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

Farming & the land, 1947

1,743 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 88

Wool Prices and Wages

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 4

Winchombe Carson Ltd report:—Good selling prospects exist for New Year sales for well grown merinos and the finer crossbreds supplies of which…

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Wool Report

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 3

The Farmers and [?] Co-operative Grain Insurance and Aserry Company Lirnderd report: We submitted our Catalegn of…

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High Prices for Orange Sheep

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 4

At Homebush, on Monday. Dr. A. J. Lawson, Orange, secured: 112 shorn sbred suckers in [?] are 32/1; Fenton Orange. 11th…

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D.D.T. Control Of Sheep Blowfly

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 11

Carefully controlled scientific investigation has determined that fly strikes only occur when Primary Flies are present in considerable…

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Wild Dogs on the Rampage Heavy Sheep Losses

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 11

For years sheep owners in the wilder parts of the Wollar district have suffered heavily as the result of the…

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Serious Wheat Position Drought Subsidy Must Be Raised

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 10

Critical position in the wheat Industry arose from the exhausted resources of the growers who were faced with reduced production…

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Cudal Seed-Wheat Distributor W. K. Shannon Selected

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 3

Mr. W. K. Shannon has been selected for the wheat growing trials, and as distributor of seed wheat…

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Wheat Variety Trails Borden and Scimitar Lead Recommendations For Sowing

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 8

Mr. F. Morris, Agricultural Instructor, Mudgee, supplies us with the following interesting information:—…

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Apple, Pear Crops Will Be Below Normal In Orange District

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 4

Commenting on the Department of Agriculture’s ideas about the efficiency of hormone sprays for apples and pears, Mr. Fitzroy Brand, manager of the O.P.R.,…

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Strike May Mean No Butter for Bread of Thousands

Central Western Daily · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Tyalgu[?] branch of the [?] District Council of Primary Producer’s Union has [?] to withhold cream supplies as from January 13, and for an indefinite period if its petition to the Federal…

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Illegal Movement of Cattle Likely To Lead To Prosecutions

Central Western Daily · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 1

Attention is drawn to the existence of areas within New South Wales which have been kept [?]…

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Mudgee Pastures Protection Board Return of Land and Large Stock and Sheep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

IT is hereby notified that every owner or occupier of land is liable to be rated under the Pastures Protection Act, 1943, and…

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Mudgee District Crop Report

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 6

Mr. F. C. Morris, Mudgee Agricultural Instructor, reports as follows regarding conditions in the district for the month of December:…

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Heavy Crop of Beet

National Advocate · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. H. Dowton, a gardener, of Lambert Street, reports a bumper crop of oversize beet. The largest of several specimens brought to the…

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Wool Prices Competitions Good

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Greasy merino fleece sold to 53 1/2d for seven bales of G in CIR/New England Walcha) at the Sydney sales today…

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Tumut District Farmer Run Down Twice by Own Car

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 3

William Cookson, 70, farmer, of West Blowering, near Tumut, was run down twice by his own car…

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Plan to Overcome Unsoundness in Wool Cup

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

In the last few years I have noticed that my wool clip shows an unsoundness more in evidence in the hoggets than the older sheep. This tenderness is about half-way…

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Dairymen to Meet Prime Minister

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Milk zone Dairy mens" Council will appoint a deputation to see the Prime Minister on the question of an increase in the…

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Beasley Resents Joad’s ‘Bushrangers and Farmers’ LONDON

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 5

Following a protest by the Australian Minister to London (Mr. J. B. Beasley), Lord Addison has notified the B.B.C. that…

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No Fears Of Wool Markets Having Huge Surpluses

Central Western Daily · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 3

Carry-over stocks of wool from the war years have only diminished in the British Dominations but also in other…

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