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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 45 of 47

Request for Higher Butter Price

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 5

Referring in the Legislative Assembly to unrest in the butter producing ares of Now South Wales because of the low price being paid for butter,…

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Federal Government Should Withdraw Wheat Legislation

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 4

"Could anything be more stupid than the suggestion that the State Parliament should pass its Wheat Stabilisation Act and then growers should ask the Federal Government to start…

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Scarcity of Seed Wheat Questions in Parliament

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 4

Questions were directed in the Leg islative Assembly to the shortage o[?], seed wheat. when two members of the Country party asked questions on the…

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Wheat Theft at Barmedman and Dubbo Alleged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 5

Detectives at Liverpool uncovered what they described as a black market in wheat, allegedly stolen from the Dubbo and Barmedman…

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Seed Wheat Can be Held By Country Agents

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 5

Where in previous years agents in the country have been holding seed wheat for farmers, permission can be again given for this to be done this…

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Father Can Use Son, Then Place Him in Cold Storage; No Wheat Licence

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 5

The Rural Reconstruction Board has declined to grant farmers' sons, living on their fathers properties, a licence to grow wheat on the same property, in lieu of wages. However,…

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Some Milby Farmers Will Reap Seed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 6

Harvesting is preceding in the Milby district for those who have grain to strip. A number of farmers fed off their…

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Single Unit Farms Available Under Post War Reconstruction

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 2

Single unit farms can be taken up by the individual, under the provisions of the Post-War Reconstruction Act, the Member…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 5

Australian Wool Brokers & Produce Co., Ltd., report: -- Buyers were absent in Brisbane lost week, but local selling brokers have…

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Wheat Harvest "Doomed" Crops Yield Seed Bencubbin Proves Its Drought Resistance

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 3

The District Agricultural Instructor, Mr. W. Curtels, makes the following report on conditions in the Forbes and Parkes districts for…

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Kikoina Farmers Assist Wheat Price Fight

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 2

Kikoira F.S.A. branch has decided whole-heartedly to support the drive or funds to assist the F.S.A. Execuive in its fight for a just, wheat price…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. report under date of 28th. November, 194 Many choice clips will from…

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Sydney Record for Greasy Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 4

The Sydney record price of 71 d for greasy merino wool was established when the auctions were resumed on Monday. The lot…

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High J. O. Wool Charge Queried

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 2

The high rate of deductions, 5 per from wool-growers' auction returns an a contribution to J. O. which has been debated by the…

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Wool Demand Compared 1920 and 1946

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 3rd December:— Competition for wool latterly has been more widely distributed than…

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Single Farm Units Minister's Reply to Member for Calare

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 4

Single farm units can be taken up by the individual, under the provisions of the Post-War Reconstruction Act, the member for Calare…

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81d. For Yass Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., Sydney, report:-- We sold 8000 bales of wool at our Sydney sales on Wednesday. Prices…

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Cattle Sale Small Yarding at Forbes Market Strong

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 7

Edward Weaver & Coy., auctioneers, Forbes, report that there was a yarding of upwards of 290 head of cattle at the regular fortnightly market held…

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Farmer Killed by Header Horses Bolt While Machine is Being Adjusted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 1

A SHOCKING fatality took place at Berendebba on Wednesday, when a district fanner, Mr. Keith Armstrong, was killed instantly as the result of an accident when the horses in his header bolted. A large wheel of the machine passed over…

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