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

Farming & the land, 1952

1,169 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 59

Local Wool at Auction

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 10

We sold 5120 bales of wool at auction privately in Sydney on Tuesday, report Winchcombe Carson…

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Ten to Fifteen Per Cent Less Wheat Grown in Molong and Boree Shires Inability of Farmers to Fallow Through Adverse Weather Conditions

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

"The weather has been so dry and the ground so hard that fallowing on any scale has been practically impossible. "In my January report I forecast a…

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Junior Farmer in America

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

Ian Sharrock, the Junior Farmer chosen to visit America under the International Farm Youth Exchange…

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Labour Available For Orange Farms

Central Western Daily · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

“Farmers, graziers and other primary producers in the Orange district who need labour can now apply for specially selected migrant workers,” said Mr. C. Jackson, Commonwealth Employment Officer, yesterday…

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More Cattle Destroyed

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 3

REGINA, Sunday.— Three more of a cattle herd in the Regina area have been found to be infected with foot and month…

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Some Sections of Mudgee District Still Need Rain Badly, Agronomist Says in his Monthly Crop Report

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 1

Although good rain has fallen in some parts of the district, other sections are still drought bound. This is stated by…

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Rural Migrants Available for Mudgee Farmers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 1

Primary producers in the Mudgee district, who need labour, can now apply for specially…

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Berry Crops Down Orange

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 2

Although a record price of 8d a lb has been paid for blackberries harwested in the Orange district this season, the crop has not been the…

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Big Drop in Blackberry Crop

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 1

Blackberry crop in Orange and district is expected to total 14 tons this year. In 1951 about 60 tons of blackberries were collected in the…

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Dogs Kill Sheep

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

GRENFELL, Tuesday: A pack of stray dogs early this morning killed 30 sheep at the Grenfell saleyards. The sheep, worth about £100, were…

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Drought in West Sheep Seek New Pastures

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Drought in western NSW is so bad that some stations have had to market or move every sheep, Broken Hill Pastures…

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Wool Tax Plan Welcomed by Graziers

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--The Federal Governments intentions to modify the wool growers provisional tax and to…

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Correspondence Farm Labor and the Migration Scheme (To the Editor)

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 4

Sir:— Your news columns dealing with the much publicised scheme to bring out some thousands of Italians and Dutch to be farmed out to…

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Queensland Butter on Blackmarket

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Aft.-- Queensland buffer is being sold in Sydney on the black market for up to…

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Orange Stock Sales Draw for Today Cattle—10 a.m

Central Western Daily · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 11

Goldsbrough Mort, 430 head. owners, Ramsey, Dowton, Mc Lachlan, Davison, Sturgeon. Eldridge, Harrison, Kelly,…

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Bathurst Junior Farmers Important Decisions

National Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 2

Mr. K. Rae. Part-time Supervise of Junior Farmers' Clubs, writes: At a meeting of representatives of the Advisory Committees of the…

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Wool Report

Central Western Daily · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 14

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-Operative Grain Insurance and agency Company Limited report under date, March 7, 1952:…

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The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Wool Report 7th March, 1952

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 5

We submitted our catalogue No. 32 on Thursday, 6th March. The selection to a large extent consisted of late shorn…

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Sheep Disease Caused Heavy Losses in Orange

Central Western Daily · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 5

Heavy losses from yellow bighead have been reported in small areas on the tablelands near Orange, one holding having lost 500 sheep last year, the Veterinary Officer, Mr. D. G. Christie, discloses in his monthly…

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Australia Facing Famine Wheat Board Warning

National Advocate · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The seriousness of the food production in Australia was under-lined in Sydney today by a member of the Wheat Board…

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