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

Farming & the land, 1896

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Good for Our Butter. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 2

The London Board of Agriculture has, since September, analysed 291 samples of imported butter. Seventy-nine Dutch, German, and Danish…

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A Commission From the Cape to Inquire Into Australian Farming. Sydney, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 3

A commission, consisting of Messrs. Halse and Visor. appointed by tho Cape Government, have arrived in Sydney. After visiting tho agricultural districts…

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The London Wool Market

National Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 2

Messrs. Balme and Co.'s wool circular states that there is a fair prospect of wool values being maintained, In their circular Messrs. Buxton, Ronald, and Co…

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Farmers League Formed. BELLINGER

National Advocate · Monday 6 January 1896 · page 2

A farmers league has bean formed here. Fifty members have joined…

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The Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 3

Yesterday's wool sales showed a decline of about a farthing on the closing rates of last year…

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That Double Wheat Crop

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 2

Referring to the subject recently brought under the notice of readers of the Free Press, Mr. John Dobbie, of Hilton Park, Rydal writes as follows to the…

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The Wheat Supply

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 3

Another shipmeat of 3500 tons of wheat left San Francisco for Sydney in 31st December…

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Melbourne Wheat Market. MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 3

The wheat market is firmer. The price for wheat per bushel has farther hardened to 4s 8d, with a fair business at this figure. Flour has advanced by…

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Wheat-growing on Bathurst Plains 40 Years Ago

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 2

Mr. John Dobbie, of Hilten Park, Rydal, writing to the Herald on the above subject, says :—In the Herald of the 2nd instant you publish a letter from…

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The Plenary Council. a Pastoral Letter

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 2

A pastoral letter has been issued by the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops who attended the recent Plenary Council held in Sydney. The letter is addressed…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Sailing Brokers Association report that sales rosumed at the Wool Exchange Macquarie Place on Monday 6th inst and continued on the…

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Cattle Die from Anthrax. SYDNEY, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 3

A number of cattle died on the Murray Flats, Albury districts, it was supposed from eating a poisonous plant. It is now discovered they succumbed from…

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The Wool Sales. an Improvement

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 3

Yesterday's wool sales showed a decided improvement in prices which were occasionally better than obtained at the close of last year…

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A Wool Scouring Case. SYDNEY, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 3

A wool scourer, Jules Ernest Joubert, was arrested by the Sheriff for infringing an Equity Court injunction, He appeared before Mr. Justice Cohen to-day…

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BATHURST Daily Free Press " Magna est veritas et prevalebit." Saturday, January 11. 1896. Improved Farming

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 2

During his visit to Dapto to open the local Agricultural Show, the Minister for Mines and Agriculture offered to the farmers who bad gathered to bear him a…

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The London Wool Market. a Sudden Rise. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 13 January 1896 · page 2

Twelve hundred bales of wool have been sold privately in London at ½d advance on the December closing rates…

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Bathurst Model Farm. Visit of Officers of the Department

National Advocate · Monday 13 January 1896 · page 3

On Saturday Hon. Sydney Smith, in company with several officers of the Department of Mines and Agriculture, was in Bathurst for the purpose of…

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The Model Farm. Visit of Inspection

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 13 January 1896 · page 2

On Saturday morning last a number of the scientific staff, with Hon. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, paid a visit of inspection to the…

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The London Wool Sales

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 2

The prospect for the next aeries of London wool sales are good. Twelve hundred bales have been sold privately at an advance of ¼d upon the December…

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The Wool Sales. Improved Prices

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 3

At yesterday's wool sales competition was keen for all descriptions of greasy, and showed a strong upward tendency. Scoured brought one farthing to a halfpenny above the closing…

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