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

Farming & the land, 1948

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Wool Position Purchases on German Account Financial Arrangements Made

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 8

Shipments of wool from Australia on a limited scale have been made to Germany for some time and for a longer period supplies…

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Sprung and Shot Wheat Important Germination Tests Applied to Seeding Operations

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 6

The seed Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture has completed germination tests of composite samples of shot and sprung…

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Lifting Milk Production How Dairy Company Assists Supply of Information

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 6

A complete information service on farmer supply for any given cream run is a recognised practice at the Hunter Valley Co-operative…

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Wool for Germany General Demand

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Shipments of wool from Australia on a limited scale have been made to Germany for some time…

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Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited. Wool Report. 5/3/48

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

Our catalogue for this week's auctions was brought forward on Tuesday, 2nd instant. The offering generally was an…

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Australia in World Wheat Pact; Ceiling Price of 12s. 6d. Bushel (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

A 36-nation wheat agreement, putting a ceiling of two dollars a bushel (approximately 12/6 Australian f.o.b) on wheat exported by the United States, Canada and…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 3

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Ltd., report on 5348:-- Our catalogue for this week's auctions was brought forward on Tuesday…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 3

Australian Wool Brokers & Produce Co., Ltd., report:-- For our sale on Tuesday, March 2nd, we submitted a catalogue chiefly drawn…

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Agreement on Wheat Terms Announced Australian Growers to Receive Less

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 1

DETAILS of the proposed international wheat agreement as it affects Australia were officially announced on Sunday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley). Under existing conditions, he said…

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Big Drop in Wool Prices Values Recede by 20 Per Cent

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 1

Wool prices showed a drop of from 7[?] per cent, to 20 per cent, at Sydney auctions on March 4 as compared with February…

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Forbes Sheep Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 4

Edward Weaver and Company (Forbes), and the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd. (auctioneers in conjunction) report that…

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Special Sheep Sale Lake Cargelligo

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 5

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Sydney. in conjunction with Paech, Benson and Co., Lake Cargelligo, report a highly successful sheep…

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N.s.w. Wheat Crop Will Reach 100,000,000 Bushels

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 2

Harvesting of the State's wheat crop was expected to be completed within three weeks and the estimate of 100,000,000 bushels was…

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Keen Competition For Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 4

"To-day we brought forward a catalogue totalling 4215 bales. The selection was a good average one, embracing a wide…

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Yanco Man Says 13 Sheep Were Shot

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 1

A Yanco grazier claimed today that 13 of his sheep had been shot through the head. He is Councillor D. W…

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Ship Under Quality Wheat Without Delay

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 1

This week's executive committee meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association decided on the suggestion of Mr…

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Restriction of Wheat Growing Not Necessary, Graziers Agree

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 4

The restrictions imposed by the Government on wheat growing are entirely unnecessary and should be abolished immediately, West Wyalong Graziers'…

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Demonstration at Dubbo For Wool and Sheep Men Next Wednesday, March 17

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 9

Wool growing and sheep raising is becoming more and more a science. The Graziers' Association has arranged a scientific session…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 10

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited report:-- We submitted a catalogue of 5,795…

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Wheat Yield Bogan Gate Figures

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 7

The silos have to date received 127,763 bags: the bulkhead 22,080 bags, and 86,000 bags of bagged wheat have been received, making a total of [?]…

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