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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Cattle Driving in Ireland

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 5

Cattle driving and agrarian lawlessness continue in Ireland…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date, 6th May:— We held a wool sale to-day. Six weeks have elapsed since our last auction…

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Married Couples for Farms and Stations

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 2

The Intelligence Department, Sydney, is doing a good deal towards making the lot of the man on the land much easier than it otherwise would be…

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Farm Produce

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

The farm produce in the old pavilion attracted a good deal of interest. Trevitt and Sons and Reinhard Bros, had magnificent trophies of cereals, grasses, fodder…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles, (All Rights Reserved). Preserving Wheels

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 2

Oiling waggon wheels to prevent the tires becoming loose and to preserve the felloes, has been practised for a long time. It is better as a…

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Geurie. (From Our Own Correspondent). Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 1

The Geurie branch of the above met at Roynolds' Hall on Saturday night, the 2nd May, and transacted a fair amount of important busness. Mr. C. E. Payne…

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Farms on Liverpool Plains

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 8

After reading the many advertisements, the would-be land buyer is often puzzled as to what location to select. Too often as a result of adventitious…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

In consequence of the success of the winter school for farmers during the last two years, and the requests already made for a repetition thereof…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

Weather hard and dry, with indications of rain every night…

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The Wool Market. Sydney, May 6

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report: —We held a wool sale to-day. Six weeks have elapsed since our last auction. During the interval the wool market has shewn a…

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Driving Sheep Across a Holding. A Drovor Proceeded Against

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

AT the Summons Court on Tuesday (yesterday), (Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, F.M., presiding), William Allen (manager of Terramungamine station), proceeded against George Shepherd, a…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Trangle Branch

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

THE Monthly meeting of the Trangle Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in Moston's Hall on 2nd inst. Mr. M. Forrest (vice-president) occupied the…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Winter School for Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

THE Minister for Agriculture has decided to afford men on the land on opportunity, during the forthcoming winter vacation of the ordinary students of the Hawkesbury Agricultural,…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Dubbo Branch

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Protestant Hall on Saturday afternoon. The President (Mr. Doyle)…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

In consequence of the success of the winter school for farmers during the last two years, and the requests already made for a repetition thereof, the Minister for…

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Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 6

Schute, Pell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 12th May:—Results of the auction sales held last week, though probably…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report (6th May):—We held a wool sate to day. Six weeks have elapsed since our last auction. During the…

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A Training Ground for Agricultural Labourers. a Matter for the Consideration of Farmers and Agricultural Associations

The Cobar Herald · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 7

Our farmers are for ever calling out for labourers who understand agricultural work, so is the British farmer. The ploughman and the milkman are…

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The Humped Cattle of India

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

The humped cattle of India were domesticated more than 4000 years ago, as is proved by tbe sculptors on Egyptian monuments which date back to 2100 B.C. They…

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Travelling Sheep. Railway Concessions Asked

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

MR. W. H WHEATLEY, of Gunning and Goulburn, has prepared the following circular and petition to be forwarded to the N. S. Wales Railway Commissioners. A copy is being sent…

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