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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Train Transit for Farm Produce

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 19

The strikes, the wreck, and the bar harbor troubles of the steamship people, show up once more the disabilities that farmers on the coastal…

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Dry Farming

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 15

We particularly wish to direct the attention of farmers to the description of dry farming methods to be found on our leader page. This is the system now…

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Wool Report

Leader · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

Messrs Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:—“The wool market is quite of a holiday character, and though some transactions are…

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Sale of Stud Sheep SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. to-day held a sale of British breeds of stud sheep. The highest price was brought by a three-year-old Shropshire stud…

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On the Land. Making Fodder at Bathurst Agricultural Farm

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 6

In a recent press interview, Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Agricultural Farm, said that the rainfall in the first three months of this year amounted…

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The Crops. Bowan Park

Leader · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

Bowan Park is not a potato district, and no wonder, for it is fifteen miles from the nearest railway station, but a good deal of maize is grown in the…

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Wool Report

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7

SCHUTE, BELL & Co., report under date, 21st April:—The splendid rains which have fallen daring the Easter holidays have overshadowed all immediate considerations…

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Wool Report

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 12

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO. LTD., report:—The wool market is quite of a holiday character, and though some transactions are being brought about by private treaty, most…

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Cattle Casualties

Leader · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

Out of a mob of 300 head of cattle travelling from Orange to Coonamble 34 died in one day, as the result of eating poisonous weeds…

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Found Drowned Pastoral Coy's Manages Death, Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

Thomas C. Boyd, manager of the Pastoral and Finance Association, was found drowned off Kirribilli Point, near his residence, to-day. A…

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Supposed suicide Pastoral Finance Company’s Manager. Found Floating in Harbour. Sydney

Leader · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

The body of Thomas C. Boyd, manager of the Pastoral and Finance Association, Ltd., was found floating in Sydney Harbor, near Kirribllli Point,…

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Wool Classing

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

Those interested in the subject of wool classing are invited to meet Mr. Hawkesworth, the wool export, at the Technical College this afternoon at 2 o'clock, when…

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Continuous Butter Tests. Factory Awards

Leader · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 4

North Coast (Byron Bay No. 1), 740 points, 1; Kyogle Co-operative, 737. 2 Alstonville Co-operative, 736, 3; and North Coast, No. 4, 728, 4…

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Federal Parliament Supply of Wheat Sacks the Tariff Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

In the House of Representatives to-night, Mr. Deakin, in reply to Mr. Bowden, said that he had no information of alleged massacres in Papua. The average number of…

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The Farmers’ and Settlers’ Society, Ltd

Leader · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

Messrs Whitford and Meek have purchased the business lately carried on by the above Society, and will conduct as usual. The public have…

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Wool Sales

National Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

Messrs Schute, Bell and Co., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 28 April — It has been decided to hold auction sales in this…

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Oats and Wheat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 6

In forward oaten and wheate[?] crops, when sown with fertiliser[?] it is possible to fatten off a few[?] lambs all through the winter. Care…

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Sydney Wool Market

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 9

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 28th April: It has been decided to hold auction sales in this centre on the 6th…

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Price of Butter

Leader · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

Butter advanced 4/- per cwt. yesterday , superfine selling at 114/- per cwt. This sudden advance is explained by the fact that Victorian buyers…

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The Crops. Spring Terrace

Leader · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

Many of the farmers at Spring Terrace had ploughed their land, and prepared the soil for the reception of the seed, before the rain came, but…

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