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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Four Hour Wait Objected to At Molong Wheat Silos More Bulkheads Asked For

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 8

All over the country complaints are being heard, as the result of the good seasons being expedienced, of the long delays in unloading wheat…

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N.Z. Killer Boards "Worse Than the Rabbits" Statement of Peak Hill Farmer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 13

Recently we published an article by the editor of a New Zealand journal, telling of the success, from his point of view, of the "Killer…

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Tullibigeal Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 5

Wool account of Mrs. E. E. Grinter, Tulli[?]geal, realised 63¼d at the last Sydney sale of the Country Producers' Selling…

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Fourth Advance in In No 12 Wheat Poo

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) announced to-day that a fourth advance had been…

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Present Wool Prices Comparison With Last Season's Prices

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

The accompanying graph shows the average Australian monthly wool prices for the 1948-49 season and the present season to date…

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Orange Man's Tour of England Only 49,000 Sheep In Wales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

A muster of all the sheep in Wales revealed the small total of 49,000, said Mr Machin in an address to Orange Rotary Club…

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Junior Farmers Sorry to Lose "Chief." was a Grand Leader

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 4

Sustained interest by Mr. H. H. Andrews, H.D.A., President of Junior Farmers' Advisory Council, had enabled the organisation to successfully function in…

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Wheatgrowers Want Wheat Bulk Handling

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

A SMALL but enthusiastic meeting in the Parish Hall on Friday afternoon heard speakers outline plans which wheatgrowers of the Central West are inaugurating towards the development of bulk handling of their product…

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Store Cattle Make High Prices at Forbes New Zealand Co.'s Offering

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report a yarding of 1000 head of cattle at their special sale on Thursday, 23rd instant,…

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Wool and Its Price

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 28th February: Recent demand for wool and the values ruling for it, indicates the…

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Improved Prices t Forbes Sheep Sale

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Limited, Forbes, held their second special store sheep sale this month on Wednesday, 22nd instant,…

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London Wool Sales, Firm Note

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 6

The first series of London wool sales for 1950 closed on a [?] note, having lasted for the usual three weeks…

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Proposed Transfer of Railway Trucking Yards to Saleyards Site and erection of Pig and Cattle Sections at the Municipal Saleyards

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

At its regular meeting held on Monday, 20th February, 1950, the Sub-Committee had before it a plan of the proposal prepared by Ald. W. H. Crouch for the transfer of the Railway Trucking Yards to a suitable position on the Saleyards site and for the construction of…

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Sydney Wool Sale New Zealand Loan Offering

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

On Monday, February 13, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 6058 bales at their…

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Wool Prices Increase Due to Shortage and Currency Values

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 7

Recent demand for wool, and the values ruling for it, indicate the pressure which inadequate raw material supplies is exerting on…

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Wool Sales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2

We are in receipt of the following wire from Winchcombe Carson: We sold 9700 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Tuesday. Values…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

In a telegram received by the "Advocate" yesterday. Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—…

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Wheat Handling Causes Chaos

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 5

"The delays and losses incurred through the present system of wheat handling in NSW constitute a national…

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Wool and Its Price

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 5

Recent demand for wool and the values ruling for it, indicate the pressure which inadequate raw material supplies is…

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Recovery in Wool Values No Nervousness Showing

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Top markets abroad have moved upwards reflecting the recent recovery in wool values. It is a…

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