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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Pastoral and Commerical. Western Herald Office, Friday, Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

The rain still keeps off so far us Bourke town is concerned. We had 9 points last night, while Pera had an inch. The atmosphere is close, and good rain must fall…

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Seed Wheat. Mr. Abel Wilkins' Agency

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

MR. ABEL WILKINS, of Wellington, and formerly of Dubbo, notifies the public in this issue that he has in stock some of the best varieties of wheat for this district…

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North Dubbo Cheese and Butter Factory. In Full Operation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

MONDAY last saw the opening of the Cheese and Butter Factory on the premises in North Dubbo newly acquired by Mr. T. A. Wright. The property which has, for upwards of a…

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Farm and Field. "Starters," and How to Make Them

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 7

In answer to a question regarding "starters" and how to make them, Professor Farrington, of tho Wisconsin Dairy School, gives the following…

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The Start of the Local Dairying Industry

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

WE have noted elsewhere the practical steps taken in this district to start what has been so successful in our sister district of Mudgee, viz., the dairying industry. The opinion…

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Earn and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved]. Planting and Cultivating Gooseberries

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

FOR oultivating gooseberries the ground is usually prepared during the autumn by heavily manuring it with barnyard manure and then ploughing it from…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

Eulomogo Branch. The ordinary monthly meeting of the above was held at Eulomogo Siding on Wednesday, the 7th instant, when a fair…

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Dubbo Branch Farmers and Settlers' Association. Monthly Meeting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo Branch of the Farmers and Sottlers' Association was held in the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon. Present: The President (Mr. A…

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Tenant Farmers. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

The NEW YORK SUN says that a measure to protect tenant farmers' improvements has been read a second time in the House of Commons…

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The Farmers' Exchange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

The following prices were realised on Saturday last:—Turkey gobblers, 7s 6d to 8s pair; turkey hens, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; turkey chickens, 2s 6d to 3s; young…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Dubbo Branch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the above branch was held at the Dubbo Town Hall, on Saturday afternoon, the 10th instant. The President (Mr. A. Craig) was in the…

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The Butter Factory

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 5

Messrs. Tremain Bros, expect to have their factory ready in about a month's time. Skilled mechanics are busy in the work of preparation. The…

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Requirements in Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 2

"Early maturity, light weight, and plenty of lean meat are the requisites of the day, so far as sheep are concorned. It is not an unusual…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson and Co .report:—In Sydney the wool market is very firm and high values are secured for all available supplies. These are…

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The Australian Farmer

The Castlereagh · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 6

The steady migration of small capitalists from Australia to South Africa points to the circumstance that matters in these States have…

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London Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

At the London wool sales competition was animated, and opening prices were often exceeded…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

Glorious weather…

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Wool Sales. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

At the Colonial wool sales this evening competition was animated, and the opening prices were often exceeded…

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The Wool Market. Sydney, March 14

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

Strong equiry is in evidence, but owing to the meage stocks available, and the full clearances [?] the late auctions, business is necessarily [?]n a restricted scale…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved,] Pullets Laying During Winter

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

IN order to make good progress in the production of eggs during cold weather it is essential that every egg-farmer should build up his own strain of winter-laying…

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