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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Bright Forecast For Wool

Central Western Daily · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 10

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts that the recent satisfactory wool prices will continue through the 1952-53 season…

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Carting of Wheat to Be Completed by Weekend

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 6

Harvesting has yet to be completed in several instances Samples of wheat have been weighing from 61 to…

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Grenfell Junior Farmer to Tour

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 4

GRENFELL, Thursday: A young farmer from Grenfell, John Keir, was elected this afternoon by the Junior Farmer Movement to be the N.S.W…

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Sheep Sale

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

John L. Donovan & Co. Fty. Ltd, in conjunction with Winchcombe Carson Ltd., of Orange, report having conducted a very successful sale…

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Export Wheat Quota Increased Board Decision

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Bureau of Agricultural Economics says that Australia's position as the only big exporter of wheat in the sterling area…

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Good Wheat Yields Conditions in Central West

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 4

ORANGE. Thursday: The District Agronomist's monthly report is as follows: Seasonal conditions: Wanner conditions prevailed generally during the…

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Nutrition Begins in Farmers' Fields

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

The most important problem confronting Australian people is that of land use in relation to food production. This significient statement was…

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215 to Settle on Farms This Year

Central Western Daily · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

Soldier settlement in New South Wales was far from being at a standstill and 215 men would…

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110 Sheep Perish in Tent Fire

Central Western Daily · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

One hundred and ten sheep were lost and 300 acres of rich grazing land razed when an insecticide - impregnated t[?]nt caught fire at Mr. D. Brady’s Molong…

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Mass Murder Farmer's Seven Victims

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Sunday: A 45 years old former in the Orange Free state in South Africa has shot seven people and suicided…

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Wool Dress with "POWDER-PUFF" Hemline

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 4

FB1013 Australian Wool Board Photograph A delightful new note in the emphasized skirt fashion. The dress is of wool crepe in the new California colour "Pink Sand" with outsize white polka dot embroidery…

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Low Bids For Hartley Farm

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

When buyers failed to reach the reserve price Mr. Dave Oades' Hartley property was turned in by the auctioneer…

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Sheep in Demand

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

In the past four days, nearly £70,000 has been paid for sheep at two special sales at Bathurst and Orange. The manager of one auctioneering…

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The Flemington Market Sheep

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 6

Sheep and lambs were generally 2/- to 5/- cheaper on Monday, according to Bruce Ramsay, Flemington…

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Wool Market Firm

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: At the first Australian wool sales for 1053 today prices showed a general increase. Record prices for the season were…

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Synthetic Wool Graziers Warned

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Australian wool growers could not afford to adopt a complacent attitude towards the challenge of synthetic fibres, NSW…

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Electricity Could Be Used On More N.S.W. Farms

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

The increasing exten to which electricity is being used in New South Wales rural areas may be gathered from the fact that as much as 23,000 units per annum are being used on a single farm…

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Wheat Prospects Union View

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The New South wales Wheat Growers Union said today it could not advise wheat growers in increase production under…

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Erighter British Wool Trade

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 8

Winchombe, Carson Ltd. report—No developments have arisen which dim the prospects for wool sales in the opening periods of 1953, Frices…

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London Wool Sales Keen Competition

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Competition was strong when the January series of the London wool sales opened yesterday…

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