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

Farming & the land, 1949

1,046 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 33 of 53

Wild Dogs Attacking Sheep At Bathurst

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 6

Packs of wild dogs are attacking sheep in the Bathurst Pastures Protection Board area, it was stated at the last meeting of the Board. "The dogs are…

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Bright Wool Prospects; Shanghai Mills

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 4

The new season's wool sales give every indication of opening with a strong tone. Top markets in Bradford have ruled firm on the slightly improved levels recorded in…

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Board Members Explain Wheat Poll Payments

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 5

Decision of the Australian Wheat Board to plan progressive payments on wheat pools in advance, and to notify the wheatgrowers what they would receive…

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Winter Wheats Under Test at Cowra Experiment Farm

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 6

Wheat varitties which can be sown with safety perhaps a month or two earlier than the present standards would…

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Farm Unity Proposals Discussed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 3

The F.S.A. Conference, passed a motion urging that the Association should do all in its power to encourage amalgamation of all primary producer organisations…

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Farmers Dislike Socialistic Tendencies

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 3

Farmers and other land-owners in Britain have become alarmed at the possible spread of Socialism in Britain to land…

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Rural Bank Farmer Team Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 5

The report of the Rural Bank Progressive Farmer team has just been published, the "Advocate" was told in a special report from the Rural Bank to-day…

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Winter Wheat Breeding

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 3

With the object of breeding early maturing wheats of winter habit, the Department of Agriculture has established winter wheat breeding…

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Optimistic Trend of Sheep Market

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 3

Warm conditions have pi[?]ailed throughout the Stale during the week and present indications are that the spring will develop early. It [?] to be…

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DAIRYING Removing Milk Stone From Pipes An Effective Method

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 3

Frequently, with improper waning methods, a chalky deposit adheres to the internal surfaces of milk pipes and dairy utensils. The…

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Farmers Need Wheat Carting Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 4

Writing to Bland Shire Council (West Wyalong) at the last monthly meeting, Mr. John Jones asked that the road from…

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Wheat Belt at Critical Stage (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 1

Sydney Weather Bureau officials say the dry weather in the major portion of the New South Wales wheat belt has now…

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Farmer Can Cut Down Trees

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 5

Mr. A. C. Crampton, farmer, West Wyalong successfully applied to Bland Shire Council at its monthly meeting for…

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DAIRYING To Avoid Butter Fat Losses

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 4

Periodical tests of skim milk should be made as a precaution against butter fat losses, due to a defective or an inefficiently-run…

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Sheep Dog Trials at Trundle Show

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1

Only two of the three sheep dog trials scheduled for the Trundle P., A. & H. Association's show were concluded when this paper went to press,…

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The Wool Trade Becoming Brisker Overseas Disabilities of Skin Business

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 9

Business in wool tops abroad is very satisfactory in volume, machinery being well occupied. The chief exporters of tops overseas are…

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Effect Of Exchange On Farm Income

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 1

In 1931, when the Australian pound was unexpectedly devalued in terms of sterling, there were many law suits over payment for…

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Sheep and Wool Classes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

In the final examination, stage II, in the sheep and wool classes conducted by the Department of Education Lindsay B. Toole, of Forbes, was…

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Devon Cattle Breeders' Society's 102nd Show

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

The total entries for the Devon Ca[?]lle Breeders' Society's show and sale. In Somerset, was 117. The shun was for bulls calved over a period of a year from May, 1917, and was divided into three age classes. The highest price was 415 guineas, paid for the Reserve Champion Bull,…

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Grenfell Sheep and Wool Classes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 2

The stage 11. final examination results for 1949 in sheep and wool classing show that the following students were successful:…

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