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

Farming & the land, 1926

1,605 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 81

Gingkin Items. the Farmer's Lot

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 1

The continuous dry weather is becoming a very serious question here. Water is drying up fast in the main watercourses and springs, and a shortage for stock is…

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Gulgong News. Best Bushel of Wheat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 6

Messrs. Jas. Loneragan (Milling) Co., Gulgong, have donated a special prize of £2/2/ to the Dunedoo Show committee for the best bushes…

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Leadville Notes. Pickling Wheat Dry Process Favored

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 22

Several farmers are even at this early date making arrangements to dry pickle their wheat. The dry precess seems to have…

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Sydney Wool Sales a Strong Demand Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 2

The seventeenth wiles of wool sales was concluded in Sydney to day and there will be no further auctions until March 8, when the…

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Coolah Page P. and C. Association Piano Purchased for School. Color Line Question Crops Up

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 12

At a largely attended meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association, held at the School of Arts on the night of Tuesday, 16th instant…

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Lucerne a Thriving Crop

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 22

The spring of 1925 would be considered by most farmers who have, had experience in lucerne growing to be most unfavorable…

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District Sheep

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 3

On the hoof at Homebush last Thursday mutton made 2½d to 4d per lb., hoggets and lambs 4½d to 5d. Notable district clearances…

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Heavy Sheep Losses

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 4

Great. mortality in sheep is reported from Bibbenluke, between Bombala and Cooma. Recently the flocks of Messrs. A. Caldwell and…

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Wool Market

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 5

The Secretary Farmers and Grasiers Co-op. Co., writes:— At our sale on the 15th instant we offered a good average selection…

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Wool Substitutes

Leader · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 7

It is only since the war that [?] serious [?] have been made [?] produce substitutes for [?] and [?] and although the [?]…

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World Wool Statistics

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 6

The National Council of Wool selling Brokers of Australia, and the Australian Woolgrowers' Council report that the question of securing…

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Bolsheviks Rig Wheat Market

Leader · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 3

The Food Council has opened an inquiry Into the recent remarkable Increases in the price of wheat which have been followed by advances in…

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TOWN & District Talk Wheat Reports

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 3

Repeatedly in the last few months the "Chronicle" has been urging on farmers the necessity for concerted action to secure reliable reports of…

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Homebush Sales Quality Below Average Inferior Sheep Weaker Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

The dry conditions prevalling in the sheep raising districts had a marked effect on consignments of sheep at Homebush to-day. The…

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A Farmer’s Prayer

Leader · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 7

The following [?] from the [?] Mr. D. H [?] the well-known South [?]…

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Wool Market

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date February 20th: French operators have certainly been the wizards of this…

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Wool Market. Good Clearances

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 7

At our sale on the 15th instant, we offered a good average selection, totalling 7,475 bales. The Southern Tablelands were well represented, the wools…

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The Wool Outlook Rain the Pressing Necessity

National Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The wool soiling situation in Australia shows no marked disturbing features. A decline in the French…

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Soil Fertility. The Use of Crops for its Maintenance and Improvement

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 20

The task of the pioneers of this country was associated with land rather than soil problems; they were primarily engaged, that is, in the search for…

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Sheep Exhibits

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 12

Will exhibitors in the sheep section please take particular notice that all sheep exhibits competing for the cup must be bred and owned…

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