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

Farming & the land, 1899

1,508 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 76

A Big Wheat Yield

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 2

A 100 acre paddock on Mr. H. C. Rogers' Killaloolah Estate, near Obley averaged 45 bushels of wheat to the acre, although some late sown wheat only…

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Those Farmers' Trucks

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 2

Even in face of the notice, which has all the effect of the announcement of a new tax on the farmers of the colony, there is a desire that the Railway…

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Western Farmers' Co-operative Co. to the Editor

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a small space in your valuable paper to make enquiries re the Western Farmers' Co-operative Company. Do they…

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South Australian Wheat. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 3

The South Australian parcel of wheat for January has been placed at 27s 9d per quarter…

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Affairs in Canada. Farmers Demand Freetrade. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 3

Farmers to the number of 1700 in the Canadian province of Quebec protested to the Premier against excessive taxation in the Dominion…

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A Visit to Government Farms. Bathurst and Hawkesbury College

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Worboys, one of the members of the Board for Exports, recently paid be official visit to the local Model Farm and the Hawkesbury College. Writing to the Daily…

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The Wheat Market

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 12

When wheat was 2s 9d we predicted a still further fall, and asserted that if farmers wanted to realise early they should take the…

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The Wheat Market. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 3

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,280,000 quarters, or 35,000 quarters more than last week. The quantity…

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Bathurst Fat Stock Market. Following are the local quotations, Thursday, January 5:—CATTLE

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 2

About 70 were yarded. Best pens of bullocks made to £5 14s; others from £3 10s to £5 8s. Cows from £2 17s to £4 19s. Market…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 4
Also in The Gulgong Advertiser

No. 66. Coffee (continued)—Its effects when used as a beverage—Cocoa—Description of Tree—Leaves, Flowers, Fruit—Seeds—Pulp—Chocolate—How Chocolate Cakes…

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Mudgee Dairy Company, Limited. Annual General Meeting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 9

The ninth annual general meeting of shareholders in the above company was held on Friday, the 30th December…

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Weather, Stock, and Crops

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 4

Only three points of rain have been registered in Lithgow during the week, and the weather at present gives no sign of breaking. Many of the district centres have fared much better, as may…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 17

No, 65, Coffee —Description of Tree— leaves —Berries—Species—Opposition to the use of Coffee—In the East—In Europe — Cultivation — Soil — How to Plant—…

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The Missing Butter. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 3

Frank Butler who ia alleged to have absconded from Newcastle has been extradited to Sydney from Honolulu…

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Latest Cablegrams. The Butter Market. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 3

There is a steady trade in the butter market, and colonial lots have hardened to l02s per cwt., while a few choice lots have gone off as 104s per cwt. Danish butter is unchanged…

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Oberon Crops

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

The oat crop is patchy in Oberon district In many places the yield will be 50 percent below the average, while in others a full crop is anticipated. Another heavy frost has…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

The arrivals for the ensuing series of London colonial wool Rules are 242,582 bales, of which 73,000 have been forwarded direct to manufacturers…

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Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

The delivery of forage at Redfern still continuos on a small scale. Potatoes are still plentiful, with every indication of supplies holding. The market for this product is very…

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Wheat

Molong Argus · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 4

Mr. H. R. Carter, Wheat Broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows, January [?]:— Wheat has had a quiet week locally, there being little encouragement for city millers to buy freely…

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