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

Farming & the land, 1893

601 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 31

A Grafton Farmer. Goes Visiting and Disappears. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 2

Frank Seagar, a farmer in Grafton district, mysteriously disappeared in Sydney on Friday and has not since been heard of. He was on a visit to his…

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Cattle Straying

National Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before the P.M., Sergeant McDonnell sued Alfred Ashworth for allowing 3 cows to stray in the street. Defendant's father…

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Our Wool in London

National Advocate · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 3

The Union Mortgages and Agency Company of Australia, Limited, are in "receipt of the following cable, dated London, Monday:—"Market firm, Prices…

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Wool

The Bathurst Post · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 3

[?]et value of the past year's wool of 876,761 bales, estimated at 10s per bale, amounts to 990, as against £9,172,120, the…

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On Sheep. 20 Years' Experience of a Successful Breeder

The Bathurst Post · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 4

THE bad times have made us look round to see how the most successful of our sheep men have managed to make such results as they appear to…

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Crossbreeding of Sheep

National Advocate · Monday 17 July 1893 · page 2

According to a communication, received by the Stock Department from Sir Saul Samnel, the Agent-General, the opinions lately expressed by Mr. Bruce,…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Friday. Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 17 July 1893 · page 3

The wool market is firm, with good competition except for best Victorian, which is being freely withdrawn. Prices were again firm to-day. The…

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Here and There. Our Wool in London

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 2

The quantity of wool sold at the cur-rent London sales up to the present is 260,000 bales…

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The Rain It Raineth Every Day. Farmers Pull Long Faces and Wish for Something More Genial. Crops in Places Rotting

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 2

The district farmer is commencing to call out about the rain—he hears it pattering on his roof again before the last lot has had time to flow off his…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 2

The supply of produce at the Redfern railway market this morning was unusually large, over 100 trucks having accumulated since Friday's sale…

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The Wool Market

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 3

Wool is unchanged. At the sales to-day the Salt Greek clip brought 11d per lb, and Macnamara, scoured, 13d per Ib…

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The World's Wool

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 3

The annual wool production of the world is as follows : Europe 792,589,000 pounds, Asia 193,525,000, Africa 131,482,000, America 746,375,000, and…

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Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 2

The fortnightly wool sales have concluded. The demand was brisk and previous rates were well maintained; greasy reached 8[?] scoured 10 3/4d, fleece 13 1/4d…

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A Mudgee Sheep Case

National Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 3

At the District Court, Mudgee, on Monday, before his Honor Judge Docker, several minor cases were disposed of. The most important one was that of…

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How to Shear Sheep

National Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 2

A trial was made on Tuesday at Temora of a new sheep-shearing machine, the invention of Mr. E. Becker, of that place. The exhibition was attended by…

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Tim Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 2

At the London wool sales yesterday the, bidding was spirited. Paratoo clip realised 61/4d per lb…

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Second Edition. Pastoral and Mining. How to Develop Industries Which Are As Yet Infantile. the Prospecting Vote. Mining on Private Property. Assisting Farmers to Export. Opening Up Virgin Country

National Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 2

What the prospecting vote would be to miners, were it properly distributed, concessions covering assistance to export, would be to farm, dairy,…

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New Butter Process

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 25 July 1893 · page 2

Mr. David Wilson, the Victorian dairy expert, has obtained from Sweden an explanation of the method of the new bacteria cream fermentation, by which…

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Our Butter Export

National Advocate · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 2

It is cabled that there exists a belief in London that prices of the coming season's shipment of colonial butter will rule lower than those of last year…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce. Redfern Produce Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 2

A fairly active demand was made for potatoes at the Redfern railway market yesterday morning. The attendance of the trade showed a slight improvement. Lucerne hay was in a…

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