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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Trangie branch of the F. and S. Association, held on the 6th instant,the following resolutions were passed for submission to the meeting…

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Russian Wheat Harvest, Expectations of Farmers. Prospects of a Rise in Price

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 7

The outbreak of war directs attention to the Russian wheat harvest (says the "S. M. Herald.") Of all agricultural prod note of that Empire wheat is the most important…

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Production of Varieties of Wheat with Short Straw

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 8

A Barraba correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph " writes :—" A question of vital importance to farming districts, each as this, is the production of a variety of wheat with…

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Co-operative Squatters' and Farmers' Association

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 3

Your travelling correspondent on horse back hits the nail on the head when he states that the Sussex-street spud men take the gilt off the ginger-bread when the…

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The Belarbigal farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 4

Attention is directed to the important sale of farms fronting the Macquarie River, about 10 miles from Dubbo, to be held by Mr. W. B. Wilkinson at Dubbo on March 4. The…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report, under date Sydney, February 17th, as follows:—Our concluding sale of the regular season was held…

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Sale of Cattle and Sheep at Mudgee

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 6

IN this issue Messrs Cresting and Cox announce that they will offer at auction at the Corporation yards, Mudgee, on March 9th 1000 store cattle and 5000 store sheep…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report:—Our concluding sale of the regular season was held to-day, when we submitted 1857 bales, which included…

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A Wheat Ship Damaged

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 3

The ship Andreta, Sydney to Falmouth, with a large cargo of wheat put back yesterday in a partially damaged condition. During the gale she had a terrible experience. The fore…

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Millions Hidden in Farmhouses and Cottages

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

THERE are millions of pounds, said a retired dealer in antiques, hidden away in the houses of the poor in the United Kingdom; and there is a small army of…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. The Annual Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 6

AT the meeting of the executive council of the Farmers of Settlers' Association, held at the Hotel Grand Central on Wednesday afternoon, it was arranged that the annual conference be hold at…

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Rape as a Forage Crop

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

A COMPARATIVELY few years ago the average former did not know that there was such a plant as rape. If one had gone further and told him that it is and was to be one of the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Conference at Dubbo. Commences on June 7th

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 2

THE Farmers and Settlers' Association on Thursday decided that the annual conference should commence in Dubbo on Tuesday, June 7th…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles, Dressing Poultry for Market

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

ALL fowls should be fatted twenty. four to thirty-six hours before killing. Where that is not done the food decays in the crop and…

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Wheat Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 2

Heavy sales of Australian wheat are cabled from London, where the market has advanced. Sellers are offering freely in Sydney at…

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Local Wheat Returns. Average of 25 1/3 Bushels

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 2

The following figures of wheat cropped in this district have been supplied us by Senior-Constable Steele. Owing to the manner in which the returns are sent in,…

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Sheep Travel 900 Miles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 4

Fourteen thousand wethers, the half of a lot from the same place, were delivered at Killar, Narrabri. On being counted at their destination they…

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Production of Varieties of Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 4

A Barraba correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" writes:—" A qaestion of vital importance to farming districts, such as this, is the production of a variety…

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The Farmers and Settlers' Association. The Fighting Platform

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

THE platform adopted by the Farmers and Settlers' Association for the next State elections provides that land settlement should be paramount over revenue. It also includes planks…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 4

THE executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales met on Thursday in Sydney. Mr. James M'Inerney (Gundagai)…

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