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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Wool Sales

National Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report:— After a lapse of slightly over a month, our sales were resumed on last Wednesday, when 6986 bales…

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Wool Report

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 13

SCHUTE, BELL & Co. report under date, 5th May:—Interest in wool circles is mainly concentrated upon the auction sales to be held in Sydney this week. A general belief…

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Wheat Milling Tests

National Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

Mesers. F. B .Guthrie, chemist to the de parliament of Agriculture and C. D. Norris publish in collaboration results of the milling [?] of typical wheats from the…

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Thursday’s Wool Sales

Leader · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 5

Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report:—“For our sale to-day we submitted a small catalogue of about 450 bales to a representative attendance…

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The Dairy Cow

National Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 7

The cow utilises hor food eiher fors the elaboration of milk or tho asking on of flesh (says a dairyman in the 'Prairie Farmer,') and she yield…

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Winter School for Farmers

National Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

In consequence of the success of the winter school for farmers during the last two years, and the requests already made for repetition thereof, the Minister for…

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The Fruit Fly and the farmers

Leader · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

THE fruit fly threatens to raise friction between New South Wales and New Zealand. This is owing to the new regulations adopted by the…

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Wool Report

National Advocate · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

Messrs. Hill, Clark and Co report regarding Thursday's sale:— The market for wool was absolutely demoralised and we met a decline of from…

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The Price of Butter Increase Decided Upon Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

A a meeting of dairy farmers yesterday it was decided to increase the price of butter from to-morrow, by 6s per cwt., and to fix the price of…

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Travelling Sheep. Railway Concessions Asked.the Question From a National. Standpoint

Leader · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

Mr. W. H. Wheatley, of Gunning and Goulburn, who is in the front rank of this State’s stock and station agents, has prepared the following…

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Meeting of Farmers

National Advocate · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

A meeting of farmers will be held at the Bathurst Experimental Farm on Thursday afternoon next. Farmers' wives are especially invited to be present…

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Gored by a Bull. a Dairy Lad’s Bad Luck. Sydney

Leader · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

Harvey McGowan, aged 18, while attempting to take a bull from a pen at a dairy at Concord yesterday, met with a very serious accident. The…

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A Good Wheat Yield. Importance of Manuring

Leader · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

Messrs Smythe Bros., of Salter Springs, South Australia, grew up to 50 bushels of wheat per acre on their land last season, the lowest yield…

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The Crops at German’s Hill

Leader · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

The sowing of the grain crops is well advanced, and the earlier sown, owing to favorable weather, are making rapid growth, The green crops,…

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Winter School for Farmers

Leader · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

The following communication from the Department of Agriculture is worthy of being noted, especially by farmers’ sons and other lads desirous…

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The Crops, POTATOES

Leader · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

Down in Victoria the Government has Interested itself in the development of the potato Industry. The services of a potato expert have been…

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Telegrams Blew His Brains Out. Grenfell Farmer’s End, Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

A. Evens, residing on the Forbes road; near Grenfell, blew his brains out with a gun during the absence of his wife in Grenfell…

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Sheep Mortality

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 12

A strange disease has broken out among sheep in the Leadville district, and a heavy mortality is recorded. The animals are noticed to rear up on their…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Leader · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 3

The associated buyers report;— Auction sales wore resumed in this market on Wednesday and Thursday last, when catalogues aggregating…

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London Wool Sales. London

Leader · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

The London wool sales opened today. Bidding was brisk at from five to ten per cent decline on the closing rates of the last series…

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