"Black Disease" in Sheep
AN outbreak of "black disease" in sheep in the Bathurst district is occurring at present, stated Mr. J. C. Beardwood, stock inspector of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
1,464 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 74
Wheat Lumping Contest
A marathon wheat-lumping contest was decided at Merrygoen last week between, two lumpers employed at the silos,…
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Up to yesterday (Wednesday) 22,000 bags of wheat had been received at Mr. T. P. Sullivan's dump in the railway yards, the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Threat to Butter Menace of Substitutes
FEARS that Australia's butter expert trade after the war may be injured as the result of British rationing are felt by…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Rust in Wheat Moist Weather Difficulties Resistant Varieties
HEAVY rains last November in several sections of the wheat belt stimulated extensive development of stem rust…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →264,000 Bushels of Wheat District's Record Receivals
WHEN the bulkhead at Dunedoo closed last week for the receival of wheat it held 9[?]17[?] bushels. The grain elevators hold 172,472…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Carriers Strike Refuse to Deliver Wheat Eumungerie Trouble Settled
CARTERS who threatened to return wheat to the properties of the growers unless better facilities for receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Price Is Now Generous Government Relieved of Burden
The world wheat position has improved beyond the expectations of federal Ministers and indications are that the Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pneumatic Tyres for Farm Machinery Bigger Loads Hauled With Less Horse Power
TESTS carried out at the Leeton rice research station have shown that many advantages are to be obtained by fitting pneumatic…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Better Milk Yields Cows Demand Minerals Heavy Drain on Dairying Pastures
DISCUSSING in a recent address to farmers the importance of maintaining the mineral content of dairying lands, Mr. P. Waller,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Crop of Hops
THERE could be no more suitable place for hops to grow than a brewery, and that is what is occurring in Mudgee. Close to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grain Storage on the Farm Cheaply Built Mendooran Silas
AN illustration in the "S.M. Herald" this week showed two gal[?]anised tron [?] tins, erected on Rocky, the J. P…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Goat Saves Family "Mignonette" Started Big Farm
A woman living at Coltishall, near Norwich, England, has raised a family of four and a prospering farm--on a 36 goat!…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EUGOWRA. Wheat Carting Completed
Wh[?]a[?] rating is practically compl[?] here only a few [?]onds in [?] in. Cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flemington Sales Sheep Market Down 1/- SYDNEY
At Flemington saleyard today 40,000 sheep and lambs confren[?]ed buyers. Lamps met with satisfactory sale at late rates, but inquiries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dwyer Saw Fardell Taking His Sheep. Story Told in Court. Ear-marking Alleged. Taking and "Using" Charge
An 89 years old grazier of Lewis Ponds said in the Orange Court yesterday that he saw a neighbouring grazier…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Notes and Notions On the Growing of Foodstuffs Leguminous Crops As Soil Improvers Conditions Governing Nitrogen-building Ability
In any scheme of cropping designed to maintain the fertility of the land the group of plants known as legumes (of which the best known,…
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The wheat silos are exepcted to be closed down this week, as practically all the wheat carting is finished…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Figures
During this wheat season 91,275 bags of wheat were received by the silos, and 33,006 bugs are stacked in the yard by various agents, making a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat and the Silos
After an extremely busy session the Molong silos finally closed on Wednesday with 299,329 bushels safe [?]nside the concrete walls, with 47,069 bushels…
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