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

Farming & the land, 1912

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The Curse of the Cow Tragedy at a Dairy Farm. Pitiful Features of Victorian Crime. Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

Alfred Thomas Swift, dairyman at Mead, who is at present a prisoner in the Bendigo gaol under remand on a charge of unlawfully wounding with…

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Sydney Wheat Market. Another Rise in Flour. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of the New South Wales Flour Mill Owners' Association it was decided to raise the price of both old and new season flour by 5/…

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Lessons at the Farm Kill the Weeds and Sow Early. Value of Moisture Conservation. Some Splendid Yields

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

Although threshing operations have not yet been completed at the Bathurst Experiment Farm, the figures so far available indicated that the wheat…

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Travelling Sheep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 12

On Saturday last a mob of 6600 wethers passed through Dunedoo from Coolah. They were in charge of Mr. T. Row, and were owned by…

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Wool

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 22

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date January 8, 1912:—Fairly substantial sales will be held in Brisbane this week, when a…

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Big Store Sheep Sale

Leader · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

On Thursday, January 18th, at the Orange Corporation Yards, Messrs. Bodford, Taylor, and Weston, Ltd., will auction, on account of various…

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Sydney Wheat Market. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

The wheat market in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide continues firm, owing chiefly to cable advices having been received from London to the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes For the Man on the Land. AGRICULTURAL. Grasses

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 8

At the Glen Innes State Experimental Farm some good work has been done in demonstrating how exotic grasses may be introduced and…

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DAIRYING. Extensive Dairy Farming

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 8

A very interesting experiment was made recently at the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, showing a marked variation in the…

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A Prisoner's Family Story of a Dairy Farm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 26

Alfred Thomas Swift, at present a prisoner in Bendigo Gaol, under remand on a charge of unlawfully wounding with intent to murder his…

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Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Clergyman As Poisoner. Sentenced to Death. Boston, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

The Rev. C. Richeson, the clergyman who had confessed to having poisoned his sweetheart, Miss Abis Linetie, pleaded guilty to the charge of…

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Farmers and Settlers

Leader · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

It is a lamentable fact that in such a large farming community such as Orange that there is not a branch of the above association. The need of a…

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A Busy Time with Farmers

Leader · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

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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Farmer's Bad Luck

Leader · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

Mr. Charles Hodge, of Bedgerabong, had a particularly bad turn of the wheel of fortune recently. Through such a trifling inadvertance as…

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Crops Around Millthorpe. Millthorpe

National Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 3

All the hay has now been gathered in. The grain harvest is keeping all hands busy throughout the district. Owing to the last two rainfalls, the…

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The Butter Market

Leader · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 3

Butter, choice leading brands, 126/; 2nd., 118/ to 122/; pastry, 91/ to 102/…

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Sheep with Two Mouths

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Something in the way of a freak, our of which Barnam would have made a "pot" were he on the earth now, was announced by wire from Goulburn…

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Rust in Wheat

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 6

Reports from the State experiment farms relative to the liability of the different kinds of wheat to rust are interesting. The manager of the Bathurst State Farm (Mr…

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Store Sheep. Bedford, Taylor and Weston

Leader · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

A/c Mr. Griffith: 14 ewes 2/. J. S. LEEDS AND CO. A/c Mr. Jobson: 57 ewes 4/6. A/c Br. H. Neil: 90 lambs 5/4…

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Factors Producing Rust in Wheat

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 6

It is universally admitted that moisture and warmth just prior to harvest are the main factors favoring rustiness in wheat. It is considered that growing crops in…

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