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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 21 of 60

Wool and Produce Reports

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

1 The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report: after an interval of five weeks sales' were resumed in this market…

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A Thousand Sheep Gremated. Kansas City

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 5

A thousand sheep were destroyed in a stockyard by fire. A number of mules stampeded and narrowly missed disastrous consequences to thousands of…

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London Wool Sales. London, Friday evening

National Advocate · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 1

At the wool sales this evening prices were firm and unchanged. There were considerable withdrawals by speculators…

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Bathurst Defeats Farm

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 4

Contrary to expectations, Farm did not suffer badly at the hands of the Bathurst team players. The students, wearing black, tested the Bathurstian's…

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Dry Farming

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 2

A lecture on Dry Farming, as practised in South Australia, will be given by Mr. R. W. Peacock, in the Technical College Hall, tomorrow…

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Pastoral. Noxious Weeds

Leader · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2

The Department is receiving samples of noxious weeds from landholders, asking, that these troublesome growths be…

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Sheep Worms

Leader · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2
Also in Lithgow Mercury

The past season has been very wet, and worms in sheep have in consequence, been unusually troublesome. The Stock…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agriculture. Fallowing

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 6

Although the varieties of wheat may be improved, perhaps, to double may be improved, perhaps, to double their present yielding capacity, the proper cultivation of the soil must nor be…

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Dairying. Testing the Herd

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 6

The organisation for the manufacture and marketing of dairy products has been well established in tills State. The producer can reach the world's markets, and…

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Rotation of Crops

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 6
Also in Leader

Rotation of crops is an absolute necessity in maintaining soil fertility. Continuous cropping with cereals, aided by commercial fertilisers, exhausts an…

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Dairying. Testing the Herds

Leader · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 2

The organisation for the manufacture and marketing of dairy products has been well established in this State. The producer…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. [These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Treflo), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department.] Agriculture. Fallowing

Molong Argus · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 7

Although the varioties of wheat may be improved, perhaps, to double their present yielding capacity, the proper cultivation of the soil must not be…

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Canadian Wheat. London, Saturday

Leader · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 2

The Canadian wheat crops is estimated at 200,000 bushels…

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Lecture on Dry Farming. I

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 2

Mr. R. W. Peacock, the Manager of of the Experiment Farm, delivered a lecture on dry-farming in the Technical College on Thursday night. We…

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Farmers With Motor Cars

National Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 4

A fair audience listened to the lecture on dry farming in South Australia, delivered by Mr. R. W. Peacock, under the auspices of the Bathurst…

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Sheep Fodder

The Bathurst Times · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 3

At a meeting of the Yass branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. P. J. Magennis, of Bloomfield Station, gave some interesting particulars of his…

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London Wool Sales. London, Friday evening

National Advocate · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 1

The wool sales dosed this evening with spirited competition…

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Wool Sales. Sydney and London. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 3

Business in the Sydney market has been quiet during the Week owing to the absence of auction sales, and also to the fact of there being but little wool…

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