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

Farming & the land, 1893

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Thursday. Important to Woolgrowers. WOOL FOIl CANADA

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 13 October 1893 · page 3

The Finance Committee of the Canadian House of Commons has recommended the exemption of wool from payment of import daties…

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Shipment of Wool

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 3

The ships Cintra, Derwent, and General Gordon and the barque Palawan all sail to-day for London with wool. They take in all 20,630 bales of wool…

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A Wool Store Burned. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 3

A tremendous conflagration occurred at Botany this afternoon, when Walsh's wool store, the contents of which were insured for £400, was burnt almost to the ground,…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Saturday. The Wool Sales. Sellebs and Buyers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 3

The wool sales have been postponed owing to the dispute which has arisen between the buyers and the sellers as to the terms of payment…

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Are Farmers Fools?

National Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 4

Under this heading Orange Leader published a paragraph sometime back which is, of course, going the rounds of the foreign-trade press, mainly for the reason…

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For the Dairykeeper

National Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 3

For us in the west, by far the most Important event of the week under this heading is the starting at Perth of a butter factory by Messrs. Tremain Bros. Had we space, half…

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Sheep. the Border Leicester

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 1

The great improvement in Leicester sheep is largely due to the development of turnip husbandry. This was introduced to Berwickshire, 1775-1780. The other great factor was the…

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Sheep Shearing. the "Abgentina" Patent

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 8

Recently we have noticed several references to Messrs. Ward and Payne's patent sheep shearing machine, better known as the "Argentina," and…

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Cattle. Fear of Exhaustion in the United States

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 3

In a review of the cattle trade in the United States, contributed to the National [?] the writer says:—"I am of the opinion that we are rapidly approaching a…

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[?]N Wool Sales.—the the New Series

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 3

An adjourned meeting was held in London on Wednesday of the committee appointed by the wool merchants and brokers to decide with reference to…

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

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 2

Cattle and sheep markets are without material alteration. Wethers brought yesterday from 5s to 10s 7d, and bullocks £3 11s to £6 11s, best beef realising 13s…

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The Wool Trade Dispute

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 6

DALGETY AND COMPANy, Limited, Sydney, write as follows under date 17th October:—Owing to the difficulty between selling brok[?]s…

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Farming Scraps

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 10

THE bulk of the maize crops should be planted this month, so as to avoid the attack of the blight which is less violent in the early part of the season…

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The Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 2

The wool sales were resumed yesterday, but the attendance of buyers did not justify the offering of important lines, pending the settlement of the dispute…

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To -Day's Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Cattle Market

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 2

Sheep—16,138 were penned yesterday and the market was considerably improved. Wethers brought from'58 8d to 9s tod, ewes 5s nd to 8s 8d…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 3

Potatoes met with an animated inquiry at the Redfern railway market yesterday, several lots of redskins finding buyers at 7s per owt. Sales were effected in whiteskins at £6 per ton…

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Open Column. We do not identify othemselves with the opinions of our correspondent .Bathurst Farming. Causes and Besults of Depression. (To the Editor of the Bathunt Daily Free Prss.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 2

Sir,—Bathurst has for many years been suffering from a depression which it has tried in vain to shake oft, and notwithstanding several good seasons is steadily retrograding, and will…

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The Season for Wool, Wine, and Produce at Albury Is Most Promising. Sydney, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 2

Reports from all the Albury districts and stations indicate a splendid wool clip. The wool is of luxuriant growth and unbroken in fibre. The wheat crops…

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A Victim of Baby-Farming

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 3

A post-mortem examination was made Melbourne Monday, on the body of the infant named Toole, who was found in a terribly neglected condition at…

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A Wool Train on Fire. 130 Bales Wool Destroyed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 26 October 1893 · page 2

A wire from Nyngan says :—A fire occured on Tuesday on the mail train running from Cobar to Nyngan. The train which included three trucks of wool,…

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