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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

At the wool sales the market was very firm with a rise of 5 per cent. Greasy realised 18d…

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Dairying Around Scone. Milking Machine Boom

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 6

MILKING machines have caught on in the Scone district as the result of Mr. David Hall, Parkville, having proved them to be a thorough success. For the third season Mr…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (Copyright.) Reason for Milking Cows Clean. Prof. F. S. Cooley. (Experiment Station)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 2

Many causes for fluctuations in the fat conteats of milk have been discovered, most of which are more or less understood by dairymen. Breed…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 November 1909 · page 3

Goldsborough, Mort & Co., Ltd., report (25th November):—Our ninth sale (postponed from 23rd inst.) was held to-day before a crowded…

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A Mammoth Strike. How It Affects This District. No More Wool to Be Received

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 2

The coalminers' strike still continues and, so far as local conditions are concerned, although the inconvenience caused has not been great up to the present juncture, there…

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Farm Hands on strike

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 2

It is said that a certain farmer in the Dubbo district had a difference with one or two of the men who were working for him. He promptly discharged them, but…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., limited, Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 29th November:—The exceedingly satisfactory prices…

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Sale of O'shea's Farm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 4

Messrs. Bedford and Taylor advise intending purchasers that the sale of O'Shea's farm will take place on Saturday, 11th inst, when, from the…

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Wool Report

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

Harrison, J[?]s and D[?]n, Limited, submitted on Thursday a choice catalogue of 4661 bales, comprising a splendid assortment in the grease and…

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Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

THE following circular letter has been addressed by the members of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association to their constituents:-- "Macquarie Place, Sydney,…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

It having been ascertained that there was sufficient tonnng[?] available in vessels already coaled to permit of substantial wool shipments auction sales were held during last…

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London Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

The London wool sales closed firm…

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"The Stones." Islington Cattle Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

The famous dictum of Rabelais that "one half of the world knows not how the other half lives" applies equally to London. There are tens of thousands…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Friday Evening

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

Muggy weather…

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The Wool Sales. What the Brokers Say. Sydney, December 2

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

The following circular letter has been addressed by the members of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association to their constituents:—"Macquarie Place, Sydney,…

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Something Like a Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 7

THE biggest farm--if 'farm' it can be called is that owned by Don Luis Terrazas in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, which measures from North to South 150…

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Dairying v Grazing. Milking Machine Test

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 3

Messrs. Clift Bros., Breez, the well known Pastoralists, are going in extensively for dairying. They are boilers in the Milking Machine as the result of threeyears…

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Farmers' Calendar. JANUARY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

Crops to sow.-- Maize and Sarghum, early maturing varieties for green stuff and silage; Potatoes, the second, or autumn crop, for household use should be planted in well-worked…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. Best Temperature for Churning. Prof. F. S. Cooley (Experiment Stalion)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

Temperature is one of the many conditions which affect the churning of cream, and is the most important factor to be taken into consideration…

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