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

Farming & the land, 1911

1,197 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 60

A Good Wheat Crop

Leader · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

Mr. W. Johns, of Tattersall’s Hotel, Orange, has a Ann of 76 acres between the Molong and Forbes roads, which has produced a remarkably…

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Sheep Shearing Championship

Leader · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

W. G. Maloney has accepted the challenge of A. Alexander to shear all comers for the championship of Australia. Maloney display a…

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The Export of Butter

Leader · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

The total quantity of butter exported from the Commonwealth from 1st July 1910, to 21st March, 1911, was 37,601 tons. Of this quantity 11,798 tons…

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Choice Store Sheep Sale

Leader · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

Reference to our advertising columns will show that Messrs. Leeds and Co. will offer on behalf of Messrs Keenan Brothers, “The Bridge,”…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Leader · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

Messrs Winchcombe, Carson and Co Lid., report under date 7th April:— Our yesterday’s catalogue, although largely of a clearing up character,…

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West's, School of Arts, Thursday. Song (illus.), by Miss Una Lloyd, Burlington, to-night. New Dairy

National Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. J. Roper has started a dairy at 5 Patna-street, Bathurst, from whence he runs a delivery cart to any part of the city. By supplying milk up to the…

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Sheep Srearing Championship

Leader · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

The shearing championship of Australasia at Skuthorpe’s matinee [?]n Sydney on Saturday between A. Alexander (N.S.W.) and C. J. Finneran (N…

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Record Potato Crops

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

The potato yield at Blayney this season will be considerably in advance of last year. Crops arc yielding up to ten tons per acre. One of the most prolific…

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Straying Cattle

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

The Inspector of Nuisances (Mr. O. E. Couch) has apparently decided to put down the negligence displayed by certain stock owners in the municipality;…

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Sheep Skins

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

The opinion that it should be made compulsory for the ear to be left intact upon the skins of all slaughtered sheep has been endorsed by the Bathurst P. P…

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Wool Report

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 4

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report:— The first series of off-season sales were inaugurated to-day, when the…

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Mr. Wade Optimistic. "Farming Population Will Vote 'No.' Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 4

After a tour throughout the State, Mr. C. G. Wade (ex Premier) has become more optimistic concerning the referendum…

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Meeting of Farmers

Leader · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

A meeting of farmers will be held at the Foresters’ Hall at 3 p.m. on Thursday, for the purpose of receiving the report of Mr. T. C. Bowen,…

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More Record Potato Crops

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 2

Further west something in the way of record potato yields are being obtained. From 1¼ acres of land at Forest Reefs, on Mrs. Donlan's farm, 14 tons…

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The Price of Butter. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 4

At the meeting of representatives of Co-operative Butter Factories, held last night, satisfaction was expressed with the present method of fixing the…

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The Wheat Harvest. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 4

Tho Government statistician’s returns give the estimate of the wheat harvest returns at 27,709 bushels, being 41 millions above the December…

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States Wheat Yield a Magnificent Harvest. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 1

The wheat harvest preliminary statement, based on the actual returns supplied by the growers, show that the yield is only 823,000 bushels below the…

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"Bundaburra" Farms

National Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., write: Various blocks of the "Bundaburra" subdivision have changed hands to local buyers…

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Parkes Dairy Company

Leader · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 4

During the month of March the Parkes Dairy Co. received 30,306lbs. of cream at the factory for treatment, which produced 14,123lbs. of butter,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Molong Argus · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy. Ltd. report;—At our sale on Thursday we found strong competition. Prices for better…

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