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

Farming & the land, 1947

1,038 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 52

Wheat Stabilisation F.S.A. Supports W.G.U. Proposal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 5

West Wyalong Branch of the Farmers! and Settlers' Association delegates will introduce the subject of wheat stabilisation…

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Coat of Arms for Farmers' Union

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 1
Also in The West Wyalong Advocate, Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder

The Rural Bank has jus[?]received from the National Farmers' Union of Great Britain a caloured reproduction of the Union's newly…

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Forbes Sheep Sale Offering Below Expectations Market Irregular

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, Forbes, report thnt the Associated Agents held their usual fortnightly fat sheep sale on Tuesday, 4th instant, when they…

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Chamber of Commerce Sees Agricultural Film Mr. Buckingham's Address on Modern Farming

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 1

TWELVE members of the Forbes and District Chamber of Commerce saw a film on modern farming in the Forbes district at their monthly meeting last Monday night. Dr. R. E. Buckingham, well-known Orange medical…

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N. S. W. Progressive Farmer's Interesting Lecture Regional Agricultural Bureaux Conference Mr. Gardiner's Experiences in America

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 4

HIGHLIGHT of the day's programme at the Lachlan Regional Conference at Bedgerabong last week was a talk given by Mr. A. K. Gardiner, winner of the recent N.S.W. Progressive Farmer competition, upon his American experiences during the…

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Cattle, Sheep Losses Will Cost £12,000,000 (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 1

A message from London states: The National Farmers' Union believes it will be necessary to have…

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Reduced Wool Stocks Mill Products Wanted

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 18th March:— The most, heartening information recently disclosed is that in two…

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Govts. Fiddle! Farmers Fume!

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 1

Nero [?]ddling white Rome burned, was an amateur act compared with "buck passing" antics of the State and…

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Grasshopper Bait Depot Now Open Serious Menace to Autumn Sown Crops

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 4

A grasshopper plague is threatened which, if uncontrolled, may destroy large areas of wheat crops which will be sown shortly, and will endanger autumn pastures. In January last a warning…

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Basic Wage For Farm Workers (To the Editor, "Advocate".)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 6

Sir,—Your editorial of the 6th. instant on the proposed basic wage for all farm workers was so fairly and accurately put…

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Stocks of Wool Accumulation Less Than Expected

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 3

The most heartening information recently disclosed is that in two years accumulated stocks of Australian wool held by the Joint…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 1

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. report under date of 20th March, 1917: Wool buyers during the latter part…

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Sydney Wool Auctions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 1

The "Advocate" received the following telegram from Messrs Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., yesterday morning:—…

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Local Sheep Win at Tumut Show

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 2

In spite of duststorms and drought conditions, Corridales from "Roseedale Stud", founded and…

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The British Wool Trade Recovery in Exports

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 25th March:— During 1946, the United Kingdom imported 1,584,190 bales of…

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Wheat to Britain, 14/8; to N.z., 5/9 "Why?" Asks John Howse

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 3

"A cheap loaf of bread for New Zealanders, a dear one for half-famished Britons, cannot be reconciled unless the new conception of…

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Member for Calare Wants Crop Failure Compensation: £1 an Acre

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 3

Numerous requests from farmer and settler associations within his electorate prompted the member for Calare (Mr, John Howse) to seek…

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Night Classes for Ex-servicemen Legion Seeks M.L.A.'s Assistance Special Sheep Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 5

The local branch of the Legion of Ex Servicemen and Women will try to establish technical night classes at the Forbes Central…

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