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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Dry Farming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 3

THE prominence recently given by one of our metropolitan dailies to a picturesque article on ' dry farming' in America has had the effect of quickening the city interest in a…

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The English Hop Crop

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 5

[?] owing to a dry summer having been experienced and the vines suffering from blight…

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Gilgandra. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Farmers and Settlers' Carnival

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 4

The first Gilgandra carnival, under the auspices of the Farmers sad Settlers, took place on Wednesday, 8th August, and was a pronounced success. The attendance,…

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Concessions to Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners, in view of the satisfactory financial position of the railways, have been modifying the conditions in regard to the freights for the…

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The Wool Market. Winchoombe, Carson, and Co., Report

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

FOR many years now Sydney has been the leading market for wool in the Commonwealth. New buyers from all parts of the world come to Sydney each year to swell the already large…

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The Federated Farmers. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

The council of the Federated Farmers' Organization of the Commonwealth held their first meeting in Sydney yesterday. The council ranged itself against socialistic…

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The Butter Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 4

At the Coastal Farmers' conference yesterday it was stated that the total annual output of butter from factories represented at the conference…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Trade

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 6

For many years now Sydney has been the leading market for wool in the Commonwealth. New buyers from all parts of the world come to Sydney…

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson & Co. Ltd. report:—Useful rains fell between the 14th and 20th inst. On the central tableland as high as 313 points were recorded, on the…

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Sheep's Head Broth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 7

Ingredients:—1 sheep's head, ½ cupful barley, 1 slice bacon, 2 carrots, 1 turnip, 1 onion, salt and pepper to taste, 2½ qts water…

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The Federal Wool and Machine Shearing College

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 7

THIS College is under the management of the Federal Sheep-Shearing Company, and is situated at 8 Harrington Street, in close proximity to Circular…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Growing Early Water Melons

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

IN order to grow early water melons, the first consideration is the soil, and a warm, responsive sand is best. If it is not already well supplied with plant food,…

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Farmers and Settlers. Prospective Legislation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 3

A DEPUTATION representing the Farmers and Settlers Association waited on the Premier at Sydney on Wednesday and presented the resolutions passed at the recent…

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Farmers' Conference. War Against Socialism

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 6

A conference of interstate delegates of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was opened at the Hotel Grand Central, Sydney, on Monday afternoon for the purpose of…

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Wheat Bags

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 1

A Bill has been introduced into N.S.W. Legislative Assembly restricting the weight of bags of wheat to 150lbs. This is probably heavy enough for the average…

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Farmers’ and Settlers’ Assooiation

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 5

The Coonabarabran branch of the above was held in the Mechanics’ Institute on Saturday afternoon last. Present: Dr. Failes (President) and…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

The Weather has been rather extraordinary. Last week end was quite hot, until Saturday was ushered in with a gaale from the south. Saturday night was cold, and…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, August 29, 1966. Farmers and the Labor Policy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

The recently held conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales was in many respects an important gathering, but as its resolutions…

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Trangie. (From Our Own Correspondent). the Crops. Out of It

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 3

A resident in the district said recently that one could "hear" the grass growing since the late rain; at any rate, the "push and hustle" so noticeable in the Trangie…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report:—We shall have a catalogue of about 1000 bales of wool on the 5th of September. The offerings will be…

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