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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Tetanus Cause of Heavy Sheep Loss

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 2

Heavy mortalities have occurred in the Tamworth and Warialda districts with grass seed infected sheep affected…

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The Week in Wool Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 11

The shouting and the tumult of the wool salerooms has ceased till August 31, but in the…

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Dollar Crop

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 12

Possibly the largest individual consignment of orchid bulbs exported from New South Wales was forwarded…

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Dresses in Wool

Manilla Express · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 3

Rust coloured wool-muslin makes this interesting afternoon model The sweater-shaped bodice is cut in diagonal bands and the waist…

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Soft-line Wool Jersey Dress

Manilla Express · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 4

This Douglas Cox dress is made in knobbly wool jersey with softy draped V neckline and gathered skirt. The colour is guava red…

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Wheat and Soil Fertility

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 3

Flour quality and the fertility of Australian wheatlands were indissolubly linked, wheat specialist Mr…

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Local Sheep

North West Champion · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 1

At Winchcombe Carson's Homebush auction last Monday Maxwelton Pty. Ltd., Moree secured 10 Tambs to 85/-,…

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Selling Sheep 500 a Minute Selling 500 Sheep a Minute

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 1

Mr. Dick Gladen of Dalgety's Sydney, selling a big line of…

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15,000 Sheep Sold in 29 Minutes

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 14

Fifteen thousand station-bred merino sheep, 2 months off shears, were cleared at auction in 29½ minutes for a…

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Oil Lends Spark to Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 2

Like old oil rags in a closet, some cargoes of raw wool ignite spontaneously in transit unless natural oils are…

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15,000 Midkin Sheep Sold in 28 Minutes

North West Champion · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 4

A total of 15,000 stationbred merino sheep 2 months off-shears, was cleared at auction in 29½ minutes at…

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New Wool Handling Facilities for Newcastle

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 13
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Magnificent new wool stores, well lighted, with ample storage space, have been established at Newcastle by…

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15,000 Midkin Sheep Cleared at Auction in 29 Minutes

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 14

Striking scene at Moree Saleyards when 15,000 Midkin sheep were cleared at auction by Dalgety's and Ronald Hunger in 29½ minutes selling time. Picture shows the principal line of 5000 wethers about to enter the sale pens. They were sold in one line at £4 per head to the Australian Estates Company, Queensland. (Dalgety's News Service)…

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Farmers' Tax Allowance

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 10

Many farmers did not realise they could use as tax deductions a fifth of the cost of plant and improvements…

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Breeding Wheat for Cold Resistance

North West Champion · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 7

The damage caused to wheat crops by frost has not received very much attention in breeding work, and it was not…

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New Wheat Price Under Discussion Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 1

Future prices of commodities affected by the price of wheat will be influenced by a conference…

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15,000 "Midkin" Sheep Cleared At Moree Auction In 29 Minutes

North West Champion · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 4

Striking scene at Moree Saleyards last Friday, when 15,000 Midkin sheep were cleared at auction by Dalgetys and Rev. ald Hunter, in 29½ minutes selling time. Picture shows the principal line of 5000 wethers about to enter the sale pens. They were sold in one line at £4 per head to the Australian Estates Company, Queensland…

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Council's Wheat Crop

The North Western Courier · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 10

Reporting that while the wheat crop which N.M.C. is share-farming on the saleyards paddock was not 100…

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Wheat Variety Determines Flour Qualify Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 1

Gabo, the best all-purpose flour wheat in N.S.W., is surpassed in acreage by Bencubbin, a West…

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