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

Farming & the land, 1949

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Supply of Cases Adequate Remainder Of Record Cherry Crop

Central Western Daily · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 5

Adequate supplies of cases will be available for the residue of the Orange cherry crop, which is expected to cut out next week. It has been estimated that…

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Branding Irons for Cattle

Central Western Daily · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 9

A good cattle brander will always see that his branding irons are in good order by keeping their edges even and…

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Wool Missing Forbes Inquiries FORBES

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 4

Forbes, police are investigating [?] disappearance from Eulong [?]…

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Wheat Harvest Reduction N.S.W. Estimate

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: It has been reliably estimated the NSW wheat harvest will be 70,000,000 bushels. This means a crop nearly one third…

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Stewart Dawson on Prison Farm Transfer From Long Bay

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: David Stewart Dawson has been moved from Long Bay Gael to Emu Plains prison farm an official of the Prisons Department…

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Milk Price Rise for Dairymen

Central Western Daily · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

An increase of 4d a gallon on all milk sold in the Orange district will become effective from today. The new prices are:—…

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Rain Helps Crops at Guyong (From Our Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 9

GUYONG.—Soaking rain during December has greatly benefited crops in the Guyong district…

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Pea Crops Sown At Crookwell

Central Western Daily · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 9

Trial plots of peas are to be established at Crookwell by the Department of Agriculture…

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Flour Mill Gets Less Wheat

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 4

COWRA.—Corps’ Flour Mill in Cowra has not received anywhere near the amount of wheat that was expected this…

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Field Day on Farms, Orchard Agricultural Bureau Conference

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Mitchell division of the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales will have its first field day and conference in Orange for years when country delegates and visitors…

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Wool Averages Up Geelong Sale Boosts Total

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 4

GEELONG, Monday: High, prices for bis quantities of wool at the Geelong sales last week, including the Australian record of 159d a lb raised…

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Gang’s Daring Wool Theft Sixteen Bales Stolen

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

An organised gang of wool thieves is thought to have been responsible for the theft of 16 bales of wool from a woolshed on Eulong Station,…

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Increased Wool Purchases

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Both United States and Australian millmen have bought fair quantities of wool in Australia this…

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Butter Nay Be Dearer Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

[?] in [?] of [?] cheese may follow a review of production costs this years, president of the Primary Producers' Union, Mr, R. C. Gibson hinted today…

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Sheep Killed on Road Carcoar Incident

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

CARCOAR, Tuesday: Nineteen fat sheep were killed on the main highway at Carcoar yesterday when a heavy motor truck ran into a mob…

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56,000 Bag Wheat Drop at Cumnock

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

The number of bags of wheat in Cumnock stacks this season is approximately 56,000 bags less than was stacked there during the…

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Wool Trade in Recess Good New Year Forecast

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 4

The wool trade at present is in recess, and buyers are enjoying a well earned respite over the holidays…

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Cr. Windus Off to N.z, on Farmers' Tour

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Cr. Windus, of Boree Shire Council, off to New Zealand on a Farmers' Tour, was wished God-speed and a happy trip this week…

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Floods Recede Damage to Vegetable Crops Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

Although nearly two inches of rain fell in Sydney in the 24 hours to 9 o'clock today, the weather is clearing, floods are subsiding, and services have…

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Bright Wool Outlook

National Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 8

Winchcombe Carom Ltd. report:-The outlook for the second half, of the Australian wool selling season is pdomising. Great Britain and the…

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