Turnips as Fodder Crop
ORANGE, Tuesday: The District agronomist at Orange (Mr. Madson) urges Tableland farmers), to make sure of good supplementary winter…
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Farming & the land, 1949
1,358 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 68
Big Cherry Crop
ORANGE, Tuesday: Some idea of the prolific yield of cherries in the Orange district this season is shown by returns from the Producers' Rural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Harvests Her Post-Flood Linseed Crop
Sown in land waterlogged by the serious flooding which devastated large areas of Britain's farmlands during the spring of 1947, emergency crops of linseed are now being cut. Cargoes of furs and other luxuries were off-loaded from R.M.S…
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Fisherman Harry Cross, of Wapun, U.SA., has the smallest and most novel "ranch" in the world. Harry is a worm rancher. Maybe wriggle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rabbits Eat Pea Crops
MILLTHORPE. — Right through the district rabbits are very plentiful and are doing much dam ape to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rabbits Eating Wheat Crops In Victoria
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Australia is suffering what is probably the worst rabbit plague in its history. In Victoria rabbits are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scientists Aid Wool Industry
LONDON, Wednesday: An exhibition showing how British scientists are helping the wool industry opened in London today at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Freight Deduction Growers Protest
PARKES. Wednesday: The Wheat Growers' Union intend to send a strong protest to the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) against any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Wool Record Geelong
A new [?] time record price for wool sold in Australia was paid at the Geelong wool sales today. Four bales of Merino fleece…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— This season’s wool clip would be worth about £160,000,000 and £200,000,000 to Australia, said Dr. Edgar Booth on his arrival in Sydney today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Wheat May Drop Sharply LONDON
Owing to a good harvest in Europe and elsewhere, Australia will have to accept less for her wheat than hitherto…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Quality Grain in Central West Report On Crops
Grain harvested on the Central Slopes was generally of excellent quality, states the District Agronomist, Mr. R. C. Madsen. Some bleaching had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Potato Crops Benefit Rain Was Just In Time
The recent rain arrived just in time to be of inestimable value to potato crops, states the District Agronomist, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Wheat Pact
WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The United States has invited Russia, Argentina and 58 member nations of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Correspondence Seed Wheat for Farmers (To the Editor)
Sir: Further to my letter to you of the 3rd. ult., I have to advise that Mr. D. Chapman of "Inglewood." Spring Hill, has had the following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Wool Record
GEELONG, Thursday: The all time record price for wool sold in Australia was paid at the Geelong sales today for a substantial offering of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Manildra Magazine Wheat Lorry Accident at Manildra
An accident that might easily have had disastrous consequences occurred on the Gumble road on Wednesday about 1½ miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat and Oats Registered Seed At Spring Hill
The District Agronomist, Mr. R. C. Madsen, has inspected crops on the property of Mr. D Chapman, Inglewood,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Slopes Crops Averaged 6½ Bags
Most Central Slopes crops averaged 6½ bags per acre this season, reports Orange Agronomist (Mr. R. C. Madsen)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cases for Cherry Crop
ORANGE, Thursday: It is expected there will be sufficient numbers of timber boxes for the remainder of the Orange cherry crop which should…
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