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

Farming & the land, 1917

1,804 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 91

Wheat Certificates

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 36

Mr. Garling informs us that the official certificates for the new season's wheat are now available. These enable the farmers to…

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Wheat Returns

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 36

Up to Saturday last a total of 20,854 bags of wheat had been delivered at the Dunedoo railway station. Of this amount 16,037…

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Profitable Wool Clip

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 17

The wool clip in the Bathurst district promises to be one of the most profitable on record. This is due to the fact that the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 17

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. have received, the following wire from their Brisbane office:—Grieve Bros., greasy fleece appraised 253/4d;…

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The Wheat Harvest Estimate

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 17

The current New South Wales wheat harvest is estimated by the Government Statistician at 42,817,000 bushels…

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Fashion's Mount. Mail Arrangements—Wheat Farmers Anxious—News From the Soldier Boys—Good and Rad

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 20

New Mail Route.—All mail matter for Fashion's Mount and Burrendong, instead of coming from Stuart Town, via the Muckerawa,…

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Few Season's Wheat Plenty of Trucks Available

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 25

The Railway Department estimates that the new season's wheat to be carried will amount to 33,250,000 bushels (the Government…

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Australian Wheat Harvest. 140,099,022 Bushels Forecasted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 20

The secretary of the South Australian State Wheat Harvest Board said on Wednesday that instructions had been issued to the Government…

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The Wheat Advance 2/6 Per Bushel Now Payable

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 20

Senator Russell (Minister in charge of foodstuffs) announced that an advance of 2/6 per bushel on the new season's wheat crop is…

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Premiers' Conference Mr. Ashford Returns. Soldier Settlers and Wheat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 10

The Minister for Lands, Mr. W. G. Ashford, returned to Sydney by the Melbourne express on Friday after having attended the…

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Wheat Lumpers Trouble in the South. Extension Threatened. Wagga

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 1

Trouble has broken out amongst the wheat lumpers, and it is quite possible that it will extend throughout the State…

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The Wheat Hold-up Hundreds of Trucks Idle. the Shipping Difficulties. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

An official statement provided by the Railway Department to-day discloses that on Monday there were 695 wheat-laden trucks in the…

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The Fruit Crop

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 30

With a prolific season all orchards in the district are heavily loaded, but it has its counterpart in the fact that there is, so much…

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Poisoning Sheep Blowflies

Molong Argus · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

The attention of the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. W. C. Grahams, M.L.A.) has been drawn to the fact that quite a number of letters have appeared in the…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Bathurst Times · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Leeds Bros., of Oran[?]g, will [?]old a special sheep sale in their town on February 7 [?]evt, when 20,000 extra fine sheep will be put under the hummer…

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Sheep on the Coast

Molong Argus · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

Messrs. J. R. and J. A. Ross, of Berrien, in the Wingham district, have purchased two stud Romney Marsh rams, bred by Mr Doyle, of…

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Poisoning Sheep Blow-flies

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

The attention of the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., has been drawn to the fact that quite a number of letters have appeared in the press recently…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Molong Argus · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. have received the following wire from their Brisbane office:— "Grieve Bros. Dal[?] greasy fleece…

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Wheat Lumpers' Strike. Interference with Wheat Stacks. Wagga

The Bathurst Times · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

The strike of wheat lumpers continues, though labor has been found in other quarters to handle the grain. The agents point out that the men rejected…

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Bulk-handling of Wheat

Molong Argus · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 1

The inauguration of the bulk hand ling of wheat, which has been dangled before farmers by varioug political partios for a decade or more, has…

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