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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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This Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:- Wool selling operations on a large scale in the Sydney Market for this season commened in September 30, when [?] bales were…

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Mr. Carruthers' Resignation. The Farmer and Settlers' Review of the Position

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 3

FOLLOWING out the example of so many other journals after the election, the "Farmer and Settler" takes its late protege Mr. C[?]s, and the party which it has always more or…

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Murrumbidgerie. (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Weather and Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 2

The hot and windy weather that has prevailed during the last few days has had a very baneful effect on the growing crops, and unless rain falls within a few days…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 8th Oct:—Last week's auctions fully justified the sanguine…

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Wool Report

The Castlereagh · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 13

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd. report under date October 3rd, 1907, as follows:—Submitted on Thursday a Catalogue of 3634 bales which…

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The Standard Bushel of Wheat

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 7

Speaking at a meeting of farmers held at Mallala, South Australia, to consider the question of the standard weight of wheat per bushel, Mr J. Nairn expressed…

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The Dairy, Diarrhoea in Calves. Disastrous But Preventible

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 7

Diarrhoea is a disease well-known in all countries where dairying is carried on. Investigations have been wide, extended, and searching…

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Water Supply on the Farm

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 7

A farmer in Ohio writes thus of his troubles with water on his holding. He had a well in a field 200 yards from which he had to pump water for the…

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Farm Leakages

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 7

Under the heading of "Some Farm Leakages" the "Michigan Fanner" supplies a lengthy list of minor wastes which eat into the profits of the…

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Farm and Field. Nitrate of Soda Deposits

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 7

The only source from which natural nitrate of soda is at present obtained is from the deposits in the northern part of the Republic of Chill, in the…

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Farm and Field. Difference in Plant Feed

The Castlereagh · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 3

In a bulletin published by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, there are some interesting remarks on the above subject. Plants, like animals, differ…

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Conserving Farmyard Manure

The Castlereagh · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 3

In the proper conservation of farmyard manure the objects to be aimed at are to prevent the loss of compounds containing nitrogen, potash and…

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The Dairy. the Fat in Cream

The Castlereagh · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 10

The fat in cream in present in the form of globules. In cream the fats are concentrated, inasmuch as they are much more numerous in the same volume…

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New Earmark for Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 3

THE Secretary for Agriculture in Now Zealand has, invented a scheme for the earmarking of sheep, which is pronounced by many to be excellent and thoroughly suitable…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 1

The N.Z.L and M.A. Co., Ltd., report under date October 9:—Our catalogue today comprised a fair average selection of graas, wools from the west and north-west…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 2

The weather is warming up considerably. The sky is clear, and at present there is not the slightest indication of the rain that is so badly needed…

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The Wool Market. (By Telegram.) Sydney, October 11

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday the market was not quite so firm. Greasy reached 14d, and scoured 24d…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Aetiole[?] [AllRIGHTS RESERVEDBD.] Advantages of the Silo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 2

The most practical kind of silage is made from corn, as previously set forth in these papers; other suitable material can, of course, be used, such…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Trangle Branch

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the Trangie Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in Moston's Hall on Saturday last. The Presiden (Mr. J. T. Horrigan) occupied…

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Wheat Lands at Cowra

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 2

In this issue is an important announcement of the subdivision of Namina Estate, in the Cowra and Forbes districts. 9000 acres have been…

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