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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 2

With one exception all the district farmers who had wheat stored with the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society have signed the necessary…

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Homebush-- Monday. Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 3

21,992 head were penned. The sheep comprised a capital representation of merino wethers with odd pens of extra prime. Merino ewes were not so considerably in evidence as of…

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Annual Stud Sheep Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

IN connection with the annual stud sheep sales, Goldsbrough, Mort and Company notify that they will sell at their wool warehouse, Circular Quay, Sydney, on Monday and Tuesday, 6th…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herals Office, Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

The weather is as hard as [?] well quite sufficiently hard upon stock, which are Having a great fight for existence. Rain clouds frequently float overhead, but not a drop…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 16. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.m.) Travelling Sheep Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

William Allan proceeded against John Spencer for travelling sheep through the former's run without giving proper notice. Defendant was fined 10s, with costs…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Meeting of Dubbo Branch

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 3

A MEETING of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers' and Bottlers' Association was held at the Protestant Hall on Saturday afternoon, the 13th inst. There was a large attendance, a fact…

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Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 16th June:— There has been no material change…

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Durable Home-made Farm Gate

The Cobar Herald · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 7

The farm gate hero shown, is 14 feet wide. It is made of four boards 4 inches wide, the same style as is in general use, by using barb wire between boards…

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Farm-hands From Great Britain

The Cobar Herald · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 7

SCARCELY a vessel arrives from the United Kingdom without a small party of agricultural labourers who have accepted assisted passages for the…

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Trade in Cattle

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 2

A telegram from Port Darwin states that trade in live cattle between Hongkong and Manila is threatened with extinction by the issue of regulations by the Manila Bureau of…

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A Sheep Disease

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

SHEEPOWNERS in the Spicer's Creek ad Bodangora districts are troubled by a strange sheep disease, which has resulted in a number of deaths. The sheep first lose their…

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Wool Classing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

The class for wrool-classing, under the Technical Department, has been in operation for the last three weeks, the instructor being Mr. Vivian Payten. The class-room…

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New Butter Making Process

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

A NEW process of making butter, so that it will remain fresh and preserve its natural falvour, has been invented by a French chemist. M. B. L. Ehumann, says 'N.S…

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Co-Operative Butter Factories

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

THE Western District Butter Factories Co-operative Company, a combination of dairy factories in Victoria, is an example of successful co-operation. The object is to…

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Strange Disease in Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

The paragraph in a recent iesue (says the WELLINGTON TIMES) describing a strange disease amongst sheep at Spicer's Creek attracted a considerable amount of…

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This Year's Sheep Show. Excursion Trains Off

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

This year's Sheep Show and Sales promise to receive more or less of a serious set back by the decision of the Railway Commissioners not to run excursion trains in…

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The Dairy. Uniformity in Milk and Cream. Weighing, Grading and Testing

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

(Paper read by Mr J. Proud, Korumburra, at the recent Butter Factory Managers' Conference held in Melbourne.)…

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Farm Aid Field. Agriculture in Argentinc

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

As the reports from the Argentine Republic are at present ruling the European wheat market, the following facts from the latest report of the British…

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Farm-hands From Great Britain

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 7

SCARCELY a vessel arrives from the United Kingdom without a small party of agricultural labourers who have accepted assisted passages for the…

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District Farm at Coonamble

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

MESSRS. Cains and Saunderson, who recently moved their ostrich farm from Gilgandra to coonamble, are now well established in their new home. Between 90…

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