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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farm and Garden Original Aarticles. (All Rights Resered) Moss on Fruit Trees

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 2

Accumulation of moss on the trunks and branches of fruit trees is not only a bad sign, but is injurious to the trees, as it blocks up the pores of the…

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An Australian Cattle King

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 3

ON the Australian steamer Asturias, which reached London last month, was Mr. Sidney Kidman, who has been described as the 'Cattle King' of Australia. Mr. Kidman…

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Wet Wool [?] and Workers in Conference

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

A conference of the Pastoralists and the [?] Workers' Unions was held at Melbourne to [?]der the question of wet wool and how to detect…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., report: A fair demand continues to exist, although transactions have not been very extensive, owing to the fact that…

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Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 23rd June:—The greater disposition evinced by buyers of late to pick up…

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Farmers and Settlers' District Council

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 4

A meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' District Council was held at Geurie on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. C. E. Paine, President, occupied the…

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The Cattle King

The Cobar Herald · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 8

Accompanied by his wife, his son, and three daughters, Mr. Sidney Kidman, the Australian cattle king, one of the most interesting personalities in the…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 3

Messrs. Schute, Bell, and C. report under date June 20:— The volume of business trans[?] in the local wool market during the past…

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Cattle Shelters

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 2

It is not often that sheep and cattle are seen during the email hours of the morning, or a note would be made of the fact that in cold and inclement…

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Western Australian Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

IT is rarely now that New South Wales draws on Western Australia for supplies of wheat. But it is interesting to notice that the Western State is making Progress in respect to the area…

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Tied-up Wheat. Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 5

THE liquidation of the Farmers and Settlers' Co-Operative Society which came as a great blow to many farmers who stored wheat with it) will assume some definite shape in…

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The Wheat Crop. What the "S. M. Herald" Says

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

The "Sydney Morning Herald" is responsible for the following comments on the wheat crop:--Prospects in the west are not promising;…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

Since our last issue we have been treated to the coldest snap ever known in Bourke. Last Wednesday morning the minimam record of the glass was 25. Just fancy! seven…

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[?]Arromine. (From Our Own Correspondent). Sheep Trucked Away

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday no fewer than forty track? of sheep left the local railway station, consigned to Melbourne. Of these seventeen belonged to Mr. Frank Mack, of.Nar-…

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The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, June 25

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

At the final wool sales the market was strong with a demand showing an advance of fifteen per cent. which was well maintained…

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Violet Farming. a Profitable Industry

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

Some years ago, we learn from the April "Windsor Magazine," two ladies, the Misses Allen-Brown, retired to the charming little Sussex village of…

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Farm and Field. Steaming Ensilage

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 6

Probably no practice has wrought a greater or more beneficial change in dairy farming than the very generally adopted plan of siloing. A few years…

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The Dairy. Frozen Milk. a German Suggestion

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 6

The German authorities have come to the conclusion that there is room for much improvement in the methods of transporting milk. An address on the…

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Dairying in Japan. a Progressive Industry

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 6

There is probably no country in the world that is making greater strides in industrial development than Japan. Concerning the dairying industry a…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles, (All Rights Reserved). Feeding Chickens

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 2

Some of the earliest chickens are now being batchod, and as in a few weeks many more will be coming along, a few remarks on feeding them will be…

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