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

Farming & the land, 1889

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Farm & Garden

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 8

WELL-SEASONED WOOD.—If you ent down a tree in the month of its growth, and out it right off at the butt and not trim it out any in a few days that tree will be seasoned. 'I…

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Late Intelligence. Wheat Market. Sydney

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 3

The wheat market is overstocked, and there are no alterations in quotations…

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London Wool Sales. London

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 3

400,000 bales of wool have arrived for the ensuing series of London wool sales…

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Butter

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 5

Professor J. W. Robertson of the Ontario Agricultural College says: I. See that the cows have an abundant suply of good, wholesome feed. Supplement…

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FARM & GARDEN. Lioorice Raising

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 5

Large quantities of licorice are imported into the United States at a heavy expense of import duties. About a year ago. B. B. Franklin, who lives near Madison, brought…

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Horse and Cattle Brands for 1889. First Quarter, First Notification

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 2

IN terms of the provisions of section 8 of the Registration of Brands Act of 1866, the brands set opposite to the names and addresses of the persons mentioned in the appended list have…

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FARM & GARDEN. Goats for Land-Clearing

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 8

J. H. Portor of Oregon tells in the [?] Press of his experience with Angora goat 'For the benefit of my fellow-farmers I was now give my experience and observation…

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FARM & GARDEN. The Johannisberg Vineyard

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 7

Johannisberg, now the property of Prince Richard Metternich, son of the famous statesman, who received it as a gift, from the Emperor Francis, is situated on the right…

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FARM & GARDEN. How to Produce Good Oranges

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 8

The best orange in any locality, as a rule, is fruit that has been grown there originally from the seed. The orange seems to put forth special morits of its own under peculiar…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Season 1888-89

The Carcoar Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1889 · page 4

From Messrs. J. H. Geddes and Co.'s Annual Review we make the following extracts:— The quality and condition of the New South…

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Farm & Garden

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 July 1889 · page 8

How to GET EARLY CHERRIES.—If you have a cherry tree, and wish to get very early fruit, irrigate with hot water the soil over the roots The plan was tried successfully in…

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Outbreak of Anthrax near Cowra Travelling Cattle Attacked by the Disease

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 25 July 1889 · page 2

On Thursday last information was received at the stock branch of the Mines Department that some travelling cattle were dying near Cowra from some mysterious disease affecting the heart and…

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The Wool Market

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 July 1889 · page 6

Messrs Harrison, Jones and Devlin have published the following interesting circular: —Dear sir,—We have now the pleasure of placing before our friends and those interested…

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Harrison, Jones and Devlin's Annual Wool Circular

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1889 · page 2

MESSRS. HARRISON, JONES AND DEVLIN have forwarded their annual wool circular, dated July 1st, and from it we extract the following portions referring to the colonial market:—…

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Bathurst Cattle Sale Yards

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 August 1889 · page 2

The following extracts from the debate which took place in the Assembly on Friday last upon Mr. Paul's motion for the second reading of the Bathurst Sale Yards Bill are taken from Hansard:—…

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Wool—Its Washing and Scouring

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 2

Every day we note in our perusal of the papers, that wool, from its growth on the sheep's back to its final disposal under the hammer of the auctioneer on the Colonial or London markets, is the one…

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Bathurst free Press "Magna est veritas et prœvalebit." Tuesday, August 6, 1889. Handicapping the Farmers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 2

IF there is any truth in the statement recently made by one of our Sydney contemporaries, the farmers who depend upon the Sydney market for the disposal of their forage produce have…

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Farm & Garden. the Cork Tree

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 5

Since we make our own wines and wine bottles there seems to be no good reason why we should not provide our own corks, of which we are consuming from year to year a greater…

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FARM & GARDEN. Value of the Eucalyptus

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 August 1889 · page 8

The eucalyptus, which grown so Well in California, is likely to prove a most valuable tree. A recent experiment is said to have been made in preserving meat with the leaves…

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Going for Wool and Getting Shorn

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 10

An notion, Ricketson v. Bourchier, was decided in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Friday by the Chief Justice. The plaintiff, (says the Argus) Mr. H. Ricketson, who owns stations in New South…

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