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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

216 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 7 of 11

"King of Wheat Growers"

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 2

"A white-haired American, Thomas D. Campbell, of Montana, operates the biggest privately owned wheat farm on earth," says Joseph Kinsey…

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Improved Wool Offerings. Brisbane

North West Champion · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 9

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., Brisbane, in association with Fenwick and Co. Ltd., report that their wool catalogue offered on…

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Approval Given for Wool Storage Proposal

North West Champion · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 1

Resulting from representations by the local labour Party Branch the Hon. W. J. Scully has secured permission for the Moree Wool…

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Wool Trade Aspects. Developments Overseas

North West Champion · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Great Britain has been a very active wool buyer this season. Her average monthly…

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Sheep Poisoned by Yellow Vine

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 2

Sheep have died recently in north-western districts of the State as a result of eating leaves and stalks of a species of…

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Mortality in Sheep. After Eating Yellow Vine

North West Champion · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 5

Sheep have died recently in north-western districts of the State as a result of eating leaves and stalks of a species of…

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Mid-year Wool Prices. Future Confidence

North West Champion · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The Jane wool sales in Australia proceeded with a strong tone and under very widespread…

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Radio Frequency Crop Drying

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 6
Also in North West Champion

Radio frequency is the latest method of crop drying which is being developed in Britain and a small model plant was demonstrated last month…

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Gurley Sheep

North West Champion · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 10

Estate J. Simpson, Gurley, secured to 55/1, avg. 45/2, for 139 xbred lambs, and to 41/10, avg. 40/5, for [?]7 ewes, at Winchcombe, Carson's…

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Increasing Interest in Sheep Dog Triads. Additional Trophies for Moree Events

North West Champion · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 4

The formation in Moree in 1947 of a Sheep Dog Trials Committee created a great deal of interest amongst landowners of the…

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Wool Tops in Demand. New Clip and World Supplies

North West Champion · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 7

Wincheombe, Carson Ltd. report: In Bradford orders for tops have been so plentifully booked that the earliest many combers…

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Many Trophies to Be Won at Sheep Dog Trials. Good Entries Received

North West Champion · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 2

Competition for the Gerald Fitzgerald Trophy will be very keen at this year's Sheep Dog Trials to be staged at the Showground on…

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A.W.U. Secretary Attacks Progress Committee. Moree Pastoral Workers Carry Resolution Against Alleged Communist Auxiliary

North West Champion · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 1

As the result of disruption and confusion in the pastoral industry in the north-west, the State Secretary of the Australian Workers…

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Large Attendance at Saturday's Sheep Dog Trial Finals. Coveted Open Trial Trophy Won by Mr. Stan McMASTER'S "Blue". Mr. Athol Butler's Dogs Give Near-perfect Performance.—"finest Seen in Australia,' Comments Judge

North West Champion · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 4

Increased interest was shown this year in the Moree Sheep Dog Trials, and at the finals staged at the Showground on Saturday afternoon, a record crowd of district graziers and other interested spectators witnessed…

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Foreign Matter in Export Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 1

More or less regularly each year a general complaint is sent out from Bradford regarding the amount of foreign matter—principally jute fibre…

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Sheep From Gurley

North West Champion · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 11

W. J. Turner and Sons, Gurley, secured 30 ewes and hoggets to 52/7, avg, 49/6, 21 wethers 61/10, 16 xbred ewes 52/7, 16 wethers and hoggets…

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Silage for Sheep. Inadequate Without a Supplement

North West Champion · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 3

Trials carried out by the Department of Agriculture at departmental experiment farms hare shown that while silage can…

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Cruelty to Cattle Brings Fine

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

Charged with ill-treating cattle, Harold Sylvester Hewitt, was fined £10 and costs, in default 21 days hard labour, by the S.M…

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140,000 Bales Wool for Local Markets. Melbourne

North West Champion · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

The Australian Wool Realisation Commission announced last night that in the first half of the 1949-50 wool selling season,…

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