Prize Winners in Wool Contest
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Prize winners in the two competitions conducted by the Australian Wool Board were announced tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1949
1,358 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 68
Particulars of Dairy Competition in Central-west
The Minister for Agriculture has inaugurated a dairy farm production competition which, will concern butter factories at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Escape From Prison Farm Police Search in Country
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The search for the 20-year-old escape from E[?] Plains prison farm has now extended to the country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Storemen's Strike May Throw Thousands Idle
Employers said last night that more than 8,000 men would be unemployed in the leather and wool industries in two weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Negligent Driving Amaroo Farmer in Court
An Amaroo farmer, Lance W. Shepherd, appeared in Orange Court this week on charges of driving a motor vehicle in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Shearing Contest
A sheep shearing contest will provide one of the features at the next Orange Show, to be held on May 5, 6 and 7…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Wool Purchases Russia and Poland
CANBERRA, Friday: In the first seven months of 1948/49, Russia and Poland made big purchases of Australian greasy wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Dairy Stock Hard to Purchase Shortage Of Feed Crops
Dairy stock offered for sale at western saleyards recently has been below standard, but stock generally are in good condition. Mr. J. W. Davidson, dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sheep Could Take Liquor
"McGinty," the famous Yass River wether, who died last week, was a sheep who could take his liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What Price Yyramul ? State Wool Record
The Mudgee district received a bold advertisement at the recent Sydney wool sales, when Mr. H. Price, of Pyramid,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Junior Farmers Going Strong in N.S.W.
On December 31 last, there were 316 Junior Farmers' Clubs in the State, including 24 in the central west…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Owners of Diseased Sheep Prosecuted Infected With Lice
An Inspector of the Bathurst Pastures Protection Board told the Orange Court yesterday of how he found a pen of 68 sheep at the Orange saleyards heavily infested with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulk Handing of Wheat Favored Parkes
The state Government may soon be asked to abolish the use of wheat bags and concentrate on the handling of wheat in bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Industry at Forbes More Farms Needed
FORBES.—The advent of closer settlement, and especially dairying, would be a great boon to the town of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Storemen Lose Jobs 600 Affected SYDNEY
About 600 storemen employed in Sydney wool stores were dismissed today. The dismissals follow a ban placed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Farms for Soldiers Gulargambone Areas SYDNEY
Two estates comprising about 25,000 acres near Gulargambone would be available to ex-servicemen in June, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Shehan)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Management Course
Number 9 and 10 refresher courses in farm management for ex-servicemen will begin at Yanco on March 14 and on May 9. It is not the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apple Crop Light; Quality High Harvesting In Full Swing
Orchardists in the Orange district are now concentrating on the picking of Packham’s pears and early varieties of apples…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Awards
Judge in the wool classes, Mr. Preston, summarised his remarks in this section as follows: In the merino section there was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Continent's Wool Activity The Staple and Synthetics
Winchcombe, carson Ltd. reports:-France has been one of the most sustained buyers of wool in Australia this season. In all sections output of the…
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