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

Farming & the land, 1949

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Sheep Dearer At First Forbes Sale in New Year Lambs and Prime Sheep Up 2- to 3-

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

Edward Weaver & Co. and the Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Coy. Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report that upwards of 6500 fat sheep and lambs…

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Cowra Wheat Weighs 68¼Ib. to Bushel

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 4

A crop of Ford wheat at Messrs. Oliver Brothers' property, "Talinga,"' Darby's Falls, reached the excellent standard of 683 pounds per bushel…

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Rabbits Eat Vine Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

Right through the State rabbits are very plentiful and are doing much damage to the pea and other crops. One farmer at Millthorpe reports the…

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£3000 a Year From 60 Acre Farm Lucerne and Potatoes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

On his goodwill mission to Australia last year, on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Viscount Bledisloe came…

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Co-operative Farming Enterprise

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

A group of farmers at Reading, Berkshire, who, having experienced the harvest of 1946, when the combine harvesters brought to their barns loads of grain so wet that much of it was wasted, decided to co-operate in setting up a factory equipped with the latest drying and cleaning…

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"Plough It Under" Burning Stubble is Mark of Bad Farmer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 5

The danger of "cashing in" on the organic matter reserves of the soil, a practice that has been followed in America for 75 or 100…

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District Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Values for sheep and lambs were 2/ to 3/ lower at the Homebush auctions last Thursday 4026[?] being offered…

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Wheat Stacks

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 3

The bagged wheat stacks at Caragabal, Berendebba and Eurabba are now closed for the season. The stock of last season's wheat at…

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Forbes Regular Sheep Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Edward Weaver and Coy. and The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Coy. Ltd. (auctioneers in conjunction) report that upwards of 6500 fat…

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F.a.o. and the Australian Farmer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 6

F.A.O. is the abbreviated title of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United, Nations. Its official story began in May…

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Bright Wool Outlook

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date llth January: The outlook for the second half of the Australian wool selling…

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Wheat Farmers Wage of £6 10s is "Ridiculous" SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 6

A carpenter earns £9 a week, a mechanic £8/9/0—while a wheatfarmer is allowed £6/10/0. Quoting these figures in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. E. T…

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Another Wool Record Gone

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

The Australian wool prices record was again broken this week when Italy paid 156d per lb for…

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Mice Destroy 1,000 Bags of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

Mice have destroyed the equivalent of 1,000 bags of wheat on Mr. J. Goodacre's property at Wood's Flat, near Cowra…

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N.S.W. Wheat Harvest; Statisticians Inquiry

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 6

Final estimates of the current wheat harvest in New South Wales will shortly be made. The Government Statistician (Mr. S…

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Future of Wool Prices Expert is Confident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

There is no reason why the price of Australian wool should fall, says Dr. Edgar Booth, former Chairman of…

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300 Sheep Valued at £600 Die After Dipping TULLIBIGEAL

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

Three hundred sheep, owned by Tullibigeal farmers, valued at £600, died in a paddock, after dipping. The two farmers drove 1,000…

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No Weakness Recorded in Wool Values SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

Wool Sales were resumed in Geelong on the 5th instant, and from reports received the average tone of the market was the highest ever recorded in Australia,…

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Greenethorpe Farmer Wins Case

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

In the Cowra Small Debts Court Ernest William Gavin, farmer of Walli, proceeded against John William O'Connor, farmer, of…

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Farmers Will Leave Today on Tour of N.z

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

To-day (Thursday) 58 N.S.W. farmers will leave Sydney by the Wanganella for an organised tour of…

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