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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 4 of 54

Wheat Quality at Manildra Is High

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 8

Grain on hand at the Manildra Flour Mill was well up to the standard of any in NSW, a mill…

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Junior Farmer to Tour New Zealand

National Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

A party of 12 Junior Farmers from NSW leaves Sydney tonight for a four weeks tour of New Zealand. One of the 12 is Harold Kellaham. of…

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Wool Report

Central Western Daily · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 11

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-Operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited…

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German Designers Use New Wool Fabrics Attractive Suit's

National Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 3

This winter German designers, who are beginning to win recognition in the fashion world, are sponsoring elegant practical suits for…

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Wool Makes Fashion News Evening Gowns at Paris Shows

National Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 6

Lightweight wool fabrics including broadcloth and jersey, are favorites for evening wear in Paris this season and evening and cocktail gowns…

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Plans for Wool Week in Orange April 5 to 12

Central Western Daily · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

Plan for a Wool Week in Orange from April 5 to 12 were launched at an enthusiastic public meeting in the Town Hall on Thursday night. President over by the Mayor, Alderman E…

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"Why I Like to Sew with Wool" U.S. Girl Wins Essay Contest Heber City, Utah

National Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 3

Norma Jo Thigpen, of Lake Arthur New Mexico, 14 years old High School Student has been named grand prize winner of the 1953 "Why…

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Ex-career Girl Says : Farm work hard but interesting

Central Western Daily · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 4

Two years ago city-born Mrs. A. Throsby was a physiotherapist at the Orange Base Hospital. On Thursday she was at the Mitchell Agricultural Convention to learn all she could…

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Wheat Agreement Is Criticised

Central Western Daily · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

WASHINGTON Sunday— The Randall Commission today recommended that the U.S. Government should…

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Record Price Paid for Farm at Orange Auction £80-15 an acre

Central Western Daily · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

The record price of £80/15/-an acre was realised by auction in Orange on Saturday for “Springdale,” a 450-acre farm at Spring…

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Wool Cheque

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 10

Australia’s wool cheque for the first half of the current season was £20, 382,073 higher than for the…

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Youth on Murder Charge Farm Shooting Incident

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: A youth, charged with shooting dead his sister's boyfriend at Monto, was reading a What West magazine shortly score the…

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Wheat for Pig Food

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 11

Pig breeders on the North Coast would use more wheat to feed their stock if they could get it at a reasonable price. This was stated in…

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Migrants Man Farms

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

During 1953 about 1,200 migrants, chiefly in New South Wales and Victoria, have been clearing and…

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Farm Scarcities Fading Record Outputs

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

Record amounts of fencing wire, galvanised iron and steel fence posts were made in the year to June…

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Poor Camberland Fruit Crop

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 12

High temperatures and strong winds which prevailed during December have…

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Handling of potato crops

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 12

The economic importance of careful harvesting, bagging an grading of new season’s potatoes is emphasised by the Division of Marketing and Agricultural Economics of the…

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Report on our Junior Farmer movement

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 12

The Junior Farmer movements in New South Wales and Queensland have lost some of the freedom of the English Young Farmers’ movement by being directly under the control of a…

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Motorist Runs Into Sheep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 14

When returning to Dunedoo last Thursday afternoon at about 4.45 p.m., Mr. Keith Jenkins swerved to avoid…

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Research in wool uses

National Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: — New [?] in the printing of wool have developed a method by which wool fabrie[?] can now be…

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