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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 2 of 136

General News Warning to Dairyman

National Advocate · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 2

As the time has expired, it is well forthose dairymen who have so far overlooked registration to do so without delay…

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Dairymen's Trials

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 1

The Bathurst dairymen have decided to unite with a view to serving their common interests better and an increase in the price of milk from 4d to 5d per quart is…

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Rations for Dairy Cattle

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 1

With a view to demonstrating the loss which dairymen may sustain if they supply their cows with an unbalanced ration (that is, a ration which…

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Wandering Cattle

Leader · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Sir,—Kindly give me a small space in your over-read paper. Some time since a few of the ratepayers' moocows got perambulating around the…

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Sheep Incinerated Railway Truck on Fire. Only 20 Sheep Rescued. Nyngan

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

To-day, a double-deck truck full of sheep, consigned from Bourke to Flemington, caught fire. The train was stopped at Maroona, but only 20…

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Butter Factory Burnt. Powerful Ammonia Explosion. Ouirindi

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Messrs. Booth's butter factory was destroyed by fire this morning. The origin of the blaze is unknown. During the fire some ammonia tubes…

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Fractured Skull. Accident to Rylstone Farmer Rylstone

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred at a place a quarter of a mile from Rylstone on the Pinacle Swamp-road this afternoon. Mr. John Croskery, a farmer…

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For the Man on the Land Dairying. Danish Tuberculin Unions. the Cause of Clean Herds

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 1

Denmark provides an excellent example of what can be done by dairymen themselves towards the advancement of their industry—an example…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 3

The local wool sales re-opened at the Royal Exchange on Monday, and there was strong general competition at prices ruling in sellers' favor. The clearance was…

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Orange Police Court. Wandering Cattle Nuisance

Leader · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 3

At the Oranges court yesterday, the local municipal council proceeded against several persona for allowing cattle and horses to stray. Mr…

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Sheep Burnt in Train. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 1

Advices received in Bathurst to-night state that to-day a double-deck truck, full of sheep, consigned from Bourke to Flemington, caught fire. The train was stopped…

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Margarine for Butter Fraudulent Nottingham Dealer. Three Years' Penal Servitude. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

A dealer at Nottingham has been sentenced to three years' penal servitude for selling margarine as butter. The accused had 22 previous…

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Governor Macquarie's Dairy Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 3

It is stated that the Mitchell library authorities, Sydney, have offered to give the Commonwealth Government a typewritten copy of…

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Unnamable Atrocities Ferocious Russian Robbers. Farmer Mutilated and Burned. Children Dashed to Death. St. Petersburg

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

Robbers invaded the premises of a farmer named Kovanko, near Stanitza, Caucasus. Failing to find money, the robbers tortured Kovanko in the…

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Fires in the South. Farmers' Heavy Losses. Incendiarism Suspected. Albury

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 4

A number of severe bush fires occurred during the week on the Eastern Side district. A big fire at Dora Dora, on the Upper Murray, destroyed miles…

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Farmers Excluded. Mr. A. Bonar Law's Tariff Reform Policy. London, Monday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

The "Westminster Gazette" publishes correspondence alleging that the Unionist newspapers are boycotting Tariff Reform propaganda. The…

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Wool

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 15

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date January 6:— Not only were all the regular Sydney buyers in attendance at the…

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Wool

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 24

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., Ltd., wired us yesterday :—At our sale to-day competition was keen and well distributed…

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Rations for Dairy Cattle. Balanced v. Unbalanced Ones

Leader · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

With a view to demonstrating the lose which dairymen may sustain it they supply their cows with an unbalanced ration (that is, a ration…

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Sheep Values Again Higher

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 21

Owners had no cause for complaint in the values secured in the sheep section at Homebush last Monday. Every pen offered sold readily at…

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