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

Farming & the land, 1949

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited, on September 16, 1949, report: FORBES REALISATIONS…

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£25m. Payment to Wool Growers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 8

Commenting on the proposed distribution of £25 million to woolgrowers, Mr. Claude Renshaw, (Vice-President of the Wheatgrowers' Union and a…

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Junior Farmers' Scholarship Comp

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 7

Entries for the 1949 Junior Farmers' competition close on September 30, 1949. The competition, which is being…

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Cowra Experiment Farm to Stage Field Day

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 8

The Agriculture Department has again decided to conduct a farmers' field day at the Cowra Experiment Farm…

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Sheep and Wool

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 2

Visual training in subjects concerning sheep and wool has now been achieved by the instructor of the Grenfell Sheep and Wool…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 4

On Thursday, 15th September, New Zealand Loan brought forward a catalogue totalling 7,645 bales. The selection was a fully representative…

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Little Change in Wheat Acreage

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 1

Compared with last season's acreage no material alteration in the area under wheat in N.S.W. this year is indicated…

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Yardley's Stud Poultry Farm, Young

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 1

Australorp Crossbred and White Leghorn Day-old Chicks available from August to November. Sexing by holder of special…

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Late Frosts Cause Serious Damage to Crops; Agronomist's Warning

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 2

Mr. J. G. Ballantyne, District Agrono[?]ist, West Wyalong, reports that serious damage to crops has been caused by late frosts, particularly in the Kikoira and…

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Junior Farmer Show

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 1

West Wyalong Junior Farmer Club will hold its third annual poultry, vegetable, tree and other project exhibition at the…

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Sheep and Cattle Sale £60 Raised for Kempsey Fund

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Limited, Forbes, report having held a special store sheep and cattle sale at Forbes on Thursday, 22nd Inst., when they yarded…

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Wool Jersey Swimsuits

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

Two swimsuits of printed wool jersey from Windsor Water Fashions. The figure-flattering one-piece suit is skirtless and made on princess lines with a halter neck. The other suit consists of a brief bras knotted in the centre front and tieing at the back of the neck, a tie-on flared…

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Dearer Market At Forbes Fat Sheep Sale Tuesday's Yarding

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 4

Edward Weaver & Coy., Forbes, and the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Coy. Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report that upwards of 8500 fat sheep…

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Wool Classes at Eugowra Question of Their Continuance

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 8

Attendances at the Eugowra wool classes are barely sufficient to warrant the continuance of the service. Information has been requested by…

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Wool Values Below Peak Widespread Demand for Supplies

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 12

The well -distributed demand experienced fur wool since sterling and other currencies were devalued has given a fillip to wool values,…

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Field Day at Condobolin Experiment Farm

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 8

A field day will be held at the Condobolin Experiment Farm on Wednesday, October 12, when the people of Condobolin and nearby districts will…

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Trees for Shade and Shelter Cowra Farm Experiment

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 10

Many native and planted trees at the Agriculture Department's Cowra Experiment Farm are trained by judicious pruning and…

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Wool Sales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired, us as follows on Friday: We sold 9400 bales of wool at our Sydney sale on Thursday. Strong…

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Grazier Fined Sheep's Ear Cut

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 1

A case of considerable interest to all graziers was heard at Goulburn Police Court when a well-known…

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Pairs Comp. to Hall and Cattle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 1

In winning the final of the consistency pairs handicap on Saturday, George Hall and Arthur Cattle put up a splendid…

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