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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Farm and Field. Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

The Castlereagh · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 8

Scientific men are still plodding away at their investigations into the mysterious processes which underlie the operations of germ life, and how far their…

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Stock and Crop Prospects

The Castlereagh · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 11

Stock Inspector Dalbunty of Dubbe, writes:—"I have visited a large part of the western portion of my district, including Tomingley Dandaloo…

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Farm and Dairy. Origina; Articles lAu. HIUHIH Rietuy: Age fn Cattle

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

In addition to the teeth as indicators of age in cattle, there are other marks to enable one to judge by, such as every man ought to be thoroughly…

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A Good Wheat Crop

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 4

We have been shown by Mr. J. Murray, of Newtown, some splendid samples of wheat grown on his farm on the Dubbo side of the Castlereagh. The wheat is 4ft…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date December 2:—The London November sales which opened on the 26th of last month have developed a decline in…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 2

After a cool change, the weather is again warming up…

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Mortality Among Sheep. An Australian Naturalist's View

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 3

MR. JAS. S. BRAY, the eminent N.S. Wales Naturalist writes to the ' S.M. Herald :-- "I cannot understand the why and where fore of our official scientists casting about for…

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The Wool Market. Sydney, December 2

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd, report: The London November sales which opened on the 26th of last month have developed a decline in values of from 15 to 20 per cent…

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The Wool Sales. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday there was been competition, and prices for merinos were regular…

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Cattle Driving in Ireland

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 3

Messrs. W. O'Brien and Timothy Healy, M's.P., strongly denounce cattle driving by the Irish peasantry, and especially the refusal of juries to convict for these offences…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

The weather is still hot and muggy, but the dust is not so bad as it was last week. A thunderstorm occured on Sunday, 9 points of rain falling, just sufficient to lay…

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Sudden Death of Sheep. Loss at Warlalda

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

ONE hundred and eighty-four sheep, the property of the Dawson estate. Rosedale, died suddenly near Warialda, on Saturday morning. The sheep were returning home. The cause of…

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The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Dv. ecember 9

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

Harrison, Jones & Devin, Ltd., report: —We submitted-a-catalogue of 2800 bales. Competition was active, and values maintained for best descriptions, while faulty…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report under date 5th instant:—To-day we submitted a catalogue of 2156 bales to a representative attendance of buyers…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report—At our sale on the 10th inst. we found the market reflected the same features as the auctions of the previous…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co, wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 10th December :—More general competition from the…

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Jersey Butter Tests

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 8

I have before me (says a writer in the "Mark Lane Express") the records of some American Jersey taste under the auspices of the American Jersey Cattle…

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Dutch Belted Cattle

The Cobar Herald · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 7

The picturesque Dutch Belled cow spreads very slowly from her home in the Netherlands. In Australia she is a stranger, but with so pronounced a run…

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Ophthalmis In Sheep

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

Mr R. W. Peacock, manager of the Hathurst Experiment Farm, New South Wales, reports in the November [?] of the "Agricultural Casette" of…

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Wool Report

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 7

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report under date of the 9th as follows:— Harrison Joses, and Devlin, Ltd., submitted on Monday a catalogue of 2778 bales…

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