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

Farming & the land, 1937

2,326 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 19 of 117

Homebush Sales Sheep Market Unchanged Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 5

Stock forward at Homebush to-day comprised about 42,000 sheep and 3.64. cattle. The sheep market, during early…

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Sheep Blowfly Control Results of Recent Investigations

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 6

The sheep blowfly takes heavy toll of the pastoral industry, and in "The Sheep Blowfly Problem in Australia: Results of Some Recent…

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The Wool, Market. Prices and Supplies

Leader · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 8

Winchcombs Car[?] Ltd. report for February 15:— [?] on the Continent and in the United States has not of late…

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Australian Wheat Purchased by Germany SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 5

Wheat merchants received cabled advice to-day that Germany had bought a quantity of wheat yesterday. The purchase is said to be about…

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Over Two Million Bags. Wheat Despatches for Season

Leader · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 3

Up to last Saturday, including consignments for the week ending that day, 2,444,152 [?] of wheat have been desp[?]tched from…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Inferior lines Irregular. SYDNEY, Thursday

Leader · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

At today’s wool sales there was a demand for all the best classes of [?] wool and skirtings. All other descriptions of merino [?] and…

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Sydney Wool Sales a Good Demand SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 2

At to-day's wool sales there was good demand for all first class fleets. Other descriptions of merino [?]eeces and lower skirtings were still…

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Rise of Last Week Lost at Orange Stock Sales. Cattle Co[?] Showed Little Quality. S[?]cker [?] Command Spirited Competitions

Leader · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 8

The general [?] is [?] and [?] prises at last week’s [?] was [?] when about [?] and 14,000 sheep were [?] of [?] and visiting [?] Fat [?] showed [?] is price, and [?] were [?]…

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This Year's Show Is a Great Exhibition Record Entries In All Sections Magnificent Displays in Ring and Pavilions Junior Farmers Have Splendid Collection Educational, Technical and Trade Displays

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

Lithgow's two-day show opened in auspicious circumstances to-day, and provided the effort is favored with fine weather, it should be one of the most spectacular on record. With two or three exceptions, the individual displays are among the best that any…

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Fair Deal. Huge Capital Sunk in Farms

Leader · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

The [?] has [?] that the [?] have not [?] [?] a deal. There has nevel been any [?] that the price of…

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Unravelling Wool

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 19

Knitting is not my strong point, and sometimes I have to unravel a silk or woollen garment. I find that if I wind it on an aluminium hot-water…

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Black Disease in Sheep

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 17

The cause of black disease is a germ or microbe called Boedamatiens, and as in the case of other bacilli of the same type, it exerts its deadly effect…

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Wool Prices and Supplies. Fluctuating Demand

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Business on the Continent and in the United Kingdom has not of late shown its previous briskness. Owing…

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Sydney Wool Sales Pitt, Son and Badgery's Report

National Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 2

Messrs Pitt. Son and Badgery yesterday wired: Today we submitted a catalogue of 6,415 bales wool. There was a good demand for all the best…

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Wool Sales Confidence in Australia The Week's Average SYDNEY, Friday. Factory in South Australia Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 5

Wool sold in Sydney this week averaged £21 15 2 a bale, or 18.2d a lb. compared with £22 12/7 a bale or 18.9d a lb the previous week. Addressing the Millions Club to-day Lord McGownn said that the [?]sion of Imperial Chemical Industri[?] Ltd., to erect a £1,000,000 plant…

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Farmers' Experiment Plots

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 3

The following are the results of the farmers' experiment plots in the Molong district, supplied by S. C. Hodgson, district agricultural instructor:—…

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Mudgee Sheep Win

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 4

THE sheep section at Lithgow show was judged by Major Hinton, the principal winner being Mr H. C. Hudson, of "Willow Glen," near…

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Wheat and Bread Price Disparity

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 3

FIGURES which should make everyone think were quoted by the Minister for Justice (Mr Martin) in referring to the…

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Wool Exports America's Remarkable Increase

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 5

In the seven months to January 31 exports of wool front Australia totalled 1,674,915 bales, a decrease of 23,262 bales compared with the…

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