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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Dairy. the Cake of Cheam. Conditions for Ripening. Three Distinct Methods

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 7

In the production of sourness or a ripe condition of cream there are at least three well-known methods, which are the subject to variation. The…

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Farmers and Settlers and their Association. An Indignant Member

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 4

FROM time to time we hear a good deal about the Farmers and Settlers' Association, and there can be no doubt whatever that it has done very much in keeping before the public the special…

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A Useful Farm Article

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 2

Any man who cultivates land, knows how awkward it is to be at a standstill now and again, oftentimes at a busy time of the year, owing to the…

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Experimental Farming. Harvesting the " Towri" Plots

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 8

The foiling is condensed from an interesting description appearing in the WELLINGTON TIMES:— Since the planting of the experimental…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report: The rapidity with which wool has been sold in the Australasian markets during the short space of the past two months is…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday Evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 2

Our predictions were correct. The light showers on Friday continued, and then developed into a good strong, continuous rain throughout the night, the result being 164…

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Tomingley. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Weather and Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 4

The recent rains with which this district was favored brought a remarkable change over the face of the country, especially those parts which were not divested of all old grass…

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"Wonder Wheat": an American Wheat Story

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 2

PARAGRAPHS have been in circulation recently in the press concerning wonderful returns from wheat grown in Alaska. It was asserted that the…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 6

Messrs. S[?]huts, Bell aud Co. report:—Taken on the whole, the selection brought forward daring the past week has not been quite up to the recent…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 4

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, submitted on Thursday of lost week a [?logue of 6040 bales, which comprised a wide range of…

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Wet Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 10

W. H. Lambert, of Orange, thus writes on the above subject to the WESTERN DAILY ADVOCATE:— Sir,—I notice in an issue of the ADVOCATE…

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"Wonder Wheat": an American Wheat Story

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

PARAGRAPHS have been in circulation recently in the press concerning wonderful returns from wheat grown in Alaska. It was asserted that the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date of tbe 14th inst.:—Our to-day's catalogue comprised quite a number of superior wools, calculated to tempt…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

Taken on the whole the selection brought forward during last, week was not quite up to the recent high standard, Superior light free lines were not wanting, but they were…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

Wednesday last was a very distressing day, and the night was worse. The cool storage room at the Post Office, where the thermometer is kept, recorded 107 degrees,…

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"Wonder": An American Wheat Story

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 8

PARAGRAPHS have been in circulation in the press recently concerning wonderful returns from wheat grown in Alaska. It was asserted that the Alaska wheat will yield…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

The last Sydney wool auctions of the year were held yesterday. Competition was keen, but prices generally were a halfpenny to a penny below the best rates of the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 6

The last Sydney wool auctions of the year were held yesterday. Competition was keen, but prices generally were a halfpenny to a penny below the best rates of the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Filling the Silo. H. C. Taylor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

I find that common field corn which ripens in this section exceedingly satisfactory for silage. In fact, it is by all odds the favorite. I usually…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, December 10,1908, an Experimental Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

As our readers are aware—particularly those engaged in agricultural pursuits— one of the pressing needs of this district is an experimental farm. Tha question has…

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