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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 7 of 57

The Victorian Wheat Standard

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 3

The matter of fixing the standard of a fair average quality of this season's Victorian wheat by the corn trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce is…

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London Wool Sales. London, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 2

At the Wool Hales to-day there was active competition. Croasbreds wore very firm, while Merinos showed a hardening tendency…

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Wool Report

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin report:— We submitted a catalogue of 3208 bales at auction on Wednesday last, comprising a varied selection of…

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Homebush Cattle Sales. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin report, 8000 sheep and lambs yarded. There was a full attendance of buyers. The market opened to strong…

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The Law of Travelling Sheep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 11

Sydney papers briefly report a case heard yesterday which is of great importance to all sheep owners and drovers. The case was an appeal…

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Repayment for Seed Wheat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 11

The Minister for Agriculture his notified that in eases where farmers who obtained seed wheat from the Department failed to get n payable…

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Arrivals of Grain and Wool

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

The grain continues to arrive at Darling Island in large quantities The railway traffic has been worked with satisfactory results, duo to a…

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London Wool Sales. London, Tuesday Afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

At the Wool Sales to-day merinos remained firm inferior crossbreds being occasionally cheaper…

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Outside District News. Pastoral, Mining, Agricultural and Various Matters. An Exemplary Penalty

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 14

At the Stuart Town Police Court last week. Albeit Inwood, Peter Lynch, and Arthur JOurney were each fined £5 and costs for cruelty to a…

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Blindness in Sheep

Molong Argus · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 8

MR. W. G. DOWLING, Inspector of Stook at Forbes, supplies the following effective and cheap veterinary recipes as a cure for blindness in sheep:—…

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High Class Sheep Does

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 4

Sheep owners desirous of obtaining really good sheep dogs bare now an opportunity of becoming the possessors of the best breeds known. Pups from Biddy, Ness, Hindhope…

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Seed Wheat Payments

Molong Argus · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 8

MR. KIDD'S refusal to grant a general extension of re-payment for seed wheat aud fodder, is causing a good deal of adverse comment. It is generally…

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The Wheat Market

Molong Argus · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 8

THE Sydney wheat market was quiet on Wednesday. Shippers were not willing to offer any more than 2s 10d and 2d 10 1/2d, while farmers are holding…

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Wool Sales London

Leader · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

Merino wool was exceedingly firm. Crossbred was keenly competed for, except for coarse and faulty. American can buyers operated freely…

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Wheat for " Home." SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

Big wheat ships are hurriedly completing their loading for the home voyage…

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The Wheat Market. Some Interesting Points

Molong Argus · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 10

FOR some weeks paste the all-absorbing topic in trading circles has been the season's wheat yield, the unprecedented conditions respecting the state…

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The Dairy Industry

Molong Argus · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 13

THE following opinions are advanced in order to secure better assistance from the State in the future interest of dairying now that it is a thoroughly…

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Does Farming Pay?

Molong Argus · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

AN interesting series is running in the Daily Telegraph under the above heading. The writer dubs the single-crop farmer as a gambler with the…

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The Crops and Season

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 4

MOLONG, Tuesday,.--The harvest is completed in Cumnock district. The crop was a record one. A farmer realised 3000 bags off 600 acres, and several others harvested…

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A Barbarous Method of Handling Cattle

Leader · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 6

There are quite a number of places where bullocks are “loaded” und “unloaded” in the manner of the sketch. That the system is cruel who will doubt, but what is…

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