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

Farming & the land, 1951

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Valuable Cattle Held up In Britain SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 1

A total of 112 head of beef cattle purchased for Australia are being held up in Britain because of the slow turnaround of…

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State Pastoral Conditions

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 11

Meteorological experience in this State during the past three months lends emphasis to its erratic climate and it has…

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Bags Available For Wheat Harvest

North West Champion · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 10

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwan, has announced that Australian wheat…

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[?]140,000 Cattle [?] From N.t. This Season

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 3

A record movement of cattle from [?] Northern Territory is expected [?] season, when it is proposed to [?] 140,000 head into three States…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

We submitted catalogue of 16,284 bales on Tuesday, 15th instant. The offering included mainly. autumn shorn clips…

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Wool And Cotton

North West Champion · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 3

The most important fibre in the world's textile trade is cotton. The latest available figures show that it comprised 74 per cent, of the fibres…

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Sheep Body Strike Prevention Trials

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 2

Five body strike prevention trials have been undertaken in the Scone and Bunann district over the past six months by the Department of…

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Milk and Butter Prices. Questions In The Assembly

North West Champion · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly, the Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr. R. S. Vincent (C.P., Raleigh) asked the Minister for Labour and Industry and…

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Farmers & Settlers Association

Manilla Express · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Manilla branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held in the Mechanics…

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Argentina Sells Wool Privately

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 10

Argentina is the second largest wool producing country in the world, with a production in 1949-50 of 409.3 million lb…

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Farming Methods of the Past

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 1

An Asiatic tills his soil by the centuries old method which the free nations of the world ho pe eventually to corect by modern equipment…

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Sheep Dearer, Cattle Cheaper at Homebush

North West Champion · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 7

An unusually light supply of 17.525 sheep and lambs penned at Homebush on Thursday was the first result of the recent rains throughout the State. The…

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Pastoral Conditions North West

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 2

Wheat farmers have not been Able as yet to make a general sowing of the crop, stated District Agronomist, Mr. J. A…

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Where Wool Goes

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 8

Continental countries of Western Europe rank in the aggregate as among the largest buyers of Arstralian wool. Australian exports from…

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Urgent Need for Cattle Ramp at Moree Trucking Yards

North West Champion · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 1

PThe urgent need for a new ramp at Moree trucking yards was emphasised by the escape of 20 beasts one night recently. At present cattle being unloaded for…

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Branding & Ear-Marking Sheep

Manilla Express · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 1

John M. L. Huggins was fined £3 and 10- court costs at the Manilla Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last on a charge…

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Stud Cattle from Scotland

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 8

An outstanding young Aberdeen Angus bull was recently landed in…

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The Wool Market

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 5

With only a fortnight of the final series of sales of the Sydney wool selling season, a downward movement in prices brought about by a…

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Wool Plan Explained

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 1

More than thirty woolgrowers attended a meeting on Tuesday night to hear the Vice-president of the Wheatgrowers' Union, Mr…

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Sheep Poisoned Two Plants Incriminated

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 11

Stinkwprt and Crown Beard are two plants which have been associated recently with sheep losses in New South Wales…

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