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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 6 of 110

MERRIWA P.P. BOARD Grasshopper Levy Grave Pastoral Outlook

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 15

AT the last meeting of the Merriwa P.P. Board, held at Casailis on Thursday, January 11, there were present: Messrs. H. C…

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Slight Increase Melbourne Wool Sales MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

At the Geelong wool sales today, there was a slight increase in price for better description and while other lines were quoted at late rates the…

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Page For Men On The Land Expert Advice How to Feed Sheep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 14

HAND feeding of sheep is now, in progress in many Inland districts, and if good falls of rain are not shortly…

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Wool Higher London Sales Good Selection in Keen Demand London

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

Under keen demand, chiefly from the home trade, a good selection was offered at the first series of the London wool sales. Prices were from…

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Tractor Farming Ten Progressive Years

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 10

THE experience of a tractor farmer who started his motorised operations with one medium sized McCormick-Deering tractor,…

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Sheep Pennies Heavy

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

Another heavy penning of sheep and lambs was forward al Flemington [?] 10-day. 53,000 head confronting buyers. Good quality wethers and…

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Jersey Cows Butter Yield

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 8

An exceptionally high [?] has been recorded under the standard [?] test by Tooravale Princess Still. an eight-year-old Jerry cow owned by…

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Convicts and Sheep Classing

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

At the dinner meeting of Hie Apex Club held during the week, the first formal item was a short talk by Apexian Ken Terry with regard to…

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Wheat Options Down

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

On receipt of [?] [?] reporting that all optione were down [?] the local wheat market [?] slightly today. Buyern quoted…

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Sheep Property to be Sold

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 4

A large and well-known grading property, “Evandale,” at Sulton [?] (Hoas Vale). which is considered to the one of the most desirable sheep…

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Disease in Wheat Crops. Expert’s Advise on Control. Care Needed in Picking

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 8

Such wheat [?] as [?] must, flag must, take-all, and root rol have been unusually prevalent In many districts this season, and…

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Commercial News. Brisbane Wool Sales

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 8

Winchcombe Canon Ltd. recorded the following message from their Brisbane office:— “At the opening Brisbane wool…

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London Wool Sales. London

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

A good selection [?] at the wool sales to-day met with competition from the home trade and the Continent, with Russia also…

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Wool Position Changes Production and Consumption

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— If consumption were normal wool would be worth more money than it is at present. It was estimated that…

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London Wool Sales Keen Competition LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 5

A good selection was offered at the wool sales to-day and met with keen competition from the home trade and the with Russia also…

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Feed for Dairy Cows the Neglected Claims of Silage

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 7

Although there is a progressive increase in the quantity of silage made each year, the total quantity of fodder conserved is quite negligible when…

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Reminiscences Of A District Pioneer Mr. William Slattery's Adventures Varied Early Life As Bushworker, Drover and Farm Laborer Interesting Glimpse of the Early West

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

In view of the fact, tout the State is this year celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding, and also prompted by a desire to place before readers some experiences of a bushman in the curlier days of the colony, Mr. William Slattery, J.P., of Lithgow,…

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Apple and Pear Crop. Tasmamian Forecast for 1938

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 8

We are indebted to the Huon and Derwent “Times of the 13th Instant for the following crop forecast. reparts Mr. F. T. Pearce, the [?]…

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Empire Farmers to Confer

Leader · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 4

Farmers of the British Empire will gather at Sydney during March and April to discuss many Important matters relating to production, and the…

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