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

Farming & the land, 1934

2,360 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 118

Bee Farming

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 2

UARBRY'S bee farmer had a good result from 40 hives which he robbed a couple of weeks ago. He secured one ton of extra fine honey,…

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Local Wheat Market

Leader · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 5

The local wheat market is quiet, sellers quoting both bulk and bagged parcels at 2/8 per bushel. For country lots shippers offered 1/11[?] for both…

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London Wool Sales. Competition Sustained. LONDON

Leader · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day. 10.420 bales were offered (Including 617 from New South Wales), of which approximately 7135 were sold. Continental…

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Geelong Wool Sales. New Australian Record. MELBOURNE

Leader · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 5

At Geelong wool sales to-day 32½d. was paid by a German buyer for five bales of comeback, hogget and own fleeces, thus establishing an…

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Ruralisms and Markets Price and Wool [?] Rates Not Desirable

Leader · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 7

Winchcombe. Carson Ltd. report:— Evidence of the rapid sale of this season’s clip [?] supplied by the fact that at this time last year the…

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Notes and Notions On the Growing of Foodstuffs Blackleg in Sheep Follows Shearing Under Dirty Conditions

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 5

During the last few years interesting outbreaks of blackleg have occurred amongst sheep, both in the west and in the Riverina, though in some…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

The Miniter for Education (Mr. Drummond) announced to-day that approval had been given by the Premier and Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) to…

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Yanco Farm Further Evidence of Brutality. Leeton

National Advocate · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 6

Evidence that he had seen boys being court martialled, was given by Edward Joseph Donoghue, a former Inmate of the Yanco Welfare Farm…

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Larwood--poultry Farmer Works From Morn Till Dusk London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

"I have not tried to run even five yards, and I won't until the turf at Trentbridge is ready for practice," declared Harold Larwood when…

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Agricultural Training Vacancies at Bathurst Experiment Farm

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. Hugh Main, M.L.A.) announces that there are a number of vacancies at Bathurst Experiment Farm for youths…

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Welfare Farm. Evidence for the Defence. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

At the [?] inquiry to-day Douglas keich Mitchell [?] was called by Mr Ca[?] He said that be resided at [?] but was an…

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On Farm and Station. Japanese Trade Policy

Leader · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 7

“The Economist” of December, 16 contains the following interesting reflections upon the policy of protection, especially in its application…

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Orange Stock Sale Cattle and Sheep

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 11

McNeilly, Crampton and Martin, Ltd., of Orange, report on the above sale held at the corporation saleyards last Tuesday, 23rd instant, as follows:…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report: Auctions are being held in Brisbane this week, and reports from that centre indicate strong and general competition…

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Wool Consumption and Price Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 2

Evidence of the rapid sale of this season's clip is supplied by the fact that at this time last year the quantity of wool on hand in Sydney stores was…

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Junior Farmers' Exhibition Enthusiastic Meeting

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 3

A combined meeting of the members of the Copper Hill Agricultural Bureau and the Junior Farmers' Club was held in the Public School, Copper…

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World's Queerest Farm a Butterfly One

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 12

Nowadays there are alligator farm, fish farms, badger, silver fox, snake and muskrat farms, but who ever heard of a butterfly farm! There is one…

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Yanco Farm an Unequal Fight Further Evidence of Brutality LEETON

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 2

An account of how a boy who had tried to al[?]cond from the Welfare Farm at Yanco had been forced to fight nine boys in succession, was…

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Gunnedah Cattle Sale

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 4

FLEMING and Ross advise that their cattle sale will take place at the Shire Yards, Gunnedah, on Thursday next, 8th inst., when they…

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