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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 7 of 35

Wheat of culture

Molong Argus · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 5

SOME interesting experiments in sowing wheat have bam made this season at the Wagga Experimental Farm. Mr. Valder find that if each grain is carefully planted 4lb, of seed…

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London Wool Sales. London

National Advocate · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 2

At the wool sales Messrs. Balme and Co. and Buxton, Ronald, and Co. offered a catalogue aggregating 13,744 bales, and comprising a good selection of wools…

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The Dairy Expert. Sydney, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 2

The new dairy expert, Mr. O'Callaghan, is a passenger by the P. and O. Parramatta. It is expected that he will come right through by the boat…

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Dairying in The Colonies. LONDON, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 3

Mr. Samuel Lowe, the representative of Messrs. W. Weddell and Co., produce salesmen, read a paper before the Royal Colonial Institute last night on…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 2

A very small supply was forward for suction at Redfern yesterday morning. There was no really prime chaff available, that offered being of medium quality, and…

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The Cattle Trade in West Australia

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 2

It is an open question (says the Northern Times) whether it would not be better for us to ship our own cattle in Western Australia rather than continue to export to the East…

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Breed of Sheep for Early Lambs

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 2

The following notes are given in the Melbourne Leader with an illustration of a Hampshire Down ram, bred by Mr. Alfred de Mornay, Wallingford, England. The…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 2

A much heavier supply of produce was forward at Redfern yesterday, and as a result the demand was less hardened than on the previous day, Prime samples of chaff met with a firm inquiry but…

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Early Maturity of English Cattle

The Bathurst Post · Monday 15 March 1897 · page 2

THERE could be no better illustration of the widely differing modes in which live sto[?] husbandry is practised in Australia and [?] England than a study of the results of [?]…

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A Trip to the Model Farm

The Bathurst Post · Monday 15 March 1897 · page 2

FOR the first time since the rough, wild, and mineral hills about Poor Man's Hollow have been converted into a farm, we the other day took a trip…

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The United States Tariff. the Duties Ok Wool. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 March 1897 · page 3

The Committee of Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives recommends Congress to restore the McKinley wool tariff immediately, without waiting…

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The Wool Sales. London, Monday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 2

Only best Catalogues were offered at the wool gales to-day. The prices are equal to the highest of the series…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3

Prices at the London wool sales are unchanged. A large number of lots were offered at the last sales, and buyers generally are…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 2

Only about a dozen trucks of forge were forward for action at Redfern yesterday including one truck of lucerne, the remainder being all chaff. Fairly…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 3

At the wool sales this evening business was firm, but prices were unchanged…

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Diseased Cattle in the Yards. (To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 3

Sir,—I notice in your issue of the 16th a letter from the pen of Mr, J. J. Sullivan in which there are one or two statements which I cannot 1st pass, though no one is more…

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Sydney Wool Sales

National Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 2

Under date March 18th 1807, tho Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report: Catalogues of moderate extent were submitted this week. The selection of wools was…

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London Wool Sales. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 3

The London wool sales continue with a good attendance of buyers. Sales are brisk, and prices remain firm…

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London Wool Sales. London, Thursday night

National Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 2

The wool sales continue with, good attendance of buyers. Sales are brisk and prices firm…

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To-Day's Telegrams. A New Sheep Foe. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 22 March 1897 · page 3

Weasels are fatally attacking sheep in the Auckland (N.Z.) district…

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