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

Farming & the land, 1924

1,993 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 100

Wheat Pool Payments

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. F. A. Chaffey, has announced completion of arrangements with the Stale Treasurer, and the Commonwealth Bank to make the final…

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1847. First Farm on the Fish River

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 1

The very interesting article on Oberon, by the Rev. J. Ward Harrison, recalled to this writer an old note book and diary kept by her grandfather, a pioneer settler of…

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Wheat Crops

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 4

Harvesting operations are in most cases completed, and the wheat is being denvered as rast as possible: in fact, severar [?]…

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Western Sheep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 7

Prime sheep made firm rates right to the close of the Homebush sales Inst Thursday. Mr. J. W. Rains Birthwa obtained to 26/1 for…

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Wool Report

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 18

Messrs. Golsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report:— The high prices ruling for wool during this season has proved a…

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Effective Sheep Fly Oil

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 7

Through a misunderstanding an error occurred in a paragraph, published in a December issue, in reference to a fly il manufactured by…

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Gulgong Municipality How Rates on Farming Lands May Be Lightened

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. Joe Clark, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under Secretary, Department of Local Government:—…

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Sheep and Cattle Good Prices at Homebush Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

Firm conditions ruled in the sheep section at the Homebush sales to day and values showed a further advance on last Thursday's high rates…

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New Season's Wheat

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Shipments from Australia of the new season's wheat are expected to be in full swing this month. In Western Australia the harvest is a record. In South…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. the Production of Turnips

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

Turnips of first-class quality for sheep and for domestic, use and market can be produced abundantly in many parts of this State, In the coastal and tableland…

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Dairying. How to Make a "Starter."

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

To make a commercial starter for use in butter factories from a pure culture place one quart of fresh or separated sweet and clean milk in a sterile jug, free from…

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Wool Market

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Vigorous purchasing at the wool auctions has apparently not filled…

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The Wool Market

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co report: The past week has witnessed no new feature in regard to the absence from town of members…

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Farm-made "Super." How to Turn Accumulated Bones to Good Account

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 13

The following directions for making this invaluable fertiliser on a small scale may prove useful on farms where bones accumulate,…

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Freak Wheat Post Drought Growth Troubles Farmer

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 1

Strange reasons beget strange growths. During the past drought the Forbes. Parkes and Peak Hill…

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Effective Sheep Fly Oil

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 12

Through, a misunderstanding an error occurred in a paragraph, published in a December issue, in reference' to a fly oil manufactured…

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Rotation Cropping Best Continuous Wheat and Its Results

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 3

"The continuous wheat plots are very dirty and practically unfit to carry on." In these words the manager of Cowra Experimental…

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High Prices for Western Sheep

Leader · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 1

Late Improved figures were generally maintained at last Thursday’s Homebush sheep auctions. Winchcombe Carson’s [?] included…

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Commercial News Wool Report

Leader · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and [?]cantile Agency Co. reports for [?] January;—The past week has witnessed no new feature in regard to…

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Carcoar News Sale of Sheep Good Rains

National Advocate · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 1

Recently the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board or Works, under whose control the "Werribee" sewerage Farm, about 20 miles from Melbourne…

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