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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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The Price of Wool

The Castlereagh · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 3

How is it station need brings a higher price than selectors? The "ringer" who does 170 a day for a squatter can hardly get through [?]0 for…

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Farm and Field. What a Bit of Science Did for the Kansas Dairy Farmer

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 4

In a thoughtful article on the tendency to make a low grade of butter on which there is a loss of 1d to 3d per pound, all caused by ignorant…

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The Dairying Industry

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 2

Since the meeting of promised shareholders at which a provisional directorate was elected encouraging offers have come from other districts, (says…

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The Farmers' Parliament

The Castlereagh · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 3

Mr. A. Warfel (says the Dubbo "Liberal") has received a letter from Mr. T. J. Campbell, general secretary of the Farmers' and Setters'…

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Special Cattle Sale at Forbes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

MESSRS. W. H. WHEATLEY, in conjunction with Edward Weaver and Co., will sell at Forbes on the Show Ground, on Friday, November 3rd, 1200 steers and bullocks, 2, 3, and…

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The Harvest. Through the Dubbo Wheat Belt

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 5

As far as this (Trangie) and is concerned, the whole situation has been completely reversed. There is new a prospect of a really bo[?]teous harvest—and I hope to…

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Aphis in Wheat. Report by the Government Entomologist

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 5

THE following report by Mr. W. W. Frogatt, Government Entomologist, on aphis in wheat in the Molong, Wellington, and Narromine districts, has been furnished to…

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The Latest Cablegrams. Australian Sheep for Africa London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 6

The British-East Africa Syndicate is importing a large number of Australian marino sheep…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Making Bess Work at Swarming Time

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 2

IT is quite common for bees to begin swarming about the time of a good honey harvest. That is the time to start them to work in the sections. Started at…

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The Wool Report. Harrison. Jones, and Devlin Ltd., Report

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 5

ON Thursday we submitted a catalogue of 4589 bales, including many attractive and useful chips in the grease, together with the best display of se[?] offered by us this season…

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The Wool Market. Wl[?]echoombe, Carson, and Co., Report. October 24th, 1905

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 3

WE held a splendid sale to-day. We submitted an attractive catalogue and sold 5345 bales at auction and privately. The market continues from for all lines at last week's rates,…

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Farm and Field. Watering Horses

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 7

Opinions probably differ more on the subject of water for horses than on any other part of their treatment, and owners, breeders, and grooms are never…

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Dairy Utensils

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 2

Few articles in the daily line are more essential than sound, cleanable milk pails In far too many cases they are worn with age and rough usage, grimy with dirt, and…

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Tomingley Topics. (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 6

The showers of the past fortnight have done an immense amount of good in our district. Many of the crops had jut reached a critical stage, and it was either…

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Good Sample of Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 3

We (C[?] have in this office a fine sample of wheat, grown by Mr. Wm. Noot, of Myall Forest. The Stalks are about 4 ft 6in high, and well[?] if there…

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Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 3

At the wool sales yesterday, the market was strong. Winchcombe, Carson & Co realised 13 1/4d for greasy and 22 1/2d for scoured…

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Sales of Sheep

The Castlereagh · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 4

McEwen & Smith report having sold 800 wetbore on account of A. Magnire to W. Mills; 600 ewes on account A. S. McKensie to w. Mills…

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The Wool Market

The Castlereagh · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool and produce Brokers, Sydney, report:—Wool sales have continued…

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Socialism on the Farm

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 5

Insidiously the Government stroke is making its way into the farmyard. The contagion has not yet spread to man; political scientists, with more…

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Sheep Dips

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 3

The Poisons Bill now before Parliament offers a menace to every branch of our pastoral industry, and also threatens to divert from its well-worn channel business…

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