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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 5

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

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Big Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 2

Elsewhere it will be seen that Messrs. Kennard and Co., stock and station agents, Toowoomba, Queensland, announce that they will sell a grand lot of Dovoncourt cows…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening. a Glorious Rain

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 2

In last issue we stated that we expected rain, and it came accordingly. Wednesday night was very cold, and a sharp wind from the south-east was in evidence. During the…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Growing Persimmons

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 2

PERSIMMON trees may be secured from the nurseryman, or each grower may have a small nursery of his own. Each method has advantages…

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The Dairy. Notes on Churning

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 7

Almost any farmer that has had anything to do with milk and its products thinks he knows all about making butter, and consequently will not listen to…

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Farm and Field. Green Manuring

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 7

It is a movement in the right direction to find that more attention is being directed to the advantages to be derived from green manuring in order to…

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Area Under Crop

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 September 1906 · page 2

While engaged in collecting the electors' lists the local police also made their yearly estimate of the area under crop, which is reached by a house to…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 2

Since the rain the weather has been glorious. There are indications, however, of a further fall to come. The wind to-day has been blowing from the north-east, and some…

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Warwick Farm Races. (By Telegraph.) Sydney September 1

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 2

Hurdles.—Bega, 1; Gloomy, 2. Liverpool.—Victoria Cross, 1; Forest Light, 2; Sleeper, 3. Farm.—Eruption, 1; Lowlynn, 2;…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 September 1906 · page 6

Messrs. Semite, Bell and Co. report under date, 3rd September:—Interest in wool circles centres mainly in the sales to be held in Sydney on…

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To Tell the Age of Cattle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 September 1906 · page 2

The following is the standard adopted by the directors of the International months.—An animal of this…

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On the Land. the Wool Season

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 September 1906 · page 6

Wool is now arriving freely in Sydney. The wool stores once more present in animated appearance and the wool scourers of Botany are also…

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Farmers and Settlers Propective Legislation

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 September 1906 · page 3

A deputation representing the Farmers and Settlers' Association waited on the Premier recently and presented the resolutions passed at the recent…

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Big sheep [?]

The Castlereagh · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 1

Mr. thomas carrey had the great [?] (says the Coonamble "Independent") to lose several [?] sheep by the could soap on Wednesday…

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Limited, report under date Sept. 5th:—The Sydney wool sales for the new season opened this week. We held our sale to-day, and…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 3

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report as follows:—After a period of inaction auctions are to be held during the coming week, the Bales being spread…

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Sydney Wool Statistics

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 8

Upwards of 2526 bales were manifested to arrive at Darling Harbour on Friday. The total for the past week was 15,610. The total for the season to date, with last…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 2

Since our last indications of rain have been plentiful, but they have now passed, beyond the fact that a nice north-easterly has been blowing during the day. The…

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Sheep-Breeding. Diminishing in the Older Lands

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 3

EVERY now and again during the past decade, public attention has been called to the steadily diminishing numbers of sheep in Continental Europe, and, of late years, to the falling-off…

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The Wool Market. Opening of Sydney Wool Sales. New Season's Clip. Sydney, September 5

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 2

Winchcombe Carbon & Co., Ltd., report:—The Sydney wool sales for the new season opened this week. We held our sale today, and submitted a catalogue mainly…

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