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

Farming & the land, 1938

2,188 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 110

Quality Sheep on Thursday Next

National Advocate · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

McNeilly. Crampton and Margin Pty. Ltd. draw special attention to their excellent yarding this week of 6,000 high-class sheep including 2,000 merino…

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The Wool Market. Resumption of Sales

Leader · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort nd Co. report for Dec. 30:—Brokers during the week have been busy compiling catalogues for the opening series which takes…

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Season’s Prospects. Dairy Instructor’s Report

Leader · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Mr. J. W. G. Smith, senior dairy instructor, in charge of the dairy branch district. Central Western, Slopes, with headquarters at Orange,…

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Wool Sales Japan To Make Larger Purchases

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 2

At yesterday's wool sales in Sydney best descriptions were firm at the closing December rates, but wools lacking length and faulty lines were…

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Japan and Wool Already Bought 300,000 Bales SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

Japanese woolbuyers in Sydney expect to resume buying about January 10, but at present they are unable to say how much they will require…

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Warwick Farm Races Handicap to Tucker Box Flying to Misnomer Finch Suspended Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

At the Warwick Farm races today [?] prominent lightweight jockey, J. [?] was suspended for two months by the stewards at Warwick Farm…

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Dairy Cows Substantial Decrease

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 2

The number of dairy cows in the Hartley police district, exclusive of Lithgow municipality, decreased by 75 during the year just ended, and is…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Japanese Baying Restricted. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 2

Bidding was dull for average and Interior woola at the sales to-day, and prices showed a further decline of per cent, on yesterday. Similar…

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Wool Sales Messrs, Pitt, Son and Badgery's Report

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery yesterday wired:—Prices for best length wools were unchanged at the opening Sydney sales of the half year to-day. Rate…

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Wool Traffic

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 13

With the shearing season completed some little time, the local station handled a record number of bales of wool for the year. The…

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Wool Weaker Heavy Withdrawals

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

WITHDRAWALS at the Wool sales yesterday were the heaviest for many weeks, and hundreds of bales were not even offered. This was in…

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Easier Wool Values America Absent

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, report:— The varia [?] this week has been due to the reduction in Japanese [?] compared with…

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1938 Wool Prospects Fashion and Consumption

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 14

WINCHCOMBE, Carson Ltd. report:— Prospects for wool pries in the new year of 1938 are not as…

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Low Prices Australian Wheat Need for Action

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 12

A FORMER president of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation (Mr H. L. Simpson) said a few days ago that if…

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Sydney Wool Sales Further Declines SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

Withdrawals were again heavy at the wool sales to-day, when prices for quality and inferior lots tended still lower. Of 11,812 bales offered…

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To Save Wheat Millthorpe Man Burned CRANGE

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

In an attempt to extinguish a fire which threatened his wheat crop yesterday, Dave Whilley, a farmer, of [?] burned about…

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Opening Wool Sales Good Classes Firm Poor Lots Down

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 10

AT the first wool sale of 1938 on Monday best descriptions showing length were firm at closing December rates,…

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Wool Cheque Lower £20,000,000 for Half Season

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 10

SALES of wool in Australia for the first half of the season are estimated by the trade to have reached pearly 1,150,000 bales, with…

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Wool Cheaper Down 5 Per Cent. Prices at Sydney Sales SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

Bidding was dull on average and inferior wool at to-day's sales, and prices shewed a deal [?] of five per cent. Yesterday similar fleeces were from par…

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