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

Farming & the land, 1954

1,064 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 54

Deaths in sheep flocks

Central Western Daily · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 10

District Veterinary Officer, Mr. D. G. Christie, said yesterday there had been a…

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Sheep Dog Trials Win to G. Nightingale

National Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 1

Thirty-four dogs competed in the sheep dog trials at Norton Park, Orange, last Saturday. The trials were held in…

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Russian Wool Demand Encouraging Features

National Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—Wool business in Sydney last week took on a pre-Easter aspect and with no auction here until May, the trade…

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Horses and Cattle Graze Illegally on Golf Course

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 10

Members of Gulgong Golf Club played an 18-holes stroke competition on Saturday last and Norman Chick…

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More Sheep Now in Mudgee P.P. Board District Than Last Year

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 19

It was revealed at the Mudgee Pastures Protection Board meeting on Monday last that there had been a considerable increase in the sheep population of the district during the past…

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Bathurst Stock Sales Cattle Prices Ease

National Advocate · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 6

Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., report that at last week's sale at Bathurst 300 cattle were yarded, comprising some very good pens of fat…

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Presentation to Dairy Officer

National Advocate · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 2

Mr. Jim Gilmore (67), who has retired from the post of Department of Agriculture's officer in charge of dairy herds at Bathurst, was…

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Wool Week Competition

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 2

As Anzac Day will be celebrated on Monday, April 26 this year, the entries for the Wool Week competition for school…

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World Wool Outlook Improved Supplies Closely Related to Current Needs

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 6

Principal chances in the British Commonwealth wool situation over the past three months are evidence of an increased demand coming…

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Big Peanut Crop in Queensland

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE — Harvest of Queensland’s biggest peanut crop since 1947, and possibly the best on…

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Why Wool Week?

National Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 1

From Friday this week until Saturday next, Wool Week will be held in Bathurst. Preparations for Bathurst's great…

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Wheat Growers Elect Officers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 12

A meeting of the Mendooran Branch of the Wheatgrowers' Union was held on Saturday, 10th April…

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Bradford Top Values Strong Wool Position

National Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Wool trading in Sydney, continued very quiet over Easter with only odd lots of scoured skin wools changing…

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Orange Stock Sales Draw For Today CATTLE, 10 a.m

Central Western Daily · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 10

James F. Toobey, 90 head, owners, McCooey, Wilson, Smith, Jones. Winchombe, Carson, 100,…

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Flemington Sales Sheep Dearer

National Advocate · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thudsday: At Flemington saleyards today increased supplies of sheep were offered, 40,380 head of mostly very fair to good…

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What Do You Know About Wool?

National Advocate · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 5

Nature, not man, makes wool. Although man may have beaten nature at her own game in other things, he has never succeeded in making a…

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Wool Week

National Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 2

Wool Week officially opened in Bathurst yesterday. This is being staged by the Wool Bureau in conjunction with the Chamber of…

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World Sheep Statistics Aust. Leads

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: World sheep numbers continued to increase in 1953 for the sixth consecutive year the US Agriculture Department…

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Advancing Wool Season Final Stages Reached

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Resumption of wool auctions in Brisbane and Melbourne this week bring the 1953/54 Australian wool…

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Australian Oil And the Farmer

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 6

Since the end of the war mechanisation of Australian agriculture has gone ahead so rapidly that the once familiar sight of horse teams…

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