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

Farming & the land, 1945

1,167 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 59

By the Million Great Wheat Yield

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 12

Up to date a million and a Quarter bags of high quality wheat have been delivered at Wellington depots, the grain coming from…

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Wool and the Weather Large American Needs

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: It is doubttul it drought conditions haver been more widely distributed over New South Wales than during the past…

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A Lively Job Treating the Pea Crop

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 15

Inside the six weeks' harvesting period, a million and a half tins of processed peas rolled off the production line at Edgell's…

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Down Om the Farm England Shows How

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 12

Although the United Kingdom now has seven tractors to every square mile of arable land, her farmers are asking…

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83 Pound Fleece Extraordinary Mudgee Sheep Yields £4/15/- Worth Of Wool

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 9

Some four years ago two well-known stockoweners in Mudgee district in the persons of Messrs. James Riley and…

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Fined £20 Illegal Butter Coupons

National Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At the special Federal court today Henry Blaeman, a shopkeeper, of Double Bay, was fined £20 for illegally having butter…

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Gift Sheep Flock for Nothing

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 11

A well-known Bathurst district grazier is reported to be offering 500 wethers free to anyone who will take them off…

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World Wheat London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

The world wheat harvest will i total 2800 million bushels, which is higher than the 1943 yield. Grain in hand approximates 1000…

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Wool That Doesn't Shrink

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 7

New York.—Unshrinkable wool fibers are being made by a method of forming synthetic resin within the structure of the fiber…

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Wool and the Weather Large American Needs

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: It is doubtful if drought conditions have ever been more widely distributed over New South Wales…

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Crops Poor

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 18

Crops are very poor this year and the farmer has had a real gruelling. In many cases much labor and material have gone for nought, as…

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Weed Control in Carrot Crops By Spraying With Power Kerosene

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 19

The value of power kerosene for destroying weeds within the rows of carrots was demonstrated on a number of…

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Desperate Plight Water Gives Out Complete Crop Failure

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 19

Many places in the Mudgee district are running out of water, and this, together with crop failures, has given rise to…

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Bulldozer Saves District Vegetable Crop

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

District vegetable growers are trusting to the Bathurst Machinery Pool's bulldozer to save the bulk of the new season's vegetable crop…

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14,142,000 Cattle

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 6

Cattle in Australia in 1944 totalled 14,142,000. This total was slightly under the record level of 14,441,000 in 1921…

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Flemington Sales Sheep Market Firm

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY. Thursday. Supplies of sheep and lambs were well maintained today, penning totalling 53,324 hard of chiefly very fair quality. Wethers…

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Huge Fleece on Wild Sheep

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

MUDGEE. Thursday: A wild sheep which yielded 83lb of wool was caught in the hills south of Mudgee recently. The fleece brought 13½d…

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Wheat Stacks Rapidly Diminishing

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 6

The wheat stacks are rapidly diminishing owing to the drain for stock feed at this and other centres. Several district, men are of the opinion that…

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Sheep Fleece Weighs 83 Lbs. M[?]

Leader · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 2

A wild [?] which yielded 83 lbs, of [?], was canefit in the bills south of Mur[?]. The fleece brought [?] per lb. So huge…

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MOLONG P.P. Board. Directors to Meet Shire Councillors. Discuss Watering Facilities For Sheep At Cumnock

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

Directors of Molong P.P. Board will meet representatives of Amaroo Shire Council to discuss the possibility of providing…

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