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

Farming & the land, 1896

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Sheep Depastured by Bank on Nanima Run

Molong Argus · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 5

Dr. Ross asked the Secretary for Lands,—Is it a fact that since the late inquiry by the local Land Board, and the forfeiture of the selections (six) on…

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Uides to Growers. a Series of Practical Articles Specially Written for the Information of Australian Farmers, agriculturalists & Fruit Growers. Fruit Exportation

Molong Argus · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 1

From the extended areas that have been placed under fruit cultivation during the past four or five years it may be expected that many of the…

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Baby Farming Horrors. Annie Dyer Hanged

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 3

Annie Dyer, the woman who was convicted of murdering children in connection with he baby-farming operations at Reading, was tanged to-day. The accused admitted…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 3

Chaff at Redfern yesterday sold at up to £5 per ton, no sale above this figure being recorded. Very little produce was forward, and transactions were unimportant…

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Wheat from America

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 June 1896 · page 3

The ship Knight of the Thistle arrived yesterday direct from New York with 1500 torn of wheat…

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Farm Crops: Their Origin, Variety, &c. the Onion

The Bathurst Post · Monday 15 June 1896 · page 5

THE onion is supposed to have originated in India, whence it was introduced into Egypt, where it was treated as an object of worship 2000 years before…

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Notes. [?]Crops

The Bathurst Post · Monday 15 June 1896 · page 8

From a large number of plants that I have experimented with and successfully grown, I would make a choice of the following as suitable and paying ones…

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How to Scientifically Farm One Hundred Acres of Land. [Awarded National District Prize at the Bathurst A., H., and P. Show, 1892.] (Continued.)

The Bathurst Post · Monday 15 June 1896 · page 8

IN the matter of crops, I would ascertain by experiment the particular ones that gave the best returns under my method of culture, and knowing their nature from observation and…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 2

The supply at Redfern yesterday was quite up to the usual amount arriving on a Monday. The late inclement weather no doubt accounted for this. Chaff was, however, well…

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Farmer Nick's Scarecrow

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 1

Out in the corn-field, grouped together, A flock of crows discussed the weather. Observing them, thrifty farmer Nick Declared that the crows were 'gettin' too thick…

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Smallpox in the Islands. Natives Dying Like Rotten Sheep

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 3

There has been an outbreak of smallpox a German New Guinea and New Britain On one of the islands the natives are dying off like rotten sheep, and the disease is…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 3

Only a few tracks were forward at Redfers yesterday, and practically no business took place. The trucks manifested to arrived numbered 25, composed as follows:— 17…

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How to Feed Crops. II

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 18 June 1896 · page 2

In my last article under this heading I dealt with the principal constituent of plants, the one that enables them to digest or make use of the others, namely, water…

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Wheat-growing Maxims

Molong Argus · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 4

SOMEONE has been at the trouble of condensing a great deal of information about wheat growing into a very small compass, and somebody else has set…

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The Wheat Supply

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 3

The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Badstreet's," is 65,200,000 bushels…

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Guides to Growers. a Series of Practical Articles Specially Written for the Information of Australian Farmers, Agriculturalists & Fruit Growers. Canary Seed: Its Cultivation, Etc

Molong Argus · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 1

The Canary grass Assembles in appearance during its early stage of growth the ordinary cereals (wheat and oats), and it is only by persons having…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 3

There was a paucity of supplies at Redfern yesterday, and no important transactions transpired. Chaff was in small supply, and £5 wad obtained for several good lots without…

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To-days Telegrams Sydney, Friday. Model Farms. Managers to Compare Notes

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture hu decided that the managers of the various Experimental Farms thoughout the colony shall meet every three months to compare notes and bring the…

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How to Feed Crops. III

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 2

After nitrogen next in importance comes phosphoric acid. It is nearly as expensive as nitrogen, and unfortunately, cannot ba so easily got. One of our formost…

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Co-operation in Exparimental Farms

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 22 June 1896 · page 3

The following is the minute of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture re co-operation in working experimental farms : — When it was decided to ourablish…

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