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

Farming & the land, 1949

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Wheat Lands Need Nitrogen

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 9

Mr. E. J. Breakwell, lecturer in Agriculture at Sydney University, told farmers at Neurca Agricultural Bureau recently that they…

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Wool Sales Liverpool and Adelaide

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 7

With the absence of wool auctions in all northern wool selling centres, interest has centred upon the result of the Liverpool sales and those held in…

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Larger Exports British Wool Products

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 5

In some markets at which sales have been held recently abroad and in Australia, some variation in prices for inferior and coarser type…

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CORRESPONDENCE Two-way Ration on Butter to the Editor

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 3

Sir, -- What's wrong with our local butter factory? My wife found the butter 3oz. light on -- took it back to the corner shop and had it re-weighed…

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Wheat Crop Statistics

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 5

The Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics reports that Australia's 1948-49 wheat harvest totalled 189,700,000…

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Record Cattle Sale

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 1

Messrs R. S. Messner and Co. West Wyalong, report having held a highly successful cattle sale on Friday 25th March,…

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Wheat Stabilisation (To the Editor "Advocate")

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 6

Sir,—Permit me to thank Mr. Keith McKenzie' for another opportunity to reply to those forees of reaction who wish to put…

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Wheat In The World Economy (Reprinted from "Current Affairs. Bulletin)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 3

In world grain production, wheat comes first both in the area cultivated and in the amount of the crop raised. During the five years 1930-34…

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Butter Overweight Shown By Tests

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 1

As far as the "Advocate" representative could determine from a visit to Forbes Butter Factory yesterday, Forbes purchasers of…

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Prime luster Warns that High wool & wheat prices may not Last (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 1

Wheat might become a surplus commodity in the world's markets next year, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, said yesterday…

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Sheep Losses Blamed for Alleged Fraud

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 7

Following a sequestration order which was taken out against a former stock and station agent. valuer and real estate…

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Tiger Snakes Will attack and kill sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 8

The tiger snake is probably one of Australia's most deadly reptiles. Unlike most of our other snakes he does not slide…

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Temora brothers Fined for Stealing Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 7

The Australian Wheat Board pressed for heavy penalties when two brothers pleaded guilty at Tentora Court to…

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Reds' Sinister Moves in the Wool Industry

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 1

Australian Workers' Union officials claim that a highly-organised group is using the union's name to spread confusion among pastoral workers in an attempt to disrupt the entire wool industry in N.S.W…

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Junior Farmers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 3

The Young District Council's field day at Monteagle was the destination of the school bus conveying 17 members of the Quandialla…

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Then the Farmer Smiled

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 5

Two young West Wyalong boys spent a week end at a nearby farm. The farmer set some…

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Demand for Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 5

The wool market at sales held in Australia has shown little change and the selections offered have found ready buyers resulting in…

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State Wheat Committee Candidates Announced

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 10

Elections of wheat grower representatives to the State Wheat Committee will be held on Friday, April 22, 1949. The ballot is postal, and will…

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Wheat Growers Confer Stormy Debates by Union Men

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 1

STORMY debates and forceful arguments characterised the opening of the two-days' conference of the Central Divisional Council of the Wheatgrowers' Union of N.S.W., at Orange on Tuesday…

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State Wheat Committee Ballot

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 3

As will be seen by an advertisement in today's issue Mr. H. A. Golwill and Mr. A. G. Hecker have been nominated by the…

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