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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

Winchuombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report: —Notwithstanding the fact that up to the close of the 1908 auctions no less than 424,000 bales had been sold, the demand for…

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Lead-wool for Joints

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 7

Lead-wool consists of pure lead cut into strips by machinery, and is put up in pound-skeins of t yard-long threads. For makign tight joints it…

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Pastoral and Cammercial. Western Herald Offive, Tuesday evening. Record Heat Wave

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

Since our last issue Old Sol has made himself felt to some tune, putting up a record on Sunday that has not been beaten for 32 years, if it was then. During Christmas…

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Sydney Wool Market. Important Sales by Private Treaty

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd, report under date December 2:—Notwithstanding the fact that up to the cl[?]s of the 1908 auc[?]ons no less than 424,000 bales had been…

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Pasture Land

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

It is a mistake to let pasture land take its chance bccause of harvest work. It is hardly reasonable to expect hands to be hindered when…

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Crops by Electricity

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 8

In opening the Natural History museum at Hanley, Sir Oliver Lodge said that for the past three years he had been trying the electrification of crops, which was not a new…

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New Farming Methods. Bathurst Experimental Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

AT the invitation of Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst experimental farm, between 40 and 50 gentlemen assembled at the farm on Tuesday, amongst these being…

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Interesting Wheat Test

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

Another illustration of the advantages of the "new ag[?]" is forthcoming from the Bathurst Experimental Farm (writes the TELLGRAPHS correspondent)…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday, most of the m[?] wools offered sold at an advance of 5 per cent., while the finer [?] sold were at late rates…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Dalgety and Co., Limited

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

The short holiday period in the wool trade has now practically terminated as on January 4th sales will be resumed in the Sydney market. There will be [?] in Launceston on the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report.—Our catalogue, on 5th inst., the first of the New Year, contained quite a number of selectors' clips of…

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On the Land. Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 5th Jan:—The market re-opened on a firm basis yesterday, thus fully…

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Farmers and the Single Tax. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

Sir,—Opponents of land value taxation constantly seek to make out that taxation of land values only would be specially hard on farmers. As a matter…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd. submitted on Monday a cata[?] of 3 531 boles mostly in the [?] the selection including a fair proportion…

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Dairy Science School at Berry

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2

A DAIRY science school was held under the superintendence of Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, the Departmental Dairy Expert, at the Berry Butter Factory…

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The Sheep Fly

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 3

"Casual Observer" thus writes to the HERALD—As to the doubt which exists regarding the class of fly which has the habit of blowing live wool, comparison with the…

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Wheat-farming to Produce Big Results

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 7

By his new method of wheat-farming, Gen. Levitsky, of the Russian Army, claims, to produce an enormous yield of grain and unusually stout…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 3

Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. Report: The market re-opened on a firm basis yesterday, thus fully realising our anticipations as to the beneficial effect cables as to the btatistioel…

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F.a.q. Wheat Standard

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 4

The grain trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce will receive samples of wheat up to Saturday, January 16, for the purpose of fixing the f.a.q. standard for…

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Re-opening of the Sydney Wool Sales. a Rise of Five Per Cent

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report under date January 5— Our to-day's catalogue, the first of the New Year, contained quite a number of…

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