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

Farming & the land, 1899

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Butter Factory V. Servant Girls

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 5

FOR a couple or three years past, there has been in Sydney a great cry out about the difficulty experienced in obtaining good general servants; and recently the wail of the woeful…

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London Wool Mules. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

At the London—Colonial wool sales to-day there was a brisk demand and prices had a hardening tendency…

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London Wool Salts. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

The wool Bales are preceeding briskly, with a hardening tendency…

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The Dairy. the Value of Stripping

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 8

AN experiment reported by Herr Buersten-binder shows the influence of the process of milking upon the production of milk. Five cows were milked for a fortnight by a…

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Nyngan Farmers and Settlers

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Nyngan branch of the Farmer and Settlers' Association was held on Tuesday, when the following officers were elected for the year:-…

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Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 1

Wheat.—Advices tram South Australia and, Victoria state that wheat is selling in those colonies at 2s 6d to 2a 6½d bushel, and at the importation of 11,000 sacks from…

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Nine Reasons for Supporting a Butter Factory

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 3

The following nine reasons why farmers should support the factory system of dairying will be read with interest by Australian milk growers:-…

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Marts of the World. Wool and Produce Report

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association report as follows for the week ended January 20:-…

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Cattle

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

Forty-eight were yarded. Best pens of bullocks sold to £6; others, from £1 10s to £5 18s. Best pens of cows to £1 6s…

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Cattle

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

About 1830 were yarded, there being a large proportion of Queenslanders. in wasted condition. Prime were very scarce, and prices were much better…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 3

A meeting of the Hillston farmers has carried resolutions asking for seed wheat and other concessions from the Government in view of the ravages of the drought…

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Bathurst Fat Stock Report. Monday January 23rd, 1899. SHEEP

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

Three hundred and twenty-sis were penned. Best merino wethers sold to 6s 6d; others, from i. is lOd to 6s. Merino ewee, 4s 8d. Merino lambs, 4s 8d…

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London Wool Sales. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 3

At the London-Colonial wool sales to-day there was a brisk demand for merinos, but prices were unchanged. Crossbreds are advancing in price…

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2nd Edition The World Wool. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 3

The wool sales are brisk. Merinos and crossbreds are advancing…

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BATHURST. Daily Free Press. "Magna [?] Wednesday, January 25, 1899. Assistance to Farmers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 2

In view of the heavy and continuous losses sustained by the farmers in different parts of the colony through the partial or total failure of their crops, consequent upon the…

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Diminutive Cattle

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 22

One of the greatest curiosities among the domesticated animals in Ceylon is a breed of cattle known to the zoologists us the sacred…

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Those Wheat Returns

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 2

WRITING on Saturday from near Mandurama 'An Unfortunate Farmer' says: It was not my intention to have…

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Good Wool Figures

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 13

Mr. J. J. Roberts, J.P., of Waverley Station, Crudine, received a rattling good price for his wool. His account sales show 28…

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The Price of Wheat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 13

There is a fall of 1d in wheat, and to-day's quotation for prime samples is 2s 5d. There is not the slightest sign of a recovery, in fact, a further…

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The Wool Season of 1898-1899

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 3

The cable advices of the progress of the first series of wool sales in London detail the fact of the maintainance of values. From a…

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