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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 51 of 52

District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 1

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. secured the fallowing prices for district wool at their last Sydney auction:…

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The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited. Wool Report. 7th December, 1950

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 6

We submitted our eighth catalogue of the current season on Wednesday, 6th December. It comprised an offering of 7160 bales…

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D. G. McFadyen Wins Cargelligo Crop Competition

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 2

The favourable season was reflected in the crops judged in this year's competition conducted by the…

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Wheat, Wool and Snakes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 8

The manager of the local silo (Mr. W. D. Douglas) reports that up to Saturday, wheat being received there averaged about…

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GOOLAGONG Wheat Crop Below Expectations

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 12

The usual monthly meeting of the local branch of the Red Cross was held in the Memorial club rooms on Wednesday afternoon…

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District Wheat Yield: Fifteen Bushels

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 4

In the course of his report for November the District Agronomist, Mr. W A. W. Woodward, Parkes, referred to the badly…

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Arsenic Kills Sheep Bathurst and Wagga Losses

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 2

Some more N S W. sheep have been killed through drinking arsenic. In September 100 Merino ewes in…

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District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. secured the following prices for district wool at their Sydney auctions:—…

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Low grade wheat "Staggering"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 4

There would be a staggering amount of undergrade wheat from this harvest, the State Superintendent of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. G. G…

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District Wool at Sydney Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 2

Tbe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reports having realised the following prices on account of…

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Crop Fire at Mallee Plains

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 1

A fire at "Between Vale," the property of the estate late Mr. W. McLachian, on Thursday, last destroyed…

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Sheep and Cattle Firm To Cheaper

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 3

Edward Weaver & Coy., auctioneers, Forbes, report that the associated agents held their regular stock sale on Tuesday, 12th inst…

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Forbes Wheat Crop Gets Fourth Place

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 1

Mr. J. A. Dunford, of Wirrinya, Forbes, was awarded fourth place in the recent annual championship Field Wheat…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 4

THE FARMERS & GRAZIERS COOPERATIVE GRAIN INSURANCE & AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED. 7th December, 1950…

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Final Wheat Forecast

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 4

"Wheat harvest prospects have shown considerable deterioration since early November, and the prospective grain yield is…

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Store Sheep Steady At Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, Forbes, yarded 17,000 medium quality mixed sheep at their December special store sheep sale on…

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Jet Sheep Now for Fly Strike

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 8

Graziers should lose no time in jetting their sheep either with DDT or BHC as a precautionary measure against the strong…

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Wool Outlook Russia's Purchases Of The Staple

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 4

Numbers of combers in Bradford have sold the whole of their output for months ahead. That position indicates that a good…

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Mushroom Farm at Cowra To Be Largest In Australia

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 7

Several Cawra men have combined to form a syndicate for the commercial production of mushrooms on a large scale at…

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Store Sheep Steady

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Limited Forbes, yarded 17,000 medium quality mixed sheep at their December special sheep sale on 13th…

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