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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 2 of 59

Sheep From Oberon

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

At Winchcombe, Carson's Homebush auction last Thursday, G. W. Armstrong and Sons, Oberon, secured to 87[?]1, average 85/6 for a line of 116…

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Wool Prices Irregular Sydney Market

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday: Prices for better type fleece wools at the Sydney wool sale today showed some Irregularity, compared with yesterday's rates…

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Sound Wool Position Reasonable Confidence Justified

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The wool trade faces 1952 with the raw material soundly situated in regard to supply and demand No acute…

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Record Cattle Sale

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

Believed a record, five bullocks were sold at Bathurst Corporation Saleyards yesterday for £56/6/- per head. A later offering of 28 cows, calves and…

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Serious Drop In Wheat Production

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- The Agricultural Council will meet on February 15 and 16 to consider Australia's declining…

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District Wool at Sydney Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 11

Winchcombe Carson wive: Offered 12,900 bales of wool at our Sydney sale today (Wednesday). Good general…

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Minister to Visit North Territory Cattle Industry Study

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Minister for Territories, Mr. Hasluck, is going to the Northern Territory to make an unofficial study of the cattle…

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Butter From Victoria 200 Tons For N.S.W.

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Railways Department reported that the first two consignments of Victor butter had arrived in Sydney…

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Wool Prices Firm Sydney and Albury Sales

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Prices for better type wools at today's Sydney sales were firm on today's rates, but broader types showed an…

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Big Fall in Wheat Acreage Average Yields Likely

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Estimated wheat acreage for this season is the lowest for any peacetime year since 1925-26…

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Cut in Wool Price U.s. Government Order

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The United States has ordered the celling prices of wool reduced by 20 per cent as from April 8…

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Big Cattle Yarding At First Sale

Central Western Daily · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

The first sale for 1952 at Orange stock saleyards yesterday resulted in an overflow yarding in the cattle pens, but only a moderate penning of sheep. Most of them changed hands in the presence of an exceptionally large attendance. Buyers came from a number of…

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Wool Valued Firm Sydney, Albury Market

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Prices at the Sydney and Albury wool sales today were fully firm on yesterday's rates. In Sydney the market was…

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Weed Menace to Wheat Sprays Prove Valueless

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Skeleton weed was malding vast acreages of NSW [?] unharvestable and was one of the greatest menaces to the…

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U.s. Orders Reduction in Wool Prices

Central Western Daily · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

Ceiling prices on clothing and other woollen goods also will be reduced to reflect the new wool ceilings…

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Drought Relief for Dairy Farmers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA, on Tuesday announced details of a Relief…

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Drought Relief Scheme For Dairy Farmers

Central Western Daily · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., has announced details of a Relief Scheme to assist dairy farmers in necessitous circumstances as a result of drought…

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Family Die in Farm Fire

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Thursday: A man, and his four children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a farmhouse six miles north of Woosten…

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Milk Subsidy Sought Aid for Farmers

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The NSW Government will ask the commonwealth for a subsidy of l/4 a [?] on milk The Premier, Mr. [?] said that…

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Poultry Farms Around Young Worth £400,000

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

Poultry farmers in the Young district consider that their industry is worth £400,000 per year to the town and district…

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