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

Farming & the land, 1946

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Farmer Acquitted on Murder Charge Dubbo Farmers' Dispute (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 1

A message from Dubbo states:—Henry Noel Grace, farmer and grocer, of Apsley, near Wellington, was acquitted on a charge of having…

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Wool Review

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 7

The Australian Mercantile, Land and finance Company, Limited writes:--When one places the spotlight on present high level of wool values, with…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. reports on October 1, 1946: We submitted our catalogue of 5,496…

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Sheep Market Down Tuesday's Forbes Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 4

The Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co., Ltd., Sydney, and W. K. Garnsey, Senr. Pty. Ltd., Forbes, agents in conjunction, report holding their regular…

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Store Sheep Special Sale at Forbes Yesterday Good Prices Realised

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 7

Winchcombe Corson Limited, Forbes, report having held their monthly special store sheep sale yesterday when they yarded 12,000 store sheep…

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Yorkshire's Wool Buying Inferior to That of Continent Australia's Reduced Clip

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 10

Production at the British mills is gradually expanding and consumption of wool is increasing. The quantity at fabrics for home…

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5% Dividend Declared By Directors of Forbes Dairy Society Profit of £1141 Made for Year

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 4

THE directors of Forbes Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., at their fourteenth annual meeting on Tuesday afternoon, declared a dividend of 5 per cent, on the paid-up capital of the company…

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Big Lift in World Wheat Crop Estimate

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 6

Twelve per cent, larger than last year's world wheat crop, and the biggest since 1940, is the estimate of the United States Department, of…

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Yorkshire's Wool Buying Drop in Australian Clip

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 4

Wnchco[?]be Carson Ltd. re[?] Production at the British mills is gradually expanding and consumption of wool increasing. The quantity of…

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Crop Position Grows Steadily Worse

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 4

As the season progresses the extent of the possible wheat crop disaster in New South Wales becomes more apparent…

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Use of Farmyard Manure on Lawns

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 4

Farmyard manure should be used with discretion where lawns are concerned. It sometimes attracts insects and if used in large quantities may…

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Record Low Crop

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 1

Failing prospects for the New South Wales harvest may bring the yield this year even below 17,000,000 bushels record low in 1944-45, states…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 4

Australian Wool Brokers and Produce Co., Ltd., report:-- No auctions were scheduled to be held in Sydney last week, sales being…

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Seed Wheat Supplies Sales by Farmers Procedure to be Adopted

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 1

The Chief of the Plant Industry Division of the Department of Agriculture states that the following procedure is to be adopted for…

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"OVERSTOCKING" An Objectionable Practice in Dairy Cows Departmental Statement

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 1

When newly calved cattle are displayed for sale. It frequently happens that the owner, desiring to attract attention to the capacity of…

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Sheep and Wool Classing Examinations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 4

Mr. Murray Gibbes, sheep and wool instructor, forwards the following results of the 1946 sheep and wool classing examinations in…

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Cattle-Cameron Cup

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 1

The following team will represent West Wyalong Tennis Club against Mildil for the Cattle-Cameron Cup on Sunday next:—W. Howard, W. Riley,…

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Seed Wheat and Stock Feed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 4

In reply to a letter from Mr. S. Hope to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham): Re seed wheat and stock feed, the Minister states…

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10 Million Sheep Loss In N.S.W. Forecast

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 1

In a report on seasonal conditions in pastoral areas of New South Wales the Australian Woolgrowers' Council says that altogether the season is one…

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Dalgety's Explain "Black" Ban on Their Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 1

Mr. S. D. Lamont, stock and Station agent, West Wyalong. and agent for Dalgety and Company Ltd., has received the following letter from that…

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