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

Farming & the land, 1897

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The Farmers' Sydney Agency

Molong Argus · Friday 13 August 1897 · page 2

THE above agency which was recently started in Sydney by Mr. George A. West, an erstwhile resident of Cumnock, and George Seward Prentice,…

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Farmers' Conference

Molong Argus · Friday 13 August 1897 · page 5

We notice that at the Annual Conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, to be held at Wagga on tbe 2Oth instant, the following agenda…

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American Wheat Supply. Enormous Shipments. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 3

A telegram from New York reports that enormous quantities of wheat are being forwarded to the London market. The demand for carriage, in Consequence, in so great that…

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Farmer and Grazier

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 10

[Under this heading we shall be glad to publish contributions having reference to agricultural and pastoral matters. Farmers and graziers in the Molong district are, therefore, requested to forward…

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How Farms Are Lost and Won

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 10

Anybody can farm, as anybody can follow most any other trade or profession: but this does not mean that anyone can farm successfully. Under present conditions good business…

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Dr. Ross in Parliament. Questions. Experimental Farms

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 8

DR. Ross asked the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture,—Will he see that steps are taken on the Government experimental farms to grow barley, with the view of…

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Pedigree of Stock: Government Farms

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 8

Dr. Ross asked the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture,—(1.) What was the number of head of cattle in the colony when the last stock returns were made? (2.) Is it a…

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Dairy Instruction for Women

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 4

MR. SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, in consequence of repeated applications from young women, daughters of farmers more particularly, is thinking of establishing a…

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The Farmers' Sydney Agency

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 11

ON Saturday last we received a letter from Mr. Geo. West, notifying as that "The Farmers' Sydney Agency" had become defunct, and alleging that he hud been cleverly…

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Advice to Farmers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 5

IT is an old axiom that "out of evil good may come," and although times are hard for our farmers, it must be remembered that the financial depression has affected every indus…

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A Commercial State Farm. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture proposes to establish a Commercial farm where the production raised at the Experimental Farms can bo treated on commercial lines…

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NOTES Off Travel. the Sheep Farm. [Continued]

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 August 1897 · page 2

The time of our arrival, however, as already intimated, was winter, about like a cool June in England, and a little more briskness than here described was observable. After a hasty…

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The London Wool market Closed Better

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 August 1897 · page 4

The movements in price of products in the London market lately have not been uniform. The close of the wool sales at the top figures of the…

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Farming combined with Grazing

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 August 1897 · page 4

Many of our farmers lay themselves out for the one thing, viz. tilling of the soil. This is all very well, and while prices remain good, answers…

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The Cattle Market

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 3

At the Homebush sales on Monday there was a large attendance of buyers. CATTLE.—1049 head were yarded. There was a good proportion of prime bullocks,…

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The Wheat Market

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 3

A good deal of interest attaches to the wheat markets of Europe and America at the present time Gables were received last week to the effect that the American harvest…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Burraga

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 2

At the Burraga Police Court,. before Messrs. T. A. Smith, P.M., and T. P. Hackney, J. P., Josiah Thomas Horatio Young was charged with stealing one sheep, the…

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A Farmer Killed. WAGGA, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 3

A fanner named Thos. Lindfell, aged 60, left his home for Wagga on Monday and arrived at his son's place, but the horse returned riderless. A search…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 3

A, moderate supply was brought forward at Radium yesterday. The manifest showed 46 trucks to arrive. The following lots were offered:—…

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An American Wheat Bounty

National Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1897 · page 2

London "Spectator" gives prominence to a paragraph conveying news which that papers asserts, threatens to stamp out the few British agriculturists who…

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