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

Farming & the land, 1948

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Rearing the Dairy Calf Methods That Should be Followed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 6

The dairy cow is only as good or as bad as her calf-hood has been. Besides breeding, proper care, feeding and management are the factors that…

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Australian Farmer Was Never Better Off

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 3

The Australian farmer had never been in such a sound or stable economic position, declared the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Evatt) replying to a…

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Farming Race Against Time

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 3

Seventeen farmers have combined with engineers to undertake a big reclamation scheme on the east coast of Britain which will win a…

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Income Tax Returns Farmer's Depreciation Statement Departmental Example Given

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 7

Adverting to the recent report in these columns of the allowable deductions by farmers for depreciation on their working plant, an…

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Wool Trade

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 4

Business in the wool trade at this period of the season is very quiet and the position is likely to remain as such until the new selling season commences on…

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High Price's for Sheep at Barmedman

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd.. Sydney, in conjunction with T. H, Brooks, Logan and Wright, Barmedman report…

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Aust. Wool Cheque for Year £155,500,000

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 5

Australia's wool wealth for the 1947-48 season was £155,500,000 —an increase of more than £63,000,000 over the 1946-47 wool…

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£18/15/- an Acre Gkeenethorpe Farm Property Sold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 1

The "Redbank" property at Greenethorpe was sold recently at auction, and brought the high price of £18/15/- per acre…

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South African Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 9

During the past week there has been a limited enquiry for fellmongered wools, but it appears that a halt to some extent has been…

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Sheep Stolen From Forbes Saleyards

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 1

It has been reported that carrier Bill Lawler left 75 prime heavy, Iambs, securely shut up in a pen at the Forbes saleyards on Tuesday night,…

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Sheep Sales Big Fall in Prices

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 5

At the Forbes regular sheep sale on Tuesday, the following fall in prices resulted: Prime heavy crossbred lambs, hoggets and grown sheep, 18-…

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Fat Sheep Easier Is Fall Permanent?

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 3

Cold weather contined throughout the State and particularly heavy frosts have been recorded ever from areas where frosts are seldom seen…

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Wool Outlook Merinos in Strong Position

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 8

Prices secured for the better merino wools at opening London auctions were par to 5 per cent. below London values for the…

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11 Bags of Wheat Suspected of Being Stolen Adjournment Granted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 8

Mr. R. O. Palmer appeared for Nicolas Moisls when he appeared at the local Police Court on Tuesday on a charge of having in his…

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Special Store Sheep Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., Forbes, report having held their usual monthly special store sheep sale on Thursday, 22nd July, when they…

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Dogs Kill Sheep at Wagga

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

Five sheep were killed and 23 badly mauled by dogs, at Wagga trucking yards. They were the properly of…

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Sensational Drop in Values Forbes Regular Sheep Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

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

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TRESILIAN & Dun's Column. Cooper's Gamatox Sheep Dip. Containing "Gammexane."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

William Cooper and Nephews in October, 1947, released the above Dip to 200 users throughout Australia to be tried by sheepowners…

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Junior Farmers'

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 1

The Junior Fawners' Advisory Committee will meet at the West Wyalo[?] Intermediate High School on Thursday next, 29th…

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Highway Crash; Bike-Car; Ungarie Farmer Convicted-Fined

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

Rejecting a submission by Solicitor D. E. Mackenzie that evidence, backed by his demeanor in the witness box, showed that Herbert James Hassall, farmer, of…

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