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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 4

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. report under date of 13th April. 1950: Sales by private treaty of…

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Wool in Good Inquiry. Japanese Goods in U.s.a

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Curson Ltd. report under date 18th April: The outlook for the sale of wool continues promising. No auctions…

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Junior Farmers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 2

Junior Farmers received a first hand account of the Royal Show from one of their members, Miss Joan Penfold at their last meeting…

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New Zealand Tour as Prize for R.A.S. Farm and Fodder Comp

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 8

An organised tour of New Zealand, valued at £150, is to be offered by the R.A.S. for the Inland Districts Farm and Fodder Championship…

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Clydesdale Men Mourn the Passing of the Farm Horse

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 4

Mr. A. W. Cunnington, of West Wyalong, a lifelong successful breeder and exhibitor of Clydesdale horses, was elected President of the Commonwealth…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 12

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reports under date April 13. Sales by private treaty of…

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Pig Farming Classes at Hawkesbury College

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 5

Separate schools of instruction for pig raisers and dairy farmers will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College,…

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Farmers Lose No Time in Sowing Wheat Crops

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 1

West Wyalong district farmers are busily engaged sowing crops of wheat. They have been delayed for…

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Girl to Drove Cattle Fo 1400 Miles

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

DARWIN—Attractive 23 years old Edna Zigembine, Northern Territory, will drove a mob of 1250 cattle for 1400 miles…

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Little Wheat Grown in Central West

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 1

There will be comparatively little wheat and other cereal crops grown in the Central Tablelands area this season,…

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Mr. Roberton Discusses Acquisition of wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 6

Speaking in Perth, W.A., where he attended a meeting of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation in an advisory…

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Wheat Shipments Held Up— Terminal Elevators Filled

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 6

"When sales of wheat overseas were considered by the Australian Wheat Board and the Commonwealth Government, little attention was given to the removal of…

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Former Wyalong Man Tops Soldier Settlement Wool Market

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

Mr. John P. De Britt, formerly of West Wyalong and now of Inverell, secured top price of 98¾d for wool produced on four soldier settlements in the Inverell…

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Wool Survey by Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 4

There are two gratifying elements. The clip is larger than last year's, reflecting not only a good season but a continued recovery…

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Wool Still in Good Inquiry; Japanese Buying a Valuable factor

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 4

The outlook for the sale of wool continues promising. No auctions are proceeding, but a keen inquiry prevails privately for local fellmongering lines, particularly…

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Death of Boer War Veteran; Had Farmed for 30 Years at Ungarie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 2

Mr. William Forrest Passmore, 75, who had lived in the Ungarie district for 30 years, died at the Condobolin Hospital on April 6…

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Farms in Desert; A.M.P. Project

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 5

A huge developmental programme which may eventually bring millions of acres of desert country in South…

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More Leases For Ret. Soldier Settlers Nine Wagga Farms

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) announces that he has approved of nine farms on "Tonga" Estate, in the Wagga…

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"Rice" From Wheat Is Latest Plan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 8

Plane, to process wheat into "rice" should begin shortly, as the Commonhealth Government has…

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Bland District News Bribbaree Quandialla Caragabal Junior Farmers Field

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

Young District Council of Junior Farmers Clubs held their annual field day ai "Argonue," Bribbaree, on Saturday, and…

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