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

Farming & the land, 1906

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N.S.W Wheat Yield Statistician's Estimate Second Best Year on Record Over Twenty Million Bushels Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 2

The estimate of the probable yield of wheat for the present season having been completed, Mr W H Hall, the Acting Government Statistician, has furnished…

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Bathurst Butter Co

Leader · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 4

At a meeting of the Buthuret Co-operative Dairy Co. the manager reported having received for the past month 37,839Ibs of cream, from…

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Extensive Bush Fires. Great Areas Swept. Farmers' Heavy Losses

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

In the Forbes district 300 square miles of country have been swept by fires. The scene at night was appalling, there being fears that the flames might be carried into…

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Butter and Bacon Factory

Leader · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 4

At the batter factory several substantial oh[?]ques have been paid to local suppliers of which particulars will appear in Mr lsaao’s article in our…

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More Sheep Killed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 11

On Sunday night last dogs got among Mr. W. Smith's (Caerleon) sheep slaughtering a number of ewes to the value of £50. Town dogs are blamed for these…

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Improving Seed Wheat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 20

The experience of the principal of one of the American experimental stations is all in favor of impressing upon the farmer the profitableness of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 10

We have received the following wire from the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.:—At our wool sales yesterday a strong market ruled, and the…

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The State's Wheat Yield

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 21

The total wheat yield is officially estimated at 20,500,000 bushels, being the second best on record. After allowing for home consumption, a…

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London Wool Sales. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

Messrs Dalgety und Co have received the following cable, under date January 8, from their London house:—List of arrivals for the first series of sales in the…

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Correspondence. Manitoba Wheat. (To the Editor.)

Leader · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

Sir,—In yours of 8th Mr Harris again attacks the above, though less vigoronaly and with further experiments in different soils in our district…

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"Successful Farming."

Molong Argus · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 15

THAT which points to increase more than anything we have met the success of fanning, and to allow the crops to mature, is the most wonderful discovery lately…

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The Mudgee Labour Farm. Proposal to Be Carried Out

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 3

The Government intends to carry out its proposal to establish a farm for the unemployed at Mudgee. The Minister for Works stated yesterday that the bill…

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Experiments in Wheat. Some Interesting Results

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 5

OUR Gregra correspondent writes:—Some little time ago Mr E J Allen of this received from the Department of Agriculture some five different varieties of wheat for the…

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Farm and Field. Canada and Australia

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 13

An Australian who has settled down to California having noticed the comparisons made between Australia and Canada, has given his experience to the…

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Magnificent Wheat Crop

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

A remarkable crop of wheat has been harvested by Mr. W. S. Norman from land situated at Doctor's Point, in the Albury district. The area is 22…

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The Wheat Market

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

The general manager of the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Society. expresses the opinion that farmers will do well by holding their wheat for a…

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Correspondence. Manitoba Wheat. To the Editor

Leader · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

Sir,—In your issue of 11th instant Mr Rossel further advocates the adoption of the above wheat by the farmers of our district, and ventures a…

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Motor Farming Gains Ground

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 3

Farming is rapidly entering upon a new era; it has in fact, entered it. The motor plough, harrow, cultivator, etc., are an existing fact, and a motor farm waggon has…

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The Wool Traffic

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

The wool traffic through the Bathurst goods sheds daring the past twelve months was not so great as that during the preceding year, there being a decrease of 463…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

An effort is being made to revive interest in Bathurst in the Farmers and Settlers' Association and form a branch of this institution in the Gilgandra branch of…

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