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

Farming & the land, 1916

2,676 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 134

Crops in the West. Grenfell

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

The latest figures show that the farmers in the district are reaping record crops…

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Buying Their Own Flour Farmers' Positions. Old-time Arrancement Ended. Forbes

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

The end has come to an arrangement which has for years existed between the farmers and millers in the country…

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Orange Cattle

Leader · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

Buyers were in good attendance at last Thursday's Homebush cattle sales but values were easier. Supplies were the heaviest seen at the yards…

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Cattle Eater at Homebush

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

Heavy supplies had a depressing effect on cattle values at Homebush at last week's Thursday sales. Buyers were in good attendance and…

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Australian Wheat Kung Up Shipping Difficulties. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 1

The City editor of "The Times" writes:—"There is acute difficulty in obtaining tonnage for the transport of large…

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Cheaper Butter. Redaction of One-and-a-hall Penny per lb. From To-day

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

After to-day butter will be 1 1/2d per pound cheaper. The butter merchants were called before the Necessary Commodities…

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Incendiarism. Fires on Farms. Wagga

The Bathurst Times · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 4

A startling series of fires occurred at the farm of Messrs. R. P. Miller and Sons at Gobbagumbalin on Wednesday night and Thursday morning under…

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Farmers and Indispensables

Leader · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 1

The President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has directed the special attention of farmers and agriculturists generally to the grouping…

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Runaway Train Big Smash Near Clyde. Much Wheat Destroyed. Considerable Damage to Property. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

Particulars were made available to-day of an unusual railway smash near Clyde station on Saturday afternoon when a train of 22 trucks broke away…

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Haystack Building. Farmers' Experience

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 1

The subject of stack building is always of more or less interest to the farmers,, hence this reference to a discussion at a recent meeting of the…

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For the Man on the Land Agricultural. Practical Irrigation Farming. Cultivation

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 1

In irrigation farming, no less than in the production of crops under ordinary "dry" conditions, cultivation is more than half the business. It…

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Farmers Selling Wheat Privately. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Grahame stated, to-day that he had received word from Mudgee that some farmers were selling their grain to private buyers at 3/ per bushel. It…

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Private Sales of Wheat Mudgee Farmers Get 3/. Minister's Surprise. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, stated to-day that he had received word from the Mudgee district that some of the farmers there were…

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Pastures, Sheep and Rabbits Observations of Forbes Stock Inspector

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The Stock Inspector, Mr. W. G. Dowling, in reviewing the conditions for the year 1915, says that the heads of stock had been exceptionally good,…

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Police of Wheat 5S 3½d Per Bushel. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The price of wheat for the first fortnight in January has been fixed at 5s 3½d per bushel!, free on board, Sydney…

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Wheat Acquisition Board. Died with the Old Year. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The Wheat Acquisition Board, appointed to deal last year with the grain harvest, went out of existence with the old year. The new…

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Agricultural. (Supplied by the Department of Agriculture.) Haystack Building. Farmers' Experience

Leader · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The subject of stack building is always of more or less interest to the farmer, hence this reference to a discussion at a recent meeting of the…

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Lost Lucerne Farmer's Complaint to Turon Shire Council. Alleged Cussedness of a Culvert

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The grievance of Wm. Herriott, of Sofala, ventilated in a letter to the Bathurst Council yesterday, was that during a recent storm the council's…

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For the Man on the Land Dairying. Udder Diseases. Preventive and Curative Measures

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 1

"Caked and spoiled udders are the bane of the milk producers' business," says Dr. A. S. Alexander, in a current article. Generally they do not…

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Miscellaneous. Meteorology. Forecasting for Farmers

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 1

A useful paper on the above subject was read by Mr. H. L. Lane at a recent meeting of the Ponto branch of the Agricultural Bureau, the object…

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