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

Farming & the land, 1947

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Fixed World Wheat Prices Probable

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

Washington, Tuesday: Maximum and minimum prices for wheat may he fixed for some years ahead by the International…

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Dusts For Controlling Wheat Weevils

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

The use of mineral dusts for protecting wheat stored in bulk depots is described in Bulletin 199, just issued by the Council for…

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No Reduction in Seed Wheat Freight

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

Farmers in the West Wyalong district who applied to the Commissioner for Railways for a reduction in freight on seed wheat have been informed that the…

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Wool Stocks Falling Future Prospects Favorable

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

Cany-over stocks of wool from the war years have not only diminished in the British Dominions, but also in other countries. It is anticipated that the demand…

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Junior Farmers Club Council of N.S.W. Radio Speaking Contest

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

To encourage the art of self-expression among junior farmers who are to be our agricultural leaders, the Junior Farmers Club Council of New…

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Farmer's Wife Starts Tweed Factory

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

The wife of a farmer in Kenya has organised a tweed factory which is supplying local needs. In eight months this one woman industry grew to a six loom organisation employing 65 African workers. As can be seen here, 25 boys arc fully employed as spinners. At the end of three…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

We received the following wire from Winchcombe Carson Ltd.: We sold 900 bales of wool at our Sydney sale on Tuesday. Any change…

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Wool Use Expanding

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 6

Messrs Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., write:—When all countries gradually recover from the ill-effects of…

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State Wheat Bill Delayed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 6

Information as to when the Government intended to tiring down the necessary complementary State legislation to give…

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283/4d for Unoarie Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 5

(Satisfactory prices for wool sold by the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., for Mr. C. G…

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Record Wool Price In Tasmania

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 6

Launceston, Tuesday: A new Australian, and probably a world record price for wool was established at (he sales at…

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Wool Use Expanding Unique Stock Price Position

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report under date 14th January:— When all countries gradually recover from the ill-effects of the…

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More Support For F.S.A. Wheat Fight

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 6

Advice has been received by the Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Iain McDougall) that the…

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Bounty for Crop Failures Minister Non-committal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 6

No move has yet been made concerning drought relief to farmers whose crops have failed this season, according to a letter received by Mr. R. T. Carr, Hon…

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Rising Costs In Sheep And Wool Industry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

The effect of any general rise in costs is particularly…

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Dalgety's Wool Review End of the Appraisement Scheme

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 8

In their annual review of the wool trade for the year Just ended, Dalgety and Co. Ltd., have the following to say: A notable chapter in the history of…

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Sale of Seed Wheat Should Be By Weight, Not Bag Forbes Growers' Objections

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 9

Objection to the sale of seed wheat by bag measurement, instead of by weight, was made at a meeting of Forbes branch of the…

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Rankins Springs Wool Prices

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 6

The undermentioned prices were obtained by the Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co: for wool from Mr. Mark…

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Forbes Wheat Harvest Sufficient For Seed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 4

In his monthly survey as Agricultural instructor, Mr. W. M. Cuirteis [?] stated that although there was more than…

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Weevil Control in Stored Bulk Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

The cost of protecting wheat stored in bulk from weevil by the use of mineral dusts is less than one third of a penny per…

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