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

Farming & the land, 1949

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Canada's Larger Grain Crop

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 6

The Canadian graom situation has changed considerably from that which prevailed a year ago, states the…

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Desert Turned into Farmland: Successful Experiments in S.Aust

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

A rush of applicants for land in the 90-Mile Desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful soil experiments carried out by the Council for…

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38 NATIONS To Attend Wheat Conference

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 8

Washington, Sunday.--The international wheat conference, which opens in Washington next week, will be attended by 38 nations,…

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Wool Sales Coarse Types Up 15 p.c

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 4

Sales resumed in Sydney yesterday after the buyers returned from Brisbane where selling has been in progress during the past fortnight…

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Will Give Limit On Dairy Farm Finance Govt.'s Announcement

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

The N.S.W. Government is prepared to fiance ex-soldier settlers on dairy farms up to a limit of £13,000…

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Rise in Wool Prices Due to the High Consumption

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

World wool consumption continues extremely high. At the International Wool Study Group meeting in October it was estimated that apparel wool…

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Forbbes Sheep Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 4

Edward Weaver and Company (Forbes) and The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report that…

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Average Wool Price Record

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 4

Last month's average Australian wool price of 55.76d was the highest on record for a month's sales,…

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District Wool At Sydney Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. report that at their Sydney sale on Monday they secured the outstanding figure…

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Good Prices for Merriwagga Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

Messrs W. R. Leadbitter and Sons secured the following good prices for wool from their Merriwagga property at Messrs…

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8,000 Sheep at Tullibigeal Sale TULLIBIGEAL

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 4

Buyers from Temora, Lake Cargelligo, Tallimba, Ungarie, Gubbata and surrounding districts, operated at the…

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Wool Price Record Broken SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

At the opening of the wool sales in Tasmania yesterday, the Australian rceord price for the season was broken, when…

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First Advance on Wheat "Niggardly and Unfair"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 5

Refusal of the Federal Government to grant growers a first advance on their wheat deliveries equivalent to the guaranteed price of 6/8 a bushel was described…

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Wheat Bins, Dump;-Need at Tullibigeal TULLIBIGEAL

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 4

Need for two extra bins at the Tullibigeal silos and the necessity for an unloading dump at the railway yard, was stressed at a meeting of the Farmers and…

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Farmers and Smallholders' All Purpose Tractor

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 3

The [?] Engineering Congress and Exhibition was recently held at Olympia, London. At the exhibition were many interesting exhibits, including this "Gunsmith" tractor that can be used for hoeing, spraying, cutting, hedging, and many other uses. It also…

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Efficient Farming Methods Won "Double" for W. Wyalong Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

Efficient farming methods had enabled Messrs W. J. Foster and Ambrose Bolte of West Wyalong, to win both the wheat and oats competitions conducted by the…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

A New South Wales record was established to-day when we submitted our 8th catalogue of the season of 7831 bales; the outstanding figure of…

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Record Prices Brought for Forbes Cattle

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

Proof of the wonderful fattening capabilities of the Forbes district was obtained when J. T. Woods & Son sold ac. Riversleigh Station an…

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Origin of Kelpie the Sheep Dog Breed Credited to Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

NO day is too hot, or cold, or long, for the Kelpie. Endowed with muscles of steel and a coat that defies all weathers, he finds it all the same whether the heat be 110 degrees in the shade, or the biting winds or sleeting nuns are sweeping across…

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Lamb Breeders' Trophy Won by Ex-Forbes Farmer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., was the guest speaker at a social gathering at Hotel Canobolas, Orange, yesterday, when…

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