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

Farming & the land, 1951

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Trophies for Junior Farmers

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

The Bank of New South Wales will again sponsor a 10 days school of instruction for 60 selected Junior Farmers at Hawkesbury or…

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Payment for Bagged Wheat

Manilla Express · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 6

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, has given particulars of the price the wheat farmer received…

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Demand for Wool. Reflected In High Prices

North West Champion · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 2

The wool market has risen to a marked degree and its present level is attributable to causes outside the usual factors which influence values…

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Czech State Penalizes Ten Bohemian Farmers

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 5

Ten farmers from Bohemia have been fined about £13,000 for failing to deliver their full quota of grain to the state and for careless Work in the…

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Junior Farmers' of Clubs of N.s.w

North West Champion · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 2

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales will sponsor a ten days school of instruction for sixty selected Junior Farmers at Hawkesbury…

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Junior Farmers Club of N.s.w

Manilla Express · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales will sponsor a 18 day school of instruction for 60 selected Junior Farmers at Hawk bury or…

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Narrabri Sheep Sale

North West Champion · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., report holding their special sheep sale at Narrabri on January 26, 1951, when they yarded 9,000 store sheep…

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Wool Report

North West Champion · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 8
Also in The North Western Courier

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited report under date 24th January, 1951…

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Australia's Wool Clip

North West Champion · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 11

A revised estimate for this season's Australian wool received into Brokers stores is 3,516,000 bales, an increase of 45,000 bales on the…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

North West Champion · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe, Canon Ltd., "The market at our Newcastle yesterday, under spirited spread competition, ruled fully firm for…

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Australia's Wool Cup

North West Champion · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

The Australian wool clip for the present season is now expected to be only 45,000 bales more than last year, and according to a…

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High Prices For Coarse Wool

North West Champion · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

Interesting figures compiled front comparative average cost of wool sold throughout Australia since the opening sales of the…

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Newcastle Wool Sale Newcastle

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

The market at Newcastle wool sales today, under spirited and wide competition, ruled fully firm for all types at Sydney closing rates…

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New Wheat Variety For Trial In N.-W

North West Champion · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

A promising new hybrid wheat has been developed by the Department of Agriculture and will be further…

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Farmers & Settlers

Manilla Express · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

There was a good attendance at the monthly meeting of the above association which took place in the Mechanics Institute on Friday last…

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Gold Rush Days Surpassed by the Merino Sheep

North West Champion · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 8

"The opulent gold-rush days of Ophir, Bendigo, Ballarat and Coolgardie have paled into insignificance beside the sensational achievement of the…

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How Wool Boom Restored Sterling Trade

North West Champion · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 7

Last week saw the clearance of the final J.O. stockpile wools except for a few hundred bales of oddments. From now on consumption of wool will be entirely dependent on production, which according to official…

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Farmer's Percentage Increases

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

The United States Department of Agriculture says the farmer got about 49 cents of each dollar spent for food in September, 1949, and 32…

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New Wool Record

North West Champion · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 4

A new mainland record, 340d. a lb., was paid for greasy merino wool at the Sydney sales yesterday. Although it was 14½d. below the…

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