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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Confident Outlook for Recommencement of Wool Sales

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 8

According to a report received from Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., Sydney wool firms are…

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Bumper Crop

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 1

Prickly-pear is carrying its heaviest crop of fruit for many years. The heavy crop of fruit on prickly-pear in the Mudgee area will spread new growth of the pest through seeds…

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Bumper Apple Crops

National Advocate · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 4

DUBBO, Sunday: In Dubbo today, the Chairman of the Australian Apple and Pear Marketing Board (Mr. J. B. Millo) forecast bumper crops of apples…

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Wool Values Firm Sydney Sales

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A new series of wool sale opened today with prices generally unchanged from closing rates in 1953…

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U.K. Doesn't Want Wheat Surplus

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

British millers are not likely to relieve Australia of much of her huge wheat surplus, as they still have large "stockpiles" of…

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Wheat Surplus Problem Govt. Does Not Favor Restrictions

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies said today that the Commonwealth Government was not a party to any…

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Rice Crop To Increase

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

The area approved for the rice crop in N.S.W. this year will be approximately 41,950 acres, reports the Department…

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Potato Crops “Doing Well”

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 7

Potato crops are “doing really well,” Mr. B. D. Ament, western agricultural…

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Dubbo Wheat High Quality

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

“Wheat grown in the West over the past year is equal to the best grown in the North-West of the…

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Wheat Problem Report for Ministers

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A full report on the wheat crisis would be made to the Agricultural Council on January 27, Australian Wheat Board…

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U.S. Wool Policy Imports Unaffected

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: President Elsenhower's wool legislative proposals if adopted by Congress, should not mean a decline in imports of foreign…

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Sydney Wool Sales Medium Clips Easter

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At the wool sales today prices for the best wool held firm but the demand was irregular for mediums, broad and…

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Price Cutting in Synthetics Wool's Position

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— That price cutting would eventuate in the the U.S. amongst manufacturers of synthetics was only to be…

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Late Mr. Aubrey Webb Prominent Sheep Breeder

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

Prominent NSW wool classer, stud breeder and judge of merino sheep Mr. P. A, (Aubrey) Webb, who died on December, 29, was a councillor of…

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Grasshoppers Damage Local Crops

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

Two species of small grasshoppers are causing damage in Orange and neighbouring Central Highlands districts. District Supervisor of the Department of…

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Wool Report Goldsbrough, Mort's Report

National Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report: The second half of the current season opened in Sydney on Wednesday and when sales were…

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No Increase in Wool Tariff Us Policy

National Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday: President Eisenhower said yesterday that after a long struggle, he had decided it would be bad policy to increase…

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Good Fruit Crop Prospects

Central Western Daily · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

Prospects for all fruit crops with the exception of pears this season are very good, District Fruit Officer, Mr. E. C. Whittaker, said yesterday…

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Bumper Wheat Yield N.S.W. Crop

National Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: Phenomenal wheat harvest in NSW is drawing to a close. The total yield may exceed 60,000,000 bushels…

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American Cattle Breeder To Judge at Sydney Royal

National Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 6

Prominent American cattle breeder, Mr. John E. Rice, of Sheridan, Wyoming, has accepted an invitation from the Royal Agricultural…

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