERALD says —…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 5
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Tuesday.—EG/B, from Dubbo, 17 weat 8½d, dry condition, skirty, and burry…

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Through the Dubbo Wheat Belt

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 3

IT is one of the privileges of travelling that one can add to one's list of friends with discrimination and liberality. I suppose what is true in my case is true of all travellers, and I know…

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The Wheat Harvest. Government Statistician's Estimate

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 5

MR. COGHLAN has forwarded the following report to the Chief Secretary:--"Having completed the compilation of the returns relating to the wheat harvest, I am…

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Wheat Harvest. Estimated Yield. Mr. Coghlan's Figures

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 3

THE following is a copy of a report sent to the Chief Seoretary by Mr. T. A. Coghlan, the Government Statistician:— Having completed the compilation of the…

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Land for Sale. Ellerslie Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 4

ON January 25th Messrs. Edwards and Paton in conjunction with Messrs. Cadell and Co. of Dabbo, are to submit to auction Mr. E.R. Tamer's well-known farm "Ellerslie," one and a…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Cape of Brood Chicks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 2

DURING the hatching period the hen should not be interfered with and allowed to remain undisturbed that the natural instinct of the hen may be…

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A. Theory. the Cause of Dirty Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 5

Many agriculturists in this district are troubled in their minds as to why there is so much foreign growth in the crops. In fact this has been so much marked in some…

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Commercial News. Wool, Crain, and Produce

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 December 1904 · page 5

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report (Dec. 24):— Wool.—Sines our last report the wool Bales in the Sydney market for…

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Wheat Statistics

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 4

In our issue of 21st instant we gave statistics of the wheat yields in the four counties adjacent to Dubbo. It did not seem necessary to point out that the figures…

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Storing Wheat at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 4

Messrs. Carroll and Field, as agents for Messrs. W. and A. McArthur, have applied for a site in the railway yards for the storage of wheat. This is the initiation of…

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Latest Commercial. London Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 5

THE sixth and last series of colonial wool sales for this year began in London on the 22nd November before an unusually large assumblage of buyers, notably Contin[?], interested in…

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Rust Resistant Wheat. Experiments at Hawkesbury College

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 3

THE Minister for Agriculture has recently been approached by a gentleman who has devoted several years to carrying out experiments with the object of demonstrating…

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