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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 25 of 64

Farm Notes. [By COCKIE.]

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 3

The fall in the price of wool is bad news for colonial sheepowners, and it affects nearly every farmer in the district. It is only another illustration…

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Wheat Growing

Leader · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

In South Australia last year 40,000 acres of wheat were sown in the colony with fertilizers, and this year the area will be much larger…

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Wheat Market

Leader · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 3

Mr H E. Carter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows, May 16: The market for prime wheat has remained practically unchanged since last weak. The…

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Latest Cablegrams. London Wool Sales. a Stronger Market. Prices Harder. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 3

At to-day's wool sales there was a stronger market and prices were slightly harder, showing a revived demand,…

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Farmers Column

Leader · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

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

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The Farm House

Leader · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

No where is there a possibility of greater variety in homo cookery, without great expense, than on the farm. But for this purpose farm products should be studied…

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Dubbo Pastoral Intelligence. Dubbo

National Advocate · Monday 21 May 1900 · page 3

Stock passings: 30 fat cattle from Collie to Dubbo, Mealey, owner, in charge; 600 mixed sheep to the Bogan, M'Dicking, owner, in charge; 90…

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The London Wool Market. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 3

Dalgety and Co., to-day received a cable from their London House, stating that the wool sales continued very firm, with an occasional improvement on opening prices…

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Wheat King

Leader · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 2

The wheat king of the world resides in Argentina. He is an Italian emigrant, named Guazone, and his broad acres are situated in the south of the province of Buenos…

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Farmers’ Column

Leader · Wednesday 23 May 1900 · page 2

[We shall be pleated to receive contributions to this column from any farmers or set[?]s in the district…

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London Wool Sales. London

National Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1900 · page 3

The following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips:—Robinson, 8¾d; Kaputone, 11[?]d; Koolomurt, 12½d; Penola, 16d; Shaw Maxwelton, 19d…

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Wool

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 9

Local auction sales have been postponed undefinitely, owing to the collapse in the London market, but a number of private transactions are…

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Alleged Sheep-Stealing

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 18

At the Stuart Town Police Court the other day a man named James Thompson was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Sheep District Boundaries

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 13

A meeting of Sheep Directors was held on Tuesday. The most important business was the proposed alteration of the…

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Seed Wheat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 18

A large urea will be put under wheat this year. Some of the very primest wheat in the colony is grown around Gulgong, and…

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The Wool Market

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 18

Cables received this week bring more reassuring news as to the state of the London wool market. Prices are slightly higher, and the…

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Manitoba Wheat. Its Value in New South Wales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 11

Those who attended a lecture delivered in the Mudgee Town Hall, nearly three years ago, by the Rev. J. S. Larkie, commissioner…

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Commercial Inteligence. Sydney Wool and Produce Reports. SYDNEY, Wednesday Evening

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows for week ending May 24:— WOOL…

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Weather, Stock, and Crops

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 4

There has been a copious and general rainfall during the week. Commencing on Monday, the rain has been pretty steady and soaking right up to date. Inasmuch as there was little trace of…

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Process Butter

Leader · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 7

“It is not alone oleomargarine, but also process butter, our farmere will have to hight in the markets,” remarked professor Show at the Oregon. Dairy Farmers…

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