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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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The Sheep Industry in the Argentina

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1905 · page 2

A correspondent writes The Argentine Republic has about 90,000,000 to 100,000,000 sheep; nearly all of them are of improved blood, chiefly of…

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Dressing Wounds on Sheep

The Castlereagh · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 5

The following information, supplied to the "Agricultural Gazette" by Mr. Crocker, Stock Inspector of Mudgee, should prove useful to sheep farmers…

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Co-Operative Wool & Produce Co

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

The above company announce by advertisement in our columns, that at the end of thier financial year on 30th June next, they will, in addition to…

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Farm and Field

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 3

farmers do not always expend their labors in the best direction. One great fault often noticeable is the absence of a plot for home-grown vegetables. It…

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Collie Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Castlereagh · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Collie branch was held on Saturday last. present: Messrs. W. Pearse (chairman), S. Turner, T. Darcy, S…

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Myall Creek Farms

The Castlereagh · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 3

Particulars of the settlement purchase farms, being subdivisions of the Myall Creek Settlement area, are given in the Land Gazette of 29th March…

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A Farmers' Candidate

The Castlereagh · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 5

The Trangie Farmers and Settlers' Association has decided to take united action in selecting a parliamentary candidate for the next…

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Australian Farming. Horses for Japan

The Castlereagh · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 2

The ascendancy of Japan in the politics of Asia is of importance to Australia in more ways than one. The oriental power has always…

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Wool and Produce

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 3

REFERRING to the advertisement of the Co-operative Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., in those columns, it will be noted that, the substantial bonus at 20 per cent, of the wool selling…

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Sheep in New South Wales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 4

Exports estimate that there will be about thirty-nine million sheep in the State at the close of this year…

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The Latest Telegrams. Our Sheep. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 5

Upon expert estimate there will be about 39,000,000 sheep in the State at the close of this year…

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Final Wheat Estimate. Substantial Surplus for Export

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 3

MR. W. H. HALL, Acting Government Statistician, has completed the compilation of his returns showing the area under wheat last season and the total yield…

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Farm and Field

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 3

The old-fashioned idea that the special compound manures possessed some peculiar and mysterious virtue unattainable in mixtures prepared on the farm…

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Farm and Garden. Original Aeticles. Winter Care of Ducks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 2

NO farm-bred bird will show the effects of proper care or neglect so quickly as the duck. It should always be kept comfortable during the winter. While its…

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Big Sheep Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 2

On Saturday next, at 2 p.m., Messrs. Bedford and Taylor will hold an important store sheep sale at the Commercial yards, when 5930 will be…

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Wheat Dispatched

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1905 · page 3

The immense stack of wheat in the Dubbo station yard erected by Messrs. Carroll and Field is gradually disappearing. Since Thursday last, about 1000 bags a day have…

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The Wheat Yield. Harvest Result for 1904

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 April 1905 · page 3

THE final estimated of the New South Wales wheat yield by the Government Statist's department is 16,463,680 bushels, the average of 9.3 bushels per acre. Over the million bushels are…

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Big Sale of Store Sheep and Important Land Sale. At Wellington

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 April 1905 · page 1

Messrs. Bedford and Taylor, of Wellington, announce in this issue that they will hold a special store sheep sale at the Commercial Sale Yards, Wellington, on Saturday, April…

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Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1905 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday, there was spirited competition for the bulk of the lots submitted. The market was about the same as at the previous sales…

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Bunt or Shot Smut in Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1905 · page 7

J.P. writes as follows in "Home and Farm" :— This disease is becoming very prevalent in our wheat-growing districts…

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