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

Farming & the land, 1948

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N.S.W Record Wheat Crop Despite Wet Harvest Weather

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 6

The Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) in issuing the preliminary estimate of the N.S.W. 1947-48 wheat crop, has praised the public spirit shown by the…

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Stylish Clips At Wool Sales

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

For our ninth Bale of the season we offered a catalogue of 6,905 bales representing most of the wool growing districts of…

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13/- a Bag More For Wheat

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

Farmers would git about 35/ -a bag for wheat this year, 13/- more than last year, the chairman of the…

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Farmers Have Been Sweated, C.P. Leader Fadden Alleges

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

"This huge slice out of Commonwealth revenue is distributed by Ministers on live recommendation of a departmental…

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Wheat Harvest Survey Yield Estimated at 105 Million Bushels

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 1

AT the direction of the Minister for Agriculture (The Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) Messrs. H. Bartlett (Principal Agronomist) and G. Nicholson (Special Agronomist) of the Department of Agriculture undertook a tour, just completed, of the…

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CORRESPONDENCE To Dairymen "Name Your Troubles" (To the Editor.)

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 4

Sir,--Dairymen in this district have for the past few weeks been reminded by press, radio and personal letters that they are invited to attend a…

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Honoring Junior Farmers (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 4

Sir,--On 1st October, 1928, there was launched in N.S.W. a movement which has been very popular in the rural Darts of this State, and one…

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Hillston Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

G. P. Conlon, Hillston, secured to 33/1, averaging 32/4, for 127 shorn xbred suckers at Winchcombe Carson's Homebush…

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The Wheat Ramp and the Wheat Grower

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 2

The blatant, unscrupulous affrontery of the Federal Government in attempting to impose on wheat farmers with the offer of 6/3 per…

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Cattle From South West

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

Prices for bullocks were 10/to 20/- lower and rates for other cattle unaltered at Homebush on Monday. Supplies Were…

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Need for Farming Machinery Howse Talks of Wheat Bungle

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

Mr. John Howse, M.H.R., who has just returned from a tour of the wheatgrowing areas in his electorate, said that because of…

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Wheat Varieties for 1948 Sowing

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 4

Following are the latest recommendations by the Department of Agriculture of varieties of wheat for sowing in various wheatgrowing areas of the State…

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Firm Prices at Sydney Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

Values at the Sydney wool auctions yesterday were strongly maintained at recent levels, Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd…

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Wheat Harvest Survey Estimate Yield of 105 Million Bushels

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 4

At the direction of the Minister for Agriculture (The Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.), Messrs. H. Bartlett (Principal Agronomist)…

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72 1/2d Grenfell Wool Frank Kinleside Scores Again

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson report: We sold 6900 bales of wool at our Sydney, auction on Wednesday. Values were strongly maintained at…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd. advertise in this issue that they will offer 19,000 well-bred sheep at their special sale, at Goulburn, on Thursday,…

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Local Wool Prices

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

Mr. G. Styles, Wilga Vale, has received word from Dalgety & Co. Ltd., that his wool make the following prices during the week: AAA, 60¼d., AA…

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Fats Cheaper At Forbes Sheep Sale No Stores Yarded

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

Edward Weaver & Co., Forbes, and the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report that the Forbes Associated Agents…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 1

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited report on 4th February, 1948:—…

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Wool Sales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson wired us as follows on Thursday: We sold 6900 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Wednesday…

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