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

Farming & the land, 1910

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More Rain Predicted. the Peel River in Flood-farms Inundated. Farms Inundated Tamworth in Danger. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 2

General rain has fallen throughout Australia. Further rainy weather is predicted. In the Tamworth district the Peel…

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The Dairy the Dual Purpose Cow

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 16

This is an age of specialisation: not from choice, but from force of circumstances. In this connection, writes John Bower, in "Hoard's Dairy," let us…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Thursday, 14th January. SHEEP

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 2

The supply advised for today's sale was a heavy one, no less than 197 owners advising consignments, representing a total of 70,828 sheep,…

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More Rain in Bathurst. Damage at Experimental Farm

National Advocate · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 2

Further rain fell in Bathurst on Saturday night and early yestedray morning. It is understood that several…

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Sydney Wool Sales

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. Ltd., report:—We held our first sale of the New Year on Thursday and met a market the tone of which could not be…

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A Fatal Mistake Sheep Dip for Sulphur. Rockley

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 2

Donald McQueen (23), a laborer, residing with his parents at Campbell's River, died under tragic circumstances on Sunday afternoon…

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Two Lads Poisoned Take Sheep-dip for Sulphur One Boy Loses His Life. Rockley

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 2

Two lads Donald and Allan Macqueen residing with their, parents at Campbell's River, on Saturday night, took a dose of what appeared to be…

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Bathurst Experimental Farm Damage by Recent Rains

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 2

Speaking to a representative of the "National Advocate" yesterday afternoon, Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm, said…

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Kangaroorie Wool

Leader · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 2

In a review of. wool clearances published on Saturday the “Herald” says: “The two catalogues on Tuesday totalled 9077 bales of which 8210 were…

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The Wool Sales

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales on Monday catalogues were not so large, but the wools offered sold very well, and prices, firmly maintained the best levels of last…

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Operations at the Farm. Invaded by Japanese

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 2

Owing to the delay in threshing, consequent upon the recent rain, the complete results of the year's operations on the Bathurst Experimental…

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Wool Report

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 17

Schute, Bell and Co., report under date 17th January.—The market reopened firmly today at on a par with the best levels recorded last…

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Orange Stock Market Fat Cattle

Leader · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 2

About 200 head of fat cattle were penned at the Corporation saleyards to-day, representing 10 owners, and of these 180 were sold. There was…

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Telegraphic News. Record Wheat Harvest. Adelaide

Leader · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 2

The South Australian Government has so far this season handled the heaviest wheat tonnage for any season…

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Upper Botobolar. Weather, Crops, &c

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 13

I have again to report a nice fall of rain here, so for 2in. being recorded. The rain again came from the east, and from the appearance this…

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District Wheat Class

Molong Argus · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 1

A suggestion is made in the "Agricultural Gazette," by Mr. G. L. Sutton, government wheat experimentalist, that the time is opportune to…

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Dead Sheep and Cattle Aftermath of the Floods. an Awful Stench. Railway Repairers Taken Ill. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 2

A telegram received by the Railway Department states that track repairers in the vicinity of Boggabri found hundreds of dead cattle and…

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The Wool Sales

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

The Sydney wool sales were spirited on Wednesday and very firm the clearness being altogether satisfactory. The top prices of the day were. 14[?] for greasy…

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Forty-bushel Wheat a Wonderful Yield. Albury

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

A Farmer near Mulwala last year obtained from the Dookie College, Victoria, some seed wheat known as Purple Cpllege. He planted with this twelve acres…

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100,000 Sheep Drowned. Narrabri

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

The estimated loss of sheep by the floods is 100,000…

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