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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 13 of 81

[?] Sheep's Eyes Gouged Out Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 10

A hailstorm cut a three mile wide bolt from [?] to Ben[?] storm the [?] varying in…

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Deadly Hail Sheep's Eyes Gouged Out Glen Innes

National Advocate · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 2

A disastrous hailstorm swept over a three-mile wide belt from Ben Lomond to Emmaville. Its track is easily discernible by leafless trees…

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The Wool Outlook. Rain the Pressing Necessity

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 11

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:—The wool selling situation in Australia shows us marked disturbing feature A decline in the…

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Commercial News Wool Report. the Outlook. Rain the Pressing Necessity

Leader · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 3

Winchcombe, Canon Ltd., report: The wool selling situation in Australia shows no marked disturbing feature. A decline in the French [?]…

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Stock at Homebush Sheep Cheaper Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 3

Sheep were decidedly cheaper at Homebush this morning, but good quality were 1/ to 1/6 higher. Some sales showed an advance of 2/. The…

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Brisbane Wool Sales. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report: The Brisbane wool [?] opened with keen competition among all sections of buyers. Values were fully…

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Wool Sales Good Prices at Brisbane

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 5

Messrs. Winchcombe Carson, Ltd. yesterday wired: The Brisbane wool sales opened to-day with keen competition for all…

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"What the Department Is Doing for Farmers."

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 5

Considering that the history of the Department of Agriculture goes back some thirty-five years, comments a departmental announcement, it is…

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Bathurst Fruit Crops. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 1

Heavy losses are being suffered by orchardists, owing to the depredations of the codlin moth. The destruction, which has never been exceeded in this district, is…

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The Orange Potato Crop

Leader · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 2

Despite the continued dry weather, Orange farmers are harvesting a very fair early potato crop, which is yielding much better than was expected…

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Sheep Mortaity Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 11

At the annual conference of the Graziers Association mention was made of the loss of 2510 sheep at Bombala through inoculation…

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Farmer Medico Resumes Practice of Profession

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 15

Dr. George Watt, who for yea's had a very cu[?]tive practice in Macquarie St. Sydney but left it to follow up farming and grazing…

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Farmer's Last Hope a Good Winter Season

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 20

After a gruelling month of heat, wind, and dust which of course are all the elements of drought conditions. A change to more…

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For the Man on the Land. Dairying Economy in Dairying The Advantages Offered by the Silo

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 1

"We know the burden under which the dairying industry is laboring— any dairyman will tell you all about it. I feel that we are not as far…

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1000 Sheep Incinerated

Leader · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 2

Mr. Tom [?] of Ti[?] and Cond[?]n d[?]tric[?] [?] to he com[?]ed with on his misfortune [?]rough bush fires on hit Condobolin…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—"Opening Brisbane Wool catalogues showed poor…

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Sheep for Homebush the Branding Tangle

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 3

The Department of Agriculture has advised Pastures Boards that it has drafted a new rule in regard to the branding of sheep railed to Sydney…

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Deaths of Sheep Dr. Dodd's Comments

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 1

In a report to the Australian Meat Council, Dr. Dodd, of the University of Sydney, the discoverer of a vaccine for preventing black disease in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land Agricultural. Asparagus Culture

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 3

Asparagus, to be profitable, should be forced, and quick growing, succulent shoots, should be aimed at. To ensure these, the manuring must be liberal. Large…

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Farm Implements Traiff and Prices

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 1

A sore point with farmers in this and other farming districts is that the tariff on agricultural implements is unfair and unduly high…

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