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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Dubbo-Bunglegumbie Branch

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo-Bunglegumbie Branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held, by permission of the Mayor of Dubbo, in the Town Hall on Saturday…

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Bee-Keeping on Farms

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

I have on many occasions in the Gazette discussed the various phases of beekeeping as an industry. There is another view of the matter that I think is worthy…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Raising Turkeys

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

DAMP or low swampy land is not a good location for raising turkeys, the ideal being gravelly, light soil through which flows a small stream. For the very…

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Bee-keeping on Farms. (Albert Gale, in Agricultural Gazette.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 8

I HAVE on many occasions in this GAZETTE discussed the various phases of bee-keeping as an industry. There is another aspect of the matter that I…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 2

Wincbcombe, Carton and Co., report:—The dispute between the buyers and shipping companies has been settled and business is now…

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Farmers and Settlers. a Want of Interest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

THE meeting of the Dubbo-Bunglegumbie Farmers and Settlers' Association, held in the Town Hall on the 14th instant, was notable principally for the limited…

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Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday greasy reached 14d and scoured 23d. Prices all round were firmly maintained…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report (23rd inst.):— We held our 14th wool sale of the season to-day and sold 5000 bales at…

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Wool, Grain, and Produce

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 6

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report (January 21st):— Wool—Sales were resumed on Tuesday last, 17th instant, a…

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The Dairying Industry

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 8

So much hat been said and written with regard to the dairy industry recently that the following extract from the report of the Department of…

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[?] or WHEAT

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

A huge load of wheat arrived at the local railway station on Wednesday from Mr. E. O'Neill's. The load [?]sisted of 230 bags, weighting 22 [?]…

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The Wool Market. the Dispute Settled

The Castlereagh · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

Messrs Harrison Jones and Devlin report:—The dis[?]sulty between Wool Buyers and Shipping Companies having been satisfactorily settled for the…

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Australian Farming. a Rabbit Disease

The Castlereagh · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 10

Those who had hoped that the scien[?] of Paris have a disease which will do much towards solving the rabbit problem can hardly feel…

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SHEEP. As an Adjunct to the Farm

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

A FEW years ago it was a rare thing to see sheep on the ordinary small farm; cattle and pigs in almost every case, but no sheep. Even now they are not…

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Wheat Shortage on the Railways. The Railway Commissioners' View

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 8

THE Railway Commissioners decline to enter into a controversy on the allegations made by grain merchants that wheat consignments often arrive short. They state that the whole…

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Machine Shearing and the "Wolseley" Sheep-shearing Machine Up to Date. Some Interesting Particulars

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 3

Shearing by machinery is becoming universal throughout Australia. Even the smaller sheds have long since realised the advantages…

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The Farm and Station

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 8

THE dairy cow is fared to take as little as possible for her own support, and to yield as much as possible into the milk pail in the form of milk…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Brahmas

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

THE Brahmas have on especial attraction for fanciers who wish to keep small flocks. They stand confinement the best of all breeds, and do about as well in…

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Wool, Grain, and Produce

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 3

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report (January 28th):— Wool.—We submitted for our 14th sale of the present season, on Tuesday…

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A Large Cargo of Wool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 3

A French Steamer Bretz Huai sailing on Thursday next takes 15,000 bales of wool…

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