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

Farming & the land, 1909

1,292 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 26 of 65

RABBIT v SHEEP

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 2

A very good story, strongly illustrative of the revolution which has recently set in with regard to the relative merits of rabbits and sheep and the…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Thursday, l0th June. SHEEP

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 3

A fairly heavy supply was advised, advices coming to hand from 134 owners, the total number of sheep drawn for, including lambs, being…

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Alleged Sheep stealing

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

At the Bathurst police court yesterday, Francis Joseph Nicholls, 27, miner, was charged with having, on June 12, stolen one sheep, the property of Anderson Bros. On…

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Whole Families Killed Destruction in Hamlets and Farms London

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 3

The line of greatest destruction was northeast from the river, The shocks began with a sound like a volley of thunder amidst a…

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Farming

Leader · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 4

The continuous rain for the past fortnight put a stop to farming operations. The potato crops are not all dug yet, and if the bad weather…

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Butter Factory

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 5

Mr. Saxelby reports business fair at the local butter factory, and he is quite jubilant at the splendid fall of rain. Given a fair winter and…

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Store Cattle Sale

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 23

A monster store cattle sale will be held by Messrs. Bedford and Taylor at Wellington on Wednesday, 23rd June, when 1500 head will be…

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Big Cattle Sale

Leader · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

Messrs Bedford and Taylor have received instructions from various owners and breeders to sell by public auction on Wednesday, 23rd June, at…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Monday, June 14th. SHEEP

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 24

The number of sheep drawn for was 17,900, from 40 owners, six of them advising drafts of 1000 and over, including one of 3300, the…

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Crops

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 4

Owing to the rain the crops look well. Ploughing is just about finished and the crops in, the majority of which are some inches high, while…

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Dairy Industry. Inspector's Report

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 4

At the meeting of the Cudgegong Council last Tuesday afternoon, a few of the reports taken from amongst the first hundred submitted by the…

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Farming on Share System

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 6

Mr. Hunter White of Havilah announces that he has several 50 acre blocks near the Lue railway station to let on the share farm system…

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Denman Dairy Company

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 23

The output of the Denman Dairy Company has been rather lower this autumn than for the same period of last year. But the recent rain will…

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Feeding Sheep on Grapes

Molong Argus · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 8

A CURIOUS Italian system of preparing food for cattle and sheep was recorded by Professor Symonds, of Cambridge, over 120 years ago. Leaves of various…

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A Lesson in Irrigation. What an Enterprising Farmer Can Do

Molong Argus · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 8

At the late Nyngan show, there was an exhibit of farm produce by Mr. T. E. Griff, of Farnham, which formed an object lesson for every farmer in the State,…

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Farmers Candidates

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

The question of the special representation of farmers in the State Parliament will be received at the forthcoming session of the Farmers and Settlers' 'Association…

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Farmers' Meeting Disease in Potatoes. Important Resolutions Adopted.to Stamp Out Black Spot

Leader · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

A large and representative meeting of the farmers of the Orange and Millthorpe districts was held in the Foresters' Hall yesterday, to take…

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Big Cattle Sale

Leader · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

Attenldon to an advt in this issue, On behalf of Bedford and Taylor, announcing a big cattle sale at Wellington on Wednesday, 23rd of June,…

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Wool Report

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 12

SCHUTE, BELL & Co. report under date, 15th June :—Such greasy wool as is available at present is being held over for the next auction sales in the first…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

The Dubbo Farmers and Settlers Association has awakened to the fact that, owing to the larger number of branches in the riverina, and their…

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