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

Farming & the land, 1890

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Australian Wheat

National Advocate · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

5500 quarters of Australian wheat, December-January shipment, has been sold at 36s per quarter…

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Wool Traffic

National Advocate · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

The Darling Harbor wool traffic returns for December are exceptionally heavy…

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Wool Returns

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

During the last half year 336,000 bales of wool were received at Darling Harbour, being an increase of 24,500 bales over the corresponding period of last year…

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Mutton and Butter. Sydney, Friday morning

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

The steamer Victoria, sailing to-morrow takes 7000 carcases frozen mutton and 1200 cases butter for the English market…

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Pastoral Leases

National Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 3

The notice of the intended forfeiture of pastoral leases has produced good results, and the arrears are being largely paid up…

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Farm Small Fruits

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

On a small plot of ground enough fruit can be grown, if proper care is given, to supply a family of ordinary size three times a day the year through. I am aware that…

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FARM & GARDEN. Raisins the Foothills

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

It does not follow that raisin-making will pay here in the foothills on a large scale, an at does in Fresno. There they have perfectly level land. Every bunch of grapes is…

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Rust in Victorian Wheat

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 3

The rust is creating great ravages in the Victorian wheat, meaning a loss of half-a-million sterling…

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Original Correspondence. Blindness in Sheep. (To the Editor of Hie Bathurst Free Press)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 2

Dear Sir,—Having noticed a short paragraph in the Dubbo Dispatch of date 31st Dec, coined from the Bathurst Free Press relative to a disease in cattle, viz.,…

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Wool

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 3

One hundred and thirty thousand bales of wool were despatched to Melbourne last year from Echuca by railway, five-sixths of the amount being the produce of New South…

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Wool Sales

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 3

Harrison, Jones and Delvin, held their weekly side of wool this afternoon, and submitted a catalogue of 5,201 bales. There was a good attendance of buyers, and satisfactory…

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"Mistaking" 1250 Sheep

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

A telegram from Albury, dated Monday, states that an extraordinary case of alleged sheep stealing on a wholesale scale has been investigated by the…

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Australian Butter in London

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 3

The consignment of Australian butter which arrived by R.M.S. Ormuz, has been submitted for sale in the London markets. The best sample commanded £5 10s per cwt., and…

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Mr. Eddy and the Farmers. Wednesday evening

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

Mr. Eddy says that his full intention respecting railway working is to bring the country's produce to the seaboard. He believes the farmers should be able to…

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Exported Butter

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 2

The butter shipped from Sydney by the steamers Liguria and Ormuz has been found equal in quality to the best Normandy and English samples, and realised…

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To-day's Sydney Wool Sales. Thursday Morning

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 2

We offered to-day at, our first sale in the new year the largest catalogue of wool ever submitted in the Sydney market, namely, 8,104 bales. Taking into…

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Rust in Wheat Crops

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

The wheat crops in the Albury district arc sadly affected by rust…

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Wool Sales

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

The wool auctions to-day were notable for the large amount of wool catalogued. Goldsborough, Mort & Co. started this year with a phenomenal catalogue, 8104 bales—the largest…

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The Western Farmers' Association

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

As will be seen, by advertisement, a meeting of the provisional directors has been called for Monday afternoon, at three o'clock p.m., when business of importance will be…

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The Dakota Farmer. an American Picture of Protection

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

When a man deliberately stops into a val of boiling water, it is impossible to help pitying the wretch, although he is a fool, and so it is impossible to restrain a feeling…

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