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

Farming & the land, 1887

31 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Freetrade Association Papers. No. 12. an Address to the Farmers of New South Wales. Part I.

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—It is thought that some of you intend to rise to the bait which is being temptingly displayed by the protectionist fishermen. It may be well, therefore, to carefully examine…

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Freetrade Association Papers. No. 13. an Address to the Farmers of New South Wales. Part Ii

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 13 January 1887 · page 3

Gentlemen,—Part I, of this address showed the great anomaly that existed between the position of the growers of wheat and the growers of maize with regard to proposals for protective…

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Freetrade Association Papers. No. 14. an Address to the Farmers of New South Wales. Part III

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 20 January 1887 · page 3

GENTLEMEN.—In Parts I. and II. of this address an effort was made to estimate the value of the bait that is offered to you to induce you to swallow the hook of projection. We will…

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Bathurst Farmers' Union

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 8 February 1887 · page 3

ON Saturday afternoon a meeting of tho members' of the Buthurst branch of the Farmers' Union was held at Keegan's Hotel. After waiting for an hour after the advertised…

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Butter Making

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 8 March 1887 · page 4

The essence of good butter-making is that the period of time between the milking of the cow and the making of the butter should be minimised. This…

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Cattle-stealing in the Back Blocks

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 24 March 1887 · page 3

A Cooper's Creek squatter writers to the Thargomindah paper as follows:—"The saying that one half the world does not know how the other half lives, is illustrated on the Cooper, for a…

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Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 March 1887 · page 3

A correspondent sends in the following:—At the deputation from the Lund and Industrial Alliance to request a reduction of railway rates on farm produce, Mr. W…

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Diseases in Sheep

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 7 April 1887 · page 2

The following directions for the guidance of sheep-owners has been published by the Chief Inspector of Stuck, in circular form and kindly handed to us, by the local…

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Directions for Administering Meddicines to Sheep

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 7 April 1887 · page 2

Instead of administering medicines to sheep with a bullock-horn, which is too awkward and cumbersome, and a very slow operation, use either…

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Wolseley's Sheep Shearer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 4

A second trial of the sheep shearer, patented by Mr. F. Y. Wolseley, of Euroka, came off last week in Goldsbrough and Co.'s wool store, Melbourne…

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Help to Farmers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 12 April 1887 · page 2

The motion introduced by Mr. TONKIN to the Assembly on Wednesday last, and the principle of which won the favour of the Government and most of…

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Diseases in Sheep

The Bathurst Post · Friday 15 April 1887 · page 2

WE take the following from a local contempary :— The following directions for the guidance of sheep-owners have been published by the Chief Inspector of Stock, in circular form…

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Touch or Handling of Cattle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 May 1887 · page 4

In judging cattle the touch as well as the eye is brought into request, and except in regard to certain points of conformation and colour., we are by no means…

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Worms and Fluke in Sheep

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 3

The following recipe for the cure of worms and fluke in sheep has been forwarded from the Chief Inspector of Stock, Sydney, to Mr. G. S. Smith, Inspector of the Bathurst District, who has handed the…

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Latest Telegrams. Gold Discovered Near Cobar. a Vagrant with £-100. the German Squadron. Wipe Murder in Victoria. Heavy Floods in the Murray. French Duel Collapsed. a Californian Wheat Ring. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 2

A new gold gold reef has been discovered near Cobar a ml is causing considerable excitement in the district. A quantity of land has been taken up by old miners…

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Latest Telegrams. Mechanics As Farmers. Three Years Rent and Rations Free. Implements on Time Payment. Rent Half-a-crown Per Acre for Twenty Years

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 2

A imputation from the Trades and Labour Council waited on the Minister for Lands this morning to suggest that clauses should be introduced into the Amended Land Bill to enable…

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Latest Telegrams. the Cattle Market. the Sydney Unemployed. Relief Works to Be Closed. McCORMACK Extinguished. Another " DOCTOR " Committed Foe Trial. £50 Fine for Impersonation. Bulli Relief Fund £40,900. Floods in Victoria. Sydney, Monday evening

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 2

At the stock sales today 480 cattle were yarded. The market is much firmer, best beef avoraging 17s. 6.1. per 1001bs. The highest average for bullocks was 8 4s. 2d.; others…

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Bathurst free press. Magna est Ueritas et prosualebit. Agricultural Societies and Model Farms

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 2

The question of increasing aid to Agricultural Societies, and establishing model farms was brought prominently before the Premier on "Wednesday last, by a deputation of farmers…

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Mexican Wheat

The Bathurst Post · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 6

The Melbourne Leader says:—Farmers appear to be generally pleased with the result of the growth of the so-called Mexican wheat distributed among them last year through the agency of the Minister…

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Establishment of Model Farms

The Bathurst Post · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 2

A deputation representing the South Coast districts waited on the Colonial Secretary the other day to urge on the Government to farm at Wollongong, and also to [?]…

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