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

Farming & the land, 1951

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More Farms for War Service Settiement

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 8

Nine farms on "Gerakl" Estate, near Finley, will be open far application under the war service land settlement scheme,…

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Bedgerabong Energetic Working Bee --Junior Farmers' Annual Meeting--dry Conditions Worry Farmers. Church Grounds Cleaned Up

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 7

On Sunday afternoon, March 31. the Union Church grounds was a scene of great activity. It had been arranged to lop the trees…

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Another Boom Season for Wool Forecast

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 5

Another season of booming wool prices is in the offing, unless the international situation improves in the meantime, says…

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Goulburn Wool Sales. Prices Firm on Late Rates

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 3

A good to average selection of free wools, drawn mainly from the Crookwell, Taralga and Braidwood districts, with a sprinkling of…

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Socialised Farming; Some observations on British agriculture

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 5

It is a great regret to me that I am out of Australia when this vital Federal Election is being held. Nevertheless, I believe one can get a better…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 4

THE FARMERS & GRAZIERS' COOPERATIVE GRAIN INSURANCE & AGENCY COMPANY LIMTED. 10th April, 1951…

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Forbes Regular Sheep Sale

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 1

Edward Weaver and Co., Forbes, and The Farmers & Graziers Co-Op. Coy. Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report that upwards of 8,000 fat…

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Decline in Wheat Acreage

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 4

On present indications it is anticipated that there will be a decline in wheat acreage this season of approximately 20 per cent. In…

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Store Sheep Review of the Week

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 4

General interest of store sheep buyers centres in the re-opening of the wool sales following the Easter recess, and there has been…

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20 Per Cent. Less Wheat This Season

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 5

Mr. H. A. W. Woodward, district agronomist, Parkes, estimates that there will be 20 per per cent, less land sown to wheat…

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The Wool Drop U.S.A. Uncertainty

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The wool situation has been rendered less secure by the conference of International…

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U.K. Taxing Pure Wool Textiles Off The Market

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 4

One of the biggest threats to the future of wool is the British Government's 66 23 per cent. purchase tax on non-utility…

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New Australian Women Save Forbes Bean Crop

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 1

FIVE hundred pickers, all of them women from the Parkes Migrant Centre, have virtually Saved the Forbes and district bean crop, say local vegetable growers, who at the beginning of the season were perturbed…

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Burcher Cattle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 1

Mrs. G. A. Hackney, Burcher, secured 45 bullocks and steers to £16, average £27/18/, 13 [?]eiders £17/8/ sold by Winchcombe…

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Police Will Hunt Sheep Stealers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 1

The Police Department will send out special squads of police to country districts in an endeavour to stamp out sheep stealing…

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W.w. Special Sheep Sale

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report having conducted a successful sheep sale at West Wyalong…

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8 Farms for War Settl'ment

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 7

Nine thousand acres of Banoon, one of the best known properties in the Barruba district. is to be bought for war service…

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9 Farms for War Settl'ment

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday Nine farms on "Geraki" Estate, near Finlay, will be op[?] for application under the war…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 2

On Monday, 9th April, sales were resumed in Sydney, when on that date New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co. Ltd, submitted a catalogue…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company report, under date of 12th April, as under: The fourteenth series of sales…

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