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

Farming & the land, 1900

1,273 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 64

Alleged Cattle Stealing

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

The list of cases set down for trial at the approaching criminal court has been added to by the committal at Gulgong of a…

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Weather, Stock and Crops

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

Locally the weather remains hot and dry. A little "mountain mist" was experienced on Sunday night, but there has been no rainfall since last week's thunderstorm. The brown…

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Belling Bags As Wheat

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 6

A matter that is at present; being keenly diiodswd by her grown in this colony is the practice of weighing in the begaas wheat. So long as wheat was A good price and bags…

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Oat Crop

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 6

Avery fine crop of 'oats is reported from Victoria. It measured 4ft 7in in height, and the heads are heavy and full. This sample which was cut from a 25 acre paddock, was…

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Farmers' Column

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 6

[We shall be pleased to receive contributions to this column from any farmers or settlers in the district…

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The Crops

Leader · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 2

Most of the farmers arc busy cutting their wheat, which, owing to the late blighting winds, will not yield nearly as good an avcrago as was anticipated. Smut has also…

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Wheat

Molong Argus · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2
Also in Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative

MR. H. R. CARTER, Wheat Broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows, January 2: —The Sydney market remains unchanged at 2s 6d for good quality milling wheat, and…

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The Cattle Market

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 11

Fat cattle will command big figures are the winter is upon us. Looking at local and Homebush sales recently, and cattle of good…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 19

We hear that some few months ago a Botobolar grazier had 12 head of cattle shot and skinned. A reward of £50 was offered, but no…

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Australian Wool Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 19

The chairman of Goldsborough, Mort and Co. announces that this year 640,000 bales of wool have been auctioned in the Australian…

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Cattle Poisoned by Cyanide. Parkes

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

Cattle are still dying under suspicions circumstances, pointing to poison by cyanide. It would appear that there is no law to compel the enclosing of poisonous…

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Fire in a Wheat Paddock. Blayney

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

A fire broke out yesterday in the wheat paddock of the homestead belonging to Mr. J. Patrick. By the exertion of the hands the fire was extinguished, after…

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Weather, Stock, and Crops

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 5

There was an agreeable change in the weather last night. During the week previous it was very hot, close, and trying, but yesterday afternoon a change came up from the south-west, and…

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Sheep Brands

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 4

A 'Gazette' supplement of December 28, 1899, contains a list of sheep brands and marks which have been recorded by the Inspectors of Sheep for the several Sheep Districts mentioned,…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London

National Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3

The January wool sales begin at Antwerp on the 9th and 10th inst. 5000 bales are catalogued bat only 20 bales of Australian wool appear at present…

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A Big Wool Shipment. Largest of the Season

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

By the German-Australian liner Varzin, which left sydney yesterday morning for Antwerp and Hamborg, was dispatched one of the largest wool cargoes over Bent away…

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The Price of Wheat. (To the Editor of the Molong Express)

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 9

SIR,—By your issue of the 23rd December last I notice that there was a meeting of farmers and others held in Molong to consider the price of wheat and the bag question…

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Farmers and Settlers

Leader · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 6

We again remind our farmer friends that the half-yearly meeting of the above Association takes places next Monday afternoon, 8th instant, in the Australian Hall. A…

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Farmers' Column

Leader · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 7

[We shall bi pleased to receive to this column from any farmers or set. User in the district…

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