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

Farming & the land, 1904

1,124 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 57

The Crops and Reason

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 2

Immense damage to hay and grain has been done by the late heavy rains in Victoria. MOLONG, Friday.--A variety of wheat…

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Pasture and Farm. the Capture of Free Nitrogen

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 3

Mr. Bay Stannard Baker, in the November number of "Harper's Monthly," has a story of the successful efforts of Professor Nobbe, and eminent…

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Latest Cablegrams. The Wool Sales. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 3

London wool sales opened at brisk prices. Figures advanced to 15 per cent. upon closing rates of last aeries…

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Wheat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 11

Good milling wheat is soiling readily in Sydney at 3s, and one or two parcels have changed hands at 3s 1d. The market both here and abroad is solid…

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London Wool Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 11

Cables received yesterday report that the opening prices at the London wool sales showed a rise of 15 per cent, on the closing rates of last series…

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Wool Sales. London

Leader · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

Tbe wool sales opened to a large attendance. The selection was principally greasies. Merino and crossbreds advanced 7½ and coarse ten to…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

National Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

Messrs Harrison Jones and Devlin Ltd. report as follows:— At auction on Monday we submitted an attractive catalogue of 4025 bales…

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N. S. W. Sheep-Breedors’ Association

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

The schedule of the great annual show of this famous Association, which the pastoralists of the West have done so much to place upon a sound…

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Sheep for Poor Country. A Breeder's Interesting Experience

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 5

Some practical notes on this subject are. contributed by Mr. John Roberts, near Dunedin, in New Zealand:—"My object," says Mr. Roberts, in…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 3

The January Wool Sales opened to-day the bidding being brisk. Compared with the closing rates for last aeries prices ruled from par ts a 15 per…

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Sheep for Poor Country. A Breeder’s Interesting Experience

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 3

Some practical notes on this subject are contributed by Mr. John Roberts, near Dunedin, in New Zealand :— “My object,” says Mr. Roberts, in…

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Outside District News. Pastoral, Mining, Agricultural and Various Matters. A Dubbo Superfluous Baby

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

Last week the police discovered the remains of a newly bum child which had been buried in the back yard of an hotel at West Dubbo. A man of…

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Leaderettes. Big Sheep Sales

Leader · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

J S Leeds and Co report having sold during the week, account A B Triggs, Wollogorang, 6000 mixed weaners; Bowen Brothers, Bowen…

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High Class Sheep Dogs

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

Sheep owners desirous of obtaining really good sheep dogs have now an opportunity of becoming the possessors of the best breeds known. Pups from Biddy, Ne[?], Hindhope…

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The Wheat Harvest

Molong Argus · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 16

THE incoming of the latest of the wheat crops is being watched with very keen interest by farmers. There is an impression abroad that the…

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The Price of Wheat

Molong Argus · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 15

THE Minister for Agriculture has had something to say regarding the price of wheat. He thinks the farmer should act with caution, and…

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Interesting Case. Packing Sheep in a Cart

Molong Argus · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 14

A CASE of interest to those engaged in travelling sheep was beard at the Ashfield Court on Thursday last, when Sub-Inspector Broderick proceeded against a…

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A Terrible Mistake. Mistook Sheep Dip for Sulphur

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

GILGANDRA, Tuesday.--A terrible mistake, resulting in the death of a child, aged two years and a half, was made last night. Mr. George Collison had mixed some honey and sulphur in a saucer to give to…

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Carcoar Pastures Protection Board. Travelling Sheep. Alarming Spread of Rabbits. Carcoar

National Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

At a meeting of the Pastures Protection Board yesterday the board decided in answer to a question from the Inspector that the travelling (T)…

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For Stimulating Growth of Leguminous Crops

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 1

Recent discoveries by scientists of a successful method of propagating nitrogen breathing bacteria in innumerable quantities and being able to transfer them…

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