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

Farming & the land, 1914

2,714 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 136

Sheep Values Show a Rise

Leader · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 2

The trend of prices was in owners' favor at Homebuah last Monday. Mutton was in keen demand, and made tip top rates, values showing a rise…

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Fine Crop of Oats

Leader · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 2

We have been shown a sample of Algerian oats, grown by Mr. B. G. Allcorn, of Emu Swamp. It comes from a crop which must have been grown…

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Cowra Farmer's Death

National Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 5

One of the best known of the Cowra farmers, in the person of Mr. James Whiteman, crossed "the big divide" last week from typhoid (says…

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Dalrymen's Troubles Abolishing Cow Diceases. Experimental Veterinary Farms. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 3

To the uninitiated, the dairying industry of this State appears to be in a very prosperous condition. The dairy farmer is pictured as a man of…

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Dairying. Grading of Butter

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

For their immediate benefit, and for the good of the industry as a whole the dairy expert think that directors and proprietors of butter factories will find it…

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Wheat Stacked at Stations

Molong Argus · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

Following are the figures showing the number of bags of wheat lying at the various stations named on Decem ber 20:—Millthorpe 4 bags, Orange 83,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon.J. L. Trefle, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the…

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Inexperienced Boy Labor. Wanted for Australian Farms. London, Wednesday evening

National Advocate · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 2

The New South Wales and Victorian Immigration Department is advertising extensively for inexperienced boy labor, guaranteeing farm employment…

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A Fodder Crop

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

"Rape could be put in by the middle or end of March, sowing, broadcast seven or night pounds per acre seed price 3d or 4d per lb. If sufficient rain has fallen it…

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Wool Gathering

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

The absent-mindedness of the true scholar is Well illustrated by this story. " My dear," said the professor on entering the room, " don't alarm…

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Dairying. Grading of Butter. Advantages Offered by the New Regulations

Leader · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 3

For their immediate benefit, and for the good of the industry as a whole, the dairy expert of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture thinks that…

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Good Seed Makes Good Crops Ottawa

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 6

The grain crop of Canada, according to Professor Roberts, in his annual report to the Seed Growers' Association, has been increased by 24,000,000…

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Fine Crop of Oats

National Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 3

We have been shown a sample of Algerian oats, grown by Mr. B. C. Allcorn, of Emu Swamp, says an Orange exchange. It comes from a crop which…

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Scab Wheat

Leader · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. Johnson, an organiser, convened a meeting of carriers for the purpose of establishing a branch of the Carriers' Un on at Parkes (says an…

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Phenomenal Wheat Yield

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 1

Messrs. Edmonds Bros, of Larras Lake, are new stripping a paddock of about 200 acres of wheat, which they have on the halves, and it has returned in some parts the remarkable…

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A Big Wheat Haul

Leader · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 2

Messrs McMillan's big iron horse drew the Brand champion load of wheat to Forbes last week (says a Forbes exchange). The traction…

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Duckmaloi a Trial of Wheat

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 3

Weather continues very dry and warm. Some days recently have been the hottest known here for years. Rain is very badly wanted…

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The Cattle Market. the Operations of the Beef Trust

Leader · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 3

In Coonamble the other day was Mr. Charles Kidman, brother of Mr. Sydney Kidman, Australias "cattle king.' Like his brother (say the…

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Canowindra Farmer's Bad Luck

Leader · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. W. J. Flanagan, of Canowindra, is having a run of bad luck. Recently we mentioned the total destruction of his magn flcent wheat crop by fire,…

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Record Crop

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 3

At Coonabarabran the total rainfall for the year was 24.98 inches, most of which fell during the first five months of the year. Since May…

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