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

Farming & the land, 1901

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Short Story. the Stranger at the Pear-tree Farm. (Continued.)

Millthorpe Post · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 8

“A proper sort of man,” was Mrs. [?]allantine’s mental commeat upon the tall, [?]pstanding form, and clear—our, smooth-shaven face, with its b[?]dly [?]oing eyes; and…

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Boer Cattle Raiders. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 3

The Boers have conducted cattle raids close to Pretoria…

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Cattle Straying

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

Before Messrs. J. B. Dulhunty and G. H. MacDougal, Js.P., at the Bathurst Police Court yesterday, on the information of the Inspector of…

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Capture of Horses and Cattle. Irish Rifles Successful. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

A small body of about sixty Irish Rifles surprised a Boer laager at Kopjeallen, near Ventersburg Road, and succeeded in capturing three…

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Farmers' Horses Sold. Africander Mission Denounced

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

The British are strongly garrisoned at Graaf Reinet and Bethesda, where the farmers are bringing their horses to the British camp for sale…

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Blayney Butter Factory

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 3

The farmers are now taking up the dairying industry with great zest. The returns show that it pays well. In the month of December £600 was paid away for milk and…

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Mammy Wheat

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 7

A foreign contemporary states that the so-called mummy wheat, which on being sown germinates, is now known to have been fraudulently represented as taken from…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 7

Sales have been resumed during the past week, after, the Christmas holidays, and have progressed favorably. Under brisk competition from all sections of the trade values…

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“In This Wheat By and By.”

Leader · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 7

As agricultural bulletins issued officially are too commonly disregarded by the majority of farmers, the Provincial Government of Manitoba recently devised a fresh…

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London Wool Sales. a Good Advance. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 3

The London wool sales have opened briskly. Merinos advanced from 5 to 7½ per cent, on the closing rates of last year…

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Sheep Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 18

A recent paragraph, referring to the sale of Mr. James Niven's sheep, was in error. The sheep were sold by Mr. J.R. Alston, representative of…

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Wool Figures

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 12

Messrs. J.C. Young and Co. obtained some very big prices at the sale on Tuesday. MM/B from New England sold up to 10½d for 20 bales…

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London Wool Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 12

The first series of London wool sales opened on Tuesday, and prices showed a rise of 5 to 7½ per cent for merinos, and up to 10 per cent for…

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The Trefoil Wool

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 18

Mr. Chas. Wilson's Trefoil clip was sold last week by Messrs J.C. Young and Co. Fourteen bales of fleece fetched 73/4d and the pieces 5½d. The…

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English Wool Market. a Good Rise in Prices. London, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 3

The wool sales opened with a brisk demand for merinos, which advanced from 5 to 7½ per cent. LONDON, Wednesday…

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The Producers' Column. Notes on a Visit to the Bathurst Farm. A Failure in Irrigation

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 10

A recent visit to Bathurst being made in the midst of the holidays, Mr. Dunnicliffe, the manager of the Government farms, was away from…

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The Quince Crop

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 18

The quince crop this season is one of the heaviest the district has seen for several years. This is, no doubt, Iargely due to the fact that last year…

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Farm Sold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 12

Mr. John Pye, of Burrundulla, has sold the unexpired term of his lease and all the stock and plant on his farm to Mr. Charles Mogg, a son of Mr…

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German Farmers. Joining the Cape Guard. London

National Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 3

One hundred and twenty German farmers have joined the Cape Suburban Guard…

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Boer Cattle Captured. ?

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 3

Colonel Umphelby's Victorians have captured a large number of excellent cattle from the Boers who have lately been raiding in the vicinity of Rustenberg…

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