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

Farming & the land, 1890

552 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 24 of 28

Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 November 1890 · page 3

The wool sales continue well attended, but biddings are slack. The quality of the wool is considerably below last season's clip, and further reductions are…

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Wool

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1890 · page 2

At the wool sales there was a large representative attendance. Speculation is brisk at current prices. One line of superior greasy, from Young, reached rod…

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Sydney Wool Sales. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1890 · page 2

For our opening sale to-day we offered 1860 bales, to a large and representative attendance of buyers. Every disposition was shown to do business at prices recently current, which…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Friday (morning). Cattle Market

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1890 · page 2

At the stock sales, 1700 cattle were yarded. The market is dull, and prices are lower. Best beef sold at 13s 6d per cwt.; prime bullocks brought £7 7s 5d…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 2

MESSRS. HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN report under date of November 3rd, as follows :—Wool.—We hold our opening sale to-day, bringing forward a small but fairly representative…

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The Model Farm

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 2

The resolutions passed at the recent meeting were fores with laid before the Minister for Agriculture, and very little time has been lost in replying. On Friday, the 31st ultimo, His…

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On the Farm. Injurious Food for S.

National Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 2

The health of animals, like that [?] depends in a great measure upon the good they consume. Unfortunately, in many inst [?] the character of the food is overlooked, [?]…

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American Farmers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 3

The Farmers' Alliance claims to have punished the Republican party for denying them free coinage. They threaten to treat the Democrats…

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A Dairy Standard

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 5

What is a good cow? is a question that many owners of cows cannot answer, because there is no standard. Every one has his own, and one person may recommend a…

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Shiftless Tricks for a Farmer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 5

To try to farm without manure To plant more acres than can be taken care of. To work with poor tools, And to sow poor…

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The Barley Crop

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 5

Barloy has been grown hereto fore solely for malting for the gbrowers; and its feeding qualities have been wholly ignored. Yet some years ago thin grain was the common…

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Farm and Garden

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 5

The length of time that should elapse b tween the pruning and repotting of pelargoniums will defend upon the progress made after they have been pruned. They should…

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The Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 November 1890 · page 3

At yesterday's wool sales 10,000 bales were offered. Bidding was languid, and the qualities were again disappointing. Greasy, 7½d to 10d. Scoured reached…

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Sheep

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 2

26,500 sheep were penned; prime are unaltered but others are lower. Best merinos were at 13s 3d, others from 5s 3d…

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Cattle Market

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 2

At the stock sales 1220 cattle were yarded; prices are lower best beef being worth 14s per cwt. Best bullocks sold at £6 10s 5d others from £4 10s 7d…

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Wool

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 14 November 1890 · page 2

At the wool sales competition was fairly active, and good business was done; prime fleeces reached 9[?]d other qualities from 6½d; scoured reached 16¼d…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 November 1890 · page 2

At the Darling [?] railway shed yesterday, there was a small supply of forage forward from the various intermediate stations along the northern, southern and western lines…

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Farm and Garden

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 November 1890 · page 5

Plant out cauliflowers and remember that for this crop the soil cannot be too rich; they will actually grow well, it well rooted. Hoe between those coming forward, but do…

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The Wool Clip

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 17 November 1890 · page 3

Nine hundred bales of wool were obtained from seventy thousand sheep at the Buckinbong station in the Albury district…

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Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas et proevalebit." Monday, November 17, 1890. The Victorian Farmers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 17 November 1890 · page 2

ADDITIONAL evidence is forthcoming every day in support of the fact, which Protectionist orators and writers in this colony with characteristic stubbornness refuse to…

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