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

Farming & the land, 1946

939 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 16 of 47

The Coming Season Delays in Wheat Sowing

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 6

The continued dry weather, grasshoppers and delay in delivery of superphosphate is causing much concern. Had superphosphate been delivered as…

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Advised to Keep Seed Farmers Will Be Short Supplied

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 4

The wheatgrower is in the position that his seed bed contains insufficient moisture for 100 per cent germination Mr. T. S. Rudkin, Senior Agricultural…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 2

The Australian Wool Brokers and Produce Co., Ltd., report:-- We submitted our catalogue of the May series for preliminary…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 2

During the past two days, this Company has appraised Catalogue No 188, which comprised a miscellaneous selection of approximately 4036 bales…

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Dear Runs With Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 5

Considerable interest is being evinced in the presence of a deea which has been seen in many parts of the Illabo district. Late last week it was sighted…

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Preparation for Wool Auctions Important Notice to Woolgrowers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 5

The following statement has been issued by Mr. H. R. Cowdery (Chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council) and Mr. Frank Young (President of the National Council of Wool…

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Farmers Say Fat Not Worth Saving

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 6

COOLAMON.—Farmers are wasting fat from stock killed on their properties because they say, they have no in[?]cement to sell it…

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Polish Farmers Work UNRRA Tractors 24 Hours a Day

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 7

UNRRA tractors recently were doing virtually 24 hour duty in Poland where farmers were working in shifts round the clock. The tractors were…

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Gully-eroded Paddocks Farmer's Invention

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 7

TAMWORTH.—Mr. R. H. Hewlett, of Attunga, 32 miles from Tamworth, has been able to fill in three miles of gully-eroded country in three days…

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Co-operative Farm Machinery

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 6

Fruit and vegetable, rice and large area farmers on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area have formed a co-operative company to take over farming…

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Farmers to Meet at Ungarie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 4

Acreage restriction under the Rural Reconstruction Scheme is the principal business set down for discussion at a meeting of the Ungarie branch…

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Water for Farms

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 5

The State Government is prepared to find at least £100,000 to develop further its scheme for assisting farmers to provide adequate water supplies…

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Forbes Sheep Sale Tuesday's Record Yarding Market Easier

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 8

Edward Weaver and Company (Forbes) and Farmers and Graziers Co-Op. Co. Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report that about 10,800 fat…

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Meeting of Wheat Growers' Union General Secretary Visits Forbes Parkes Conference Charges

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 7

Forbes branch of the Wheatgrowers' Union held its monthly meeting on Saturday under the presidency of Mr. W. Bolam, there…

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Winding Up Wheat Pools Mr. Breen's Reply to Wheatgrowers' Union The Stabilisation Plan

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 1

At the meeting of Forbes branch of the Wheatgrowers' Union, held last Saturday, Mr. Breen, MP. submitted the following communication to the…

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District Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 2

Cropping operations are slowly coming to a finish despite hold-ups in superphosphate deliveries, unfavorable weather and the presence of…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. report under date 14th May, 1040:—…

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State Wheat Committee

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

With the resignation of Mr. T. E. Kendall from the State Wheat Committee, the FSA Executive Council nominated Mr. H. S. Roberton,…

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Killed When Car Ran Into Cattle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 1

Casina,— Albert Burt, 60, widower, of Murwillumbah, thrown from the back seat of a car returning to Kyogle from the Casino races, was killed when…

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Regular Wheat Pool Statements Wanted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 4

The Australian Wheat Board is to be asked by the Farmers and Settlers' Association to consider issuing clear and concise fortnightly statements of the…

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