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

Farming & the land, 1948

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Sydney Wool Sales 86d. for Super Com. W.

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 2

The N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co. Ltd., report:-- We offered a good selection drawn from a wide area of the State at our…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd. report:— The market as compared with our, last sale held on 13th inst. for good…

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Wool Top Values

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Prices for tops in Bradford were treed from control last October and the quotation…

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Good Prices For District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 2

The following prices were reilised for district wool by the New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co. at their last Sydney auction: —…

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Wool Top Values Fine and Coarse Crossbreds

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Prices for tops in Bradford were freed from control last October and the quotation for average…

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Wool Prices Secured by N.z. Loan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report as follows on their wool sales held last week:—…

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Wool Bought for Japan; the Rise in Prices

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 5

Purchasing of wool for the Japanese mills has been a notable feature of New Year sates. The supplies bought…

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Corowa Farmer Burns Himself And Crop

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4

Mr. George McMillan, a share farmer on "Kentucky" in the Corowa district, suffered severe burns when the bearing,…

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40 Nations World Wheat Conference in Session (By Wire) Brisbane

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 1

A message from Washington states: Before the 40-nation world wheat conference opened yesterday, the leader of the Australian delegation (Mr. Edwin C…

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Crop Fire Destroys 200 Acres At Mirrool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4

A fire in a 250 acre paddock on the Mirrool property of Mr. Max McCrone destroyed 200 acres of standing crop and…

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Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 8

The following district wool sales are of interest: Thos, Gransden, Eugowra, xbred 47½d. Auburn Vale Estate, Cudal, comeback to 38d.: A. R. & C…

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Pastoral Rates New Award Operative From

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 3

Of interest to men on the land and employees are the new rates of pay for station hands and station cooks, particulars of which have been…

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Cattle Market Easier at Tuesday's Forbes Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 10

Edward Weaver & Company (Forbes) report that the Forbes Associated Agents yarded about 290 cattle of all descriptions at the regular market…

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Wool Values Fine and Coarse Crossbreds High Prices for Merinos

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 9

Prices for tops in Bradford were freed from control last October and the quotation for average 64's tops was 79d. Values have been…

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Eugowra District News the Silos Closed at Eugowra and Trajere Little Wheat Not of F.A.Q. Standard

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 8

The silos filled and closed on Saturday morning. Speaking to the silo manager, Mr. Cassey, he said that about 230,000…

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Dairy Show at Olympia

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 12

The 61st Dairy Show was held in London recently. The thousands of visitors were…

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Wheat Bags

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

W. T. Causer. Quandialla, writing to the "Sun":— We wheat farmers were told that there wore plenty of bags." When…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd, report: For our ninth sale of the season we offered a catalogue of 6,905 bales…

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Queensland Wheat Record

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 5

Queensland, wheat harvest Is now complete and, including grain retained by growers, will exceed 10 million bushels—a…

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Need for Farming Machinery Howse Talks of Wheat Bungle

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

Mr. John Howse, M.H.H., who returned from a. tour of tho wheat growing areas in his electorate last week said that because of the…

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