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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Wheat Board Selecti N

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

Seven farmers have been nominat[?] for two seals as wheatgrowers repre[?] sentatives on the Australian Wheat Board. They are John Henry…

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Talabong A.i.s. Cattle Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 4

Mr. W. J. Stear, "Talabong" Stud. Calleen, has forwarded us a list of sales and deliveries for the quarter ending December last. He also men…

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Most Wool Transported. Rationing and Stock Prices

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report cinder date January 25:— The wool transport position improved so much in late December…

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1000 Tomato Seedlings Planted in Ten Minutes Mechanical Aids at Welfare Farm

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

To help attain the vest vegetable seed programme that has be [?] allotted to the Welfare Farm at Yanco. the manager. Mr. J. Green, has…

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District Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 6

Results secured at Winchcombe Carson's Sydney wool appraisement last Tuesday included Estate J. A. Thompson, Gregro, wethers 19d., 17 12d.,…

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Forbes Sheep Sale Last Week's Market Lambs and Grown Sheep Dearer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

The Commonwealth Wool &c Produce Co., Ltd., together with W. K. Garnsey, Senr., Pty., Ltd., Forbes, report holding their sheep sale at Forbes on…

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Wool Transport Situation Greatly Improved Rationing and Stock Prices

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

The wool transport position improved so much in late December and January, that arrivals of the clip to date in Sydney and Newcastle this…

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Most Wool Transported Rationing and Stock Prices

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd write:—The wool position improved so much in late December and January, that arrivals of the clip to date in Sydney…

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Inefficient Farm Transport Amazing Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 1

Relating facts of fuel and rubber consumption, survey showed that for every 5 tons of produce transported, carriers' vehicles…

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Farmers Demand 52 Per Bushel For Whole of 1944-45 Wheat Crop Saturday's Meeting at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 1

AT a well-attended meeting held in the Parish Hall on Saturday afternoon, Forbes farmers decided to ask the Federal Government for a guarantee of 52 per bushel on the whole of the coming season's wheat crop, including any additional…

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American Wool Publicity Spirited Efforts

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

In the United States a pessimistic outlook on the future of wool is far from generally taken, but strong steps are being made to safeguard the…

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Dairy Butter Method of Manufacture

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

The following directions for the manufacture of dairy butter are given in a departmental leaflet: Let the cream ripen in a cool, pure,…

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Farmers Demand 5/2 per Bushel for Whole of 1944-46. Wheat Crop. Saturday's Meeting at FORBES

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

At a well attended meeting held in the Parish Hall on Saturday afternoon, Forbes farmers decided to ask the Federal Government for a…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd., report: —Our appraisement Catalogue No. 126 which comprised an offering of 4,634…

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Special Sheep Sale At Parkes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

Langlands Hanlon Coy. and Dalgety and Co. report:—12,000 sheep were yarded, including 600 fats, the balance being in lines of…

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Butter Hint Mix it With Milk

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

"The butter ration can be stretched by adding an ounce of milk to four ounces of butter and creaming the mixture thoroughly". This advice…

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Cattle Sale Tuesday's Forbes Offering Yarding Light; Prices Higher

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

The Forbes Associated Agents report a yarding of about 150 head at the regular cattle sale on Tuesday, February 1. Good quality cattle were scarce and…

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Burcher Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 1

The Boulderwood clip from Mrs. A. Ludlow, Burcher, was appraised in Winchcombe Carson's Sydney [?] logne last Friday. AAA 17½d. AA 15½d…

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World Wheat Stocks Steady Shrinkage

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 1

The shrinkago of world wheat st[?] from 1,500 million bushels a year ago to an estimated total of less-than 1900 million bushels at the end of the…

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