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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 24 of 52

Farms Seek Substitute for Jute

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 July 1947 · page 2

Kikoira branch delegates successfully moved at a meeting of the Tullbigeal District Council of the…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 6

Australian Wool Brokers & Produce Co. Ltd., report:-- With the 1946-47 wool selling season completed throughout the…

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Parkes Sheep Sale Good Yarding, Slightly Lower Rates

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., in conjunction with Needs, Wilson & Co., Parkes, report a yarding of 10,700 fat and store sheep at their special sale at…

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Forbes Special Sheep Sale Goldsbrough, Mort & Co.'s Yarding

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 6

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., Forbes, report a yarding of 8000 sheep forward at their special sheep sale at Forbes on Wednesday, 25th June, 1947…

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£116,474,000 Australia's Wool Cheque Doubled

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 1

During the week the annual conference of the National Council or Wool Selling Broklers and the Australian Woolgrowers' council have taken place…

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Wheat Plan Dilly-Dallying of the Government (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 4

Sir.--Once again the Chifley Government has shown scant concern for wheatgrowers. Over the last few months, farmers' organisations have…

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The Wool Trade U.S.A. Exporting Woollens European Mill Recovery

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 3

In the war years, the increase of over 50 per cent, in the mutual consumption of wool in the United States was largely caused by…

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Deleterious Substances in Wool Precautions When Baling

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 4

More or less regularly each year a general complaint is sent out from Bradford regarding the amount of foreign…

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Early Following Increases Wheat Yield in Dry Areas

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 5

Recent good rains give farmers the oppportunity to do some early fallowing with the soil in good condition. Early fallowing pays good dividends, Mr. J. G…

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Merger Of Two Pastoral Companies

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd., wool-brokers, etc., have purchased the stock and station business of De Garis, Sons and Co. Ltd. in South…

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Forbes Sheep Sale Market Dearer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 7

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., Forbes, report a total offering of 4032 fat sheep and lambs as yarded by six selling agents. This was 768 less than…

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Wheat Harvest Handling Arrangements

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 10

Plans for handling the coming wheat harvest were constantly being reviewed, in consultation with rail and shipping authorities and…

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Foreign Matter Damages Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 7

More or less regularly each year a general complaint is sent out from Bradford regarding the amount of foreign. matter--principally jute fibres…

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Rain Affects Yarding At Forbes Sheep Sale Market Dearer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

Edward Weaver & Coy, (Forbes) and The Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Coy. Ltd., report that just on 4000 fat sheep and lambs were yarded at…

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Another Successful Year for Forbes Butter Factory New Plant Secured

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

FORBES Dairy Society, Ltd., has had another successful year for the period ending June 30, 1947. The half-yearly audit to December 31, 1946, disclosed a highly profitable period of trading, and when the figures for the second half-year…

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The Changing Countryside Giant Sheep Station Near Forbes Recalled by Orange Historian

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

THE passage of the years is rapidly removing the earlier features and manners of the days that are gone. Mechanisation of farms, orchards and grazing areas has led to the changes, radical and beneficial…

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Feed Costs of Milk Production Variation Between Breeds in U.S. Tests With Comments by District Dairy Officer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 11

WE have been forwarded by Mr. J. W. Davison, dairy officer of the Department of Agriculture, whose headquarters are at Orange, the results of feed tests in milk production carried out in the United States between different breeds of…

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Land Settlement of Soldiers a Slow and Weary Process Single Unit Farms Advocated

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 9

Local ex-servicement who hoped when the war as over to get blocks of land for forming on their own account by means of Government schemes are…

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Forbes Sheep Market

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 4

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. (Sydney), and W. K. Garnsey Senr. Pty. Ltd. (Forbes) agents in conjunction, report…

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Wheat Harvest Arrangements for Handling

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 1

Plans for handling the coming wheat harvest were constantly being reviewed, in consultation with rail and shipping authorities, and…

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