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

Farming & the land, 1912

2,425 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 122

A Busy Time with Farmers

Leader · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

Everywhere around our district harvesters and workers are busy gath ering a bounteous harvest. The work is laborious, but can be made…

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Crops, Stock and Rabbits Conditions Around Forbes. Forbes

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

The Stock Inspector (Mr. W. G. Dowling) furnishes the following general report on conditions prevailing in the P.P. district of Forbes for…

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Training of Dairy Factory Managers

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

In order to supply the unmistakable demand from all parts of Australia for men fully qualified to supervise and control the supply, manufacture, and marketing…

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Sydney Wool Sales

National Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

Messrs. John Bridge and Co. Ltd., report: — A particularly quiet week and very little doing is the order of the wool trade at the present time…

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Commercial. the Wool Report

Leader · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Limited, wool salesmen, Sydney, report under date of 4th instant:- "The opening wool sales in the…

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Sydney Wheat Market. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

Private cables state that London and Liverpool wheat markets show a slight, improvement, because the reported damage of Argentine crops are…

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The Wool Market. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

Dalgety and Co., Sydney, report:— " The opening wool sales in the new year were held at Hobart on 3rd inst., when 12,849 bales were offered to a large…

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Weather and Crops

Leader · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

We had a good rainfall on Friday afternoon, which, was very acceptable to householders, and will also do the potato crops much good, though it…

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Bathurst Experimental Farm. Crop Rotation

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 4

The rotation system of farming advocated by. Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager, seems to have proved successful at the Bathurst Experiment Farm. Mr. Peacock…

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A Busy Time with Farmers

Leader · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 2

Everywhere around our district harvesters and workers are busy gath ering a bounteous harvest. The work is laborious, but can be made…

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Weather and Crops. Millthorpe

National Advocate · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 4

yesterday morning a heavy dust storm passed over the town, which, together with the heat, made conditions very trying. This, however,…

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Wheat Ready Reckoner

Leader · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

The following shows at a glance how farmers may arrive at the number of bushels of wheat contained in a given load. It is handy table and should…

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Sydney Wheat Market. a ½d Rise. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

Wheat advanced at the sales to-day and a considerable aggregate of busines was transcated early in the forenoon, of new wheat at 3/8½ and 3/8¾…

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Wool-combers on Strike. Twelve Thousand Involved. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

Two thousand wool-combers have struck at Bradford against the non-unionists' lockout, involving 12,000. The outlook is threatening…

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Demonstration Farms

Leader · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

Among several avenues of expansion of the practical educational work of the department during coming year the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. J…

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The Oban Share Farms

Leader · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

The first load of wheat from the Oban share farms at Coolah was taken away on Saturday when Mr. Mansfield took from Mr. A. Frew's the first…

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Farmers v. Rural Workers

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of the Farmers' Association on Saturday, it was decided to appoint collectors to raise funds to contest the claims of the Rural…

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Big Sheep Sale

Leader · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

This is the era of big sleep sales for Orange.. In our advertising columns Messrs. Bedford, Taylor and Weston announce the sale of 14,000 extra…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Fairly substantial sales will be held in Brisbane this week, when a more certain basis for the remaining sales in…

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The Wheat Stealing Case Parkes

Leader · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

Thomas Bungate and Herbert A. Noave were charged at the Parkos Police Court, last Wednesday, with stealing wheat in company from R. S…

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