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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Latest Commercial. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool and Produce Brokers Sydney Report

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 3

The next series of auctions will be held on the 23rd and 24th inst., and although consignments are coming forward a little more freely than of late the prospects are for very light…

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Farm and Field. Action of Lime on the Soil

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 7

The functions of lime when applied to the soil are very complex, and may be summed up as follows:— 1st.—Its Influence liberates plant food…

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Farmers & Settlers

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 4

At a meeting of the Pilliga and district Farmers and Settler’s Association last week the following resolutions were passed:—‘ That the Minister be written…

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Farmers' Exchange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 2

At the Farmer's Exchange the fallowing prices were obtained on Saturday, April 21: —Turkey hens, 7s pair; yonng Roosters, 2s to 2s 8d pair; pallets, 1s 9d to 2s 4d…

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Farmers and the Tariff

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 4

The Victorian Farmers' Conference has expressed the hope that the tariff will be dealt with next session on the lines of compromise indicated by Mr…

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"Poor" Farms

The Castlereagh · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 6

"Poor farms produce men. They rear our clearest thinkers, our true economists, our strongest men. He who can wrest a living or perhaps a…

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Modern Sheep-shearing Machinery

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 7

Our object in submitting this article is to bring before the notice of Pastoralists and Woolgrowers generally the advantages to be derived from the…

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Wheat and Maize

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 6

Messrs. J. Raven and Co, under date April 24th, report as follows:— Wheat—Since our last report the market has not changed very much. Although some…

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Historic Importance of Wheat

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 10

Wheat, since the earliest period to which history reaches, has always been accounted the most valuable grain of the culmiferous tribe, hence all…

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The Wool Market. Sydney, April 25

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson & Co., Ltd. roport:We offered a small catalogue yesterday comprising a very fair display of greasy wools considering the very late period of the…

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Fungicides for Seed Wheat. Bluestone or Formalin

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 3

ON this subject the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" of a few days ago contains the following, largely from the [?] of the now late Mr. W. Farrer, wheat experimentalist:…

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farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] High Temperature Injures Cheese

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 2

THE first effiect of a high temperature, and one which is always noticeable, is to make the texture of the cheese rough and mealy, and in extreme cases to show a…

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Farm and Field

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 10

Selection of a Stallion. The selection of a stallion that will form a satisfactory alliance for his mares is a subject that will always…

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18 the Farmer After Money. ? (To the Editor of the Dubbo Dispatch.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 3

SIR,--As soon as this is asked, the questioner is scoffed at by the by-stander, who, in a majority of cases, replies, "What a r[?]licu[?]ous question--of course he is" But it a little…

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Winter Dairying

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 2

The winter supply of milk to towns is a subject that might well be more carefully considered by farmers in general. In the winter months we all know that frequently…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 2

King's weather. Three inches of rain would be more profitable…

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Meetings of Farmers. Second Monthly Meeting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 2

THE second of the monthly meetings of farmers and others convened by the Committee of the P., A., and H. Association in connection with the Departmental offer of extra subsidy, was…

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P.a. and H.association. Bee Keeping As an Adjunct to Farming

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 4

The second meeting of farmers and others under the [?]uspioes of the above Association, was held on Saturday afternoon,the 25to instant, in connection with the new…

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Farmers' Exchange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 2

The following prices were realised on Saturday last:—Turkeys,gobblers, 9s to 12s par pair; young rooster[?],.2s 3d to 3s; Orpingtons, 4s 3d; hens,2s to 2s 6d;…

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Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 4

The sheep section must be judged by quality alone, as the quantity was poor for a district like this. The chief interest was centred in Webb and…

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