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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1849

12 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

The Wool Trade, &c

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1849 · page 4

LONDON.—The arrivals of wool into London last week were as follows:—2200 bales from Sydney, 920 from Algoa Bay, 463 from Hambro', 604 from the Cape, 500 from Hobart Town. 290 from Africa, 142…

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Saturday Cattle Stealing

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1849 · page 2

William Mason, and Henry Mason, were charged with having stolen some cattle at Blackman's Swamp. The prisoners were natives of the colony. William Mason pleaded guilty ,and was remanded for sentence…

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The Wool Market

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1849 · page 2

Last advices confirm the gratifying intelligence of the decided rise in the price of colonial wools. This will be best proven by reference to the Circular published elsewhere in this day's issue. The improvement is in…

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Advances on Wool and Live Stock

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1849 · page 3

The registered liens on Wool and " live" Stock, for the District of Port Phillip, during the first quarter of the present year, are not far short of one-half the entire number registered during" the whole of the…

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The Breeding of Sheep for Tallow

Bathurst Advocate · Sunday 20 May 1849 · page 3

THE following article from the Melbourne Argus of the 1st instant, may furnish a useful hint for those flock-masters who have runs well adapted for the breeding of large-carcassed sheep…

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The Ebenezer Mine on Grosvenor Farm

Bathurst Advocate · Sunday 20 May 1849 · page 2

SOME few months back a lad by the name of Ebenezer Read discovered a piece of quartz containing veins of lead on Grosvenor Farm, the property of Charles Suttor, Esq. This induced the lad's father, to make further search on…

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DORCHESTER. The Rev. A. Huxtable's Farm Reforms

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1849 · page 4

At the recent dinner of the Sturminster Cattle show, the Rev. Mr. Haxtable said :— Now, I'll tell you what my manure cost, and herein I rather differed from the judges when they…

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Wool Markets. British Wool

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1849 · page 3

LEEDS, April 5.—We have not any change to report is week either in demand or prices. Transactions have been small; prices stationary. Liverpool, April 7.—Scotch.-We are still without…

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Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 6 October 1849 · page 2

THE public sales of wool of the present season's clip, which opened on the 10th, and, terminated on the 28th May. are thus reported on by Messrs J. T. Simes & Co., the…

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British Extracts. the Wool Trade, &c

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 27 October 1849 · page 7

LONDON, THURSDAY.—The imports of wool into London during the week ending to-day have been 4,138 bales, of which 2,325 were from Port Phillip, 757 from Germany, 684…

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The London July Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 24 November 1849 · page 2

THE largest sale of Colonial wool ever carried on consecutively in the metropolis, terminated last night. We annex the statement given of the sale…

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London Farmers' Club

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 1 December 1849 · page 7

AT the last meeting of this club there was an interesting discussion upon the application of machinery to agriculture, several speakers inculcating the propriety of…

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