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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday, the market was firm at previous days' rates. Competition was keen for greasy, which reached 1s 1d, scoureds reached 24[?]d…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date 4th Sept.:—We held our third wool sale of the season to-day, and sold by auction and privately over two…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Fridat evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2

Hot, dusty weather. Pure drought conditions. Vote for W. W. Davis. He will get 6 inches of general rain…

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The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, September 5

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2

Harrison, Jones & Devlin report:—We submitted on Thursday a catalogue of one thousand bales, mostly in the grease. The demand was spirited and competition very…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] The Clear-Winged Moths

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2

There are thirteen species of these moths indigenous in this country. The caterpillars of ten species live in the roots, stems, and branches of various…

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Quarter Sessions. Friday, September 6. (Before Mr Acting-Justice Bevan[?] Charged with Sheep Stealing

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 September 1907 · page 2

William Littler, an old man, and Walter Tye, his nephew, were arraigned on a charge of having stolen a sheep, the property of Bernard Veech…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson & Co. report:—We hold our third wool sale of the season on Wednesday, and sold by auction and privately over two thousand bales. The…

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Sydney Wheat Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 2

Wheat- From Wilkins, Wellington, G733, p. 3s 5½d per bushel…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Trangie Branch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 3

The regular monthly meeting of the Trangie branch of the Farmers and Set lers' Association was held at Moston's Hall on Saturday last, the 7th instant. Mr. J. T…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 4

Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report:—In the absence of auction sales, little business has taken place during the past week. A good private…

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Blow Fly on Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 3

J. G. Matheson, manager for Hummock Station, South Australia, states that this year, about a month before his ewes were due to start lambing, he…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:— A very firm market prevailed at the sales held on the 4th and 5th inst. A…

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The Old Farmer and the New

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 6

The healthiest feature in connection with the increase in closer settlement in this country is the desire to gain a thorough knowledge of live stock and…

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The Dairy Breeding Dairy Cattle

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 10

During the 21 years that the five Government Experimental Farms have been in existence in Canada, dairy cattle studies have been carried out on an…

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Wool Report

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 9

[?] Jones and Devlin, Limited report under data of 5th inst. as follow: [?] Jones and Devlin, Limit…

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Forecasting the Harvest. Action by the Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Cobar Herald · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 2

As is well known, it has been for ninny years the practice of the Bureau of Statistics, which is now a branch of the Intelligence Department, to publish…

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The Dairy Thickness of Cream

The Cobar Herald · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 7

It is well understood, both by the dairy farmer and the public, that the quality of cream Is extremely variable. This, to a large extent, depends on the manner…

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Farm and Field. Care of Farm Machinery

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 3

Considering the money a farmer has to invest in agricultural machinery one would think there would be no need to draw attention to the necessity of taking…

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Preserving Farm-yard Manure

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 3

Overheating of farmyard manure is avoided by keping the mass well compressed. This is [?] according to a leaflet issued by the Board of…

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Self-education in Dairying

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 10

It is not possible to refer in one brief article to the many important subjects which must receive the attention of the dairyman if he is to make a success of…

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