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

Farming & the land, 1950

1,036 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 23 of 52

Cattle Sale Market at Forbes Lower

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

Edward Weaver & Co., auctioneers, Forbes, report that the Forbes agents yarded about 550 head of fat and store cattle at the…

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High Prices At Yesterday's Store Sheep Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

Although 20,000 head were listed for the special store sheep sale yesterday at Forbes of Winch combe Carson, Limited, owing to…

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District Clips At Sydney Wool Auction

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 12

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., report:-- Included in our catalogue No. 18, which was submitted to…

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Larger Mill Output 1950 Wool Prospects

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 11

No signs show of any appreciable decrease in wool consumption nor reduction in the value of the sheep's staple…

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Dairy Farmers Stabilisation Plan Defects Minister's Statement

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 14

Conusel's opinion, obtained by the Australian Primary Producers' Union is that the Dairy Stabilisation Fund does not…

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Cheapness of Butter Minister's Address to Factory Managers. Board to Control Industry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 14

Compared with the price of other articles, butter was possibly the cheapest commodity to the consumer in Australia, said…

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Wool Review By Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. Record Revenue for Year

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 11

Record prices for the 1949-50 Australian clip, combined with quickness of selling, made the year the most successful…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 4

On Tuesday, 23rd May, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue of 4863 bales…

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ENGLISH R.L. Manager Wants to Buy Wool (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

Mr. G. Oldroys, one of the managers of the English Rugby League team touring Australia, intends to buy £5,000 worth of…

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Back Creek District News Back Greek. Mallee Plains. Marsden. Farmers and Settlers' Association

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Rack Creek branch was held at the residence of Mr. P. Berick. Office hearers for the ensuing…

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Forbes Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 1

Mrs. B. A. Sharpe's wool clip from Forbes made attractive prices at Winchcombe Carson's last Sydney wool auction. The AAA fleece…

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N.Z. Loan Cattle Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 8

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report having held a special cattle sale on Friday, June 2, when 900 cattle…

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3M. Bushel Wheat Silo For Parkes Construction Will Cost £20,000

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

PARKES has been selected as the site for the erection of a £120,000 sub-terminal to expedite the handling of the huge wheat harvest in the Central West. The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham…

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Govt. Refuses Good Land for Sold. Farms

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 7

Mr. C. Cutler, M.L.A. (Orange), said that the McGirr Labor Government had failed to make use of local knowledge in…

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Flood Relief Case of Share-Farmers Clarified Eugowra-Goolagong Applications

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 8

Mr. Charles Cutler[?] M.L.A., Country Party member for Orange, which electorate now extends to Eugowra, said at the…

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Grazing Short Drawbacks to Dairying

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 8

May brought the first taste of winter to the Central Western districts. There was more wind than usual with some heavy frosts. The…

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Over £212m. Export of Greasy Wool (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 1

A message from Canberra states:—The value of exports of greasy wool in the first ten months of the…

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Forbes Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 13

Doris & Prel, Forbes, secured 57 xbred lambs to 80-, avg. 766, and 45 xbred ewes to. 727, avg. 72-, at Winchcombe Carson's Homebush…

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Wool Sales Tuesday's Sydney Ofiferings

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 8

Winchombe, Carson Ltd., report; We sold 5200 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Tuesday, to good competition, values…

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Underselling the Market Absence of Former Speculation In Wool Activities

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 8

In times of less strong markets than have this season, a "shaky" period produces traders willing to risk…

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