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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Ostrich Farm at Coonamble

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 6

Messrs. Cairnes and Sanderson, of Nardoo, Coonamble, have established an ostrich farm with such satisfactory results that they are determined to…

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Prizes for Crops Grown Under Irrigation

The Cobar Herald · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 3

In view of the great interest which is now being taken in this State in the question of irrigation, the Minister of Agriculture requested the Royal…

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Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 3

The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., Ltd., report by wire under Wednesday's date:— Our sale yesterday found the market very firm, with a strong demand at last week's…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report for week ending 3rd November:— Outside the few wools suitable for America our catalogue contained very few clips of…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

The weather since our last has been very hot and enervating. Every night great watery clouds come up, and give indications of a heavy downpour, but for some reason…

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The Wool Market. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, November 3

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson &Cu., Ltd., report: Outside the few wools suitable for America our catalogue contained very few clips of special merit, the selection being mainly of…

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Prizes for Crops Grown Under Irrigation

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 7

In view of the great interest which is now being taken in this State in the question of irrigation, the Minister of Agriculture requested the Royal…

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Experimental Farm at Bourke

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 3

THEY are to have an experimental far at Bourke; that is, they will have one established there if an agitation that has been entered upon is successful. The proposal has…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) the Onion Fly

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 2

Wherever the onion crop is attacked by the maggot of this fly, measures must be taken for destroying all the plants as fast as they show signs of…

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Ostrich Farm at Coonamble

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 3

Messrs. Cairnes and Sanderson, of Nardoo, Coonamble, have established an ostrich farm with such saatisfactory results that they are determined to extend operations…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Go., Ltd., report (4th inst.):—Our catalogue offered to-day was representative, and embraced wool of good length and fair…

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Homebush -- Monday. Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 3

The number yarded (up to noon) to-day was about 26,000, being comprised mostly by shorn merinos, a small proportion of shorn crossbreds, and the balance of both crossbreds and merino…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 4

The N.Z. L. and M.A. Co., Ltd., report under date the 3rd November:— Our catalogue to-day included a few lines of super gressies, but the great bulk…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 2

The weather for the past few days has been cool. On Saturday we were treated to a dust-storm, followed by light rain, 4 points. The sky is clear, and hot weather…

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Hundreds of Sheep Killed by the Heat Wave. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 2

Out of a consignment of 820 woolly sheep, consigned from [?] to Flemington, 216 were found to be dead on arrival, and 119 died subsequently. Tbe cause is described…

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An Experimental Farm for Coonamble

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 3

THE first step has been taken in a fresh agitation for the establishment of an experimental farm at Coonamble (writes the 'Independent.') At a recent meeting of the local Municipal…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Trangie Branch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Trangie branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday last, the 7th instant, when Mr. J. T. Horrigan presided…

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Sydney Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 10th November:—Notwithstanding continued uneasiness in Europe as…

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Scarcity of Wool Trucks

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 6

In view of many complaints from country customers as to a shortage of trucks for loading wool, and the invariable reply of the Goods Manager…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., report :— Operations during the past week have been confined to three days and…

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