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

Farming & the land, 1897

684 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 23 of 35

The Wheat Market. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 2

The demand in the wheat market at Mark Lane is improving. There has been an advance of sixpence…

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The Wheat Market. Another Advance. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 3

The wheat market again showed an upward tendency. An improving demand is reported at Mark Linc, and prices show an advance of 6d per quarter…

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To-Day's Telegrams. The Wool TraffIc. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 3

The railway returns for the present wool seasons to date show a decrease of 10,000 bales in the quantity of wool carried to Darling Harbour…

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The Glut of Wheat

National Advocate · Friday 10 September 1897 · page 2

The wheat market of N. S. W., and in fact, all over the grain producing world has been in rather a muddle this season, and at one time, at the beginning of the season very…

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The Wheat supply LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 3

"Bradstreet" animates the visible wheat supply at 20,075,000 bushels…

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The Wheat Market. London

National Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

The English Wheat Market is very firm At Mark Lane the price has advanced is per quarter for the week, and foreign wheat 2s per quarter…

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A Wheat Buyer's Commission. Gorman ,V. Matthews

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

In Sydney District Court on Thursday before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four, the cast; of GERMAN v. Mattbews was begun. Mr. Rolin (instructed by…

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Mysterious Cattle Disease. a Travelling Mob Attacked. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 3

A mysterious disease believed to be redwater has broken oat in a mob of cattle travelling from Springsure to Balamba, Queensland. Many of the cattle died…

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Thin Sowing of Wheat. (To the Editor of the Molong Express.)

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 6

SIR,—I am very pleased to see that at least one reader of the EXPRESS has gone carefully through my account of the Agricultural Conference held at the Hawkesbury Collegue…

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Farm and Station. From All Sources. Will Cows Eat Treacle

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 11

Yes, they will. In Germany it is coming into prominence as cattle food. Cows particularly devour their sweetened provender with great relish. Treacle as a food is…

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The Coming Wheat Crop

National Advocate · Monday 13 September 1897 · page 2

An estimate has already been published in Sydney of the wheat yield for the 1897-8 harvest. The figures available allow a happy degree of optimism. It…

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The Sheep and the Goats

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1897 · page 2

The vindictive proposal of Sir George Turner that the session of the Federal Convention in Sydney should be wholly devoted to business and the proceedings…

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Manitoba Wheat

The Bathurst Post · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 4

DR. N. A. COBB, the pathologist to the Department of Agriculture, has furnished a brief report to the Minister, Mr. Sydney Smith, in regard to…

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Wool. Australia Wins

The Bathurst Post · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

At one time pastoral progress in gentina was extremely rapid, so mule so that fears were experienced that ii its own particular line of production…

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Classification of Sheep at Shows

The Bathurst Post · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

HEREUNDER we give particulars, furnished by Mr. Bruce, Chief Inspector of Stock, providing for the due classification of sheep at shows. First is a…

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The First Bag of Australian Wool

The Bathurst Post · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 5

A lady friend of ours, knowing the interest our readers take in wool and our other colonial productions, found amongst some of her treasured…

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Bradford Wool Market. London, Aug. 17

The Bathurst Post · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 8

Owing to the scarcity of wool offering, prices in the Bradford market rose 1/2d per 1b. to-day…

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BATHURST Daily free Press. "Magus [?] at prosvalebit." Wednesday, September 15, 1897. Our Wheat Supplies

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

THE statistics which have recently been published concerning the land brought under cultivation—the official statistics, certainly, but which may be taken as fairly…

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Eating Down of Crop

The Bathurst Post · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 4

IN good seasons when the crops come along fast they may be eaten by sheep with great advantage. The eating strengthens the roots, and causes the…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 2

There was a good supply at Redfern yesterday. Prime samples of chaff realised ,5s per cwt, while inferior truss lucerne went as low as 1s 3d. Oaten hay was quitted at 4s…

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