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

Farming & the land, 1951

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Farming in England Highly Mechanised

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 4

In the foregoing article, Mr. E. C. Sommerlad gives a very interesting description of how highly mechanised farming has become in England, and…

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Forbes Regular Sheep Sale

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 1

Edward Weaver & Co., Forbes, and The Farmers & Graziers Co- Op. Coy. Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report that about 6,500…

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Water Rate For Butter Factory

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 1

THE deferred application of the Forbes Dairy Society, Ltd., for a reduction in the charge for excess water supplied to the butter factory, was further considered at the meeting of the Municipal Council on Thursday night. On the previous occasion the…

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Canada to Increase Wool Flocks

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 1

High prices for raw wool and the urgent need for increased production for domestic requirements have awakened in Canada…

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The Farm Tractor Prevent Unnecessary Engine Wear

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 4

Mr. J. E. Hunt, A.M.I.A.M.E., attached to the Farm Mechanisation Section of the Department of Agriculture, is a former Condobolin resident and a brother of Mr. Mick Hunt The following article, which should…

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District Sheep

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 3

Values for prime lambs were easier at the Homebush auctions last Monday, and prices for medium conditioned lambs and sheep…

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Caragabal Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 4

H. R. Troy. Caraga[?]al. secured £5/10/ for 32 xbred ewes and to £5/5/l. averaging 93[?]2. for 172 ewes sold by…

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Noted Sheep Dog Earns High Australian Grading

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

Kyneton Lyn, prize winning' sheep dog, owned, trained and Worked by Mr. A. E. Meacham, of West Wyalong, has been officially graded as one of the best…

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Merino Sheep should not be Exported, Graziers Declare

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 2

West Wyalong District Council of the Farmers and Settlers Association will oppose the raising of the embargo on the…

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America and Wool. the Supply Position

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 1st May: At a period when demand for wool became somewhat unsettled because of the…

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Farmers Seek Quicker Bulk Truck System

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

If West Wyalong is made a distributing base for bulk wheat railway trucks, much delay in the handling of…

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"Bag Slashers" Farmer Says

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

Men employed at Southwestern silos as bag openers are really "bag slashers," according to a…

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Eugowra Cattle Market

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 6

Messrs. F. & S. G. Cheney & Company of Eugowra, in conjunction with Winchcombe, Carson Limited, Forbes, report having…

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Condobolin Cattle Sale

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 2

Ewen Martin reports that 340 fat cattle were yarded at a special fat cattle sale held on Monday, 30th April, and out of this…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 2

The Country Producers Selling Co. report under date of 26th April, 1951: Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney when the 15th Series of…

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Cattle In Short Supply And Dearer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 9

Edward Weaver & Co., auctioneers, Forbes, report that the Forbes agents yarded about 300 head or fat cattle at the regular cattle…

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America and Wool The Supply Position

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: At a period when demand for wool became somewhat unsettled because of the withdrawal of a…

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Winter School For Junior Farmers At Wagga

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 10

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.. announces that a Winter School for Junior Farmers would be…

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Incentive Price Necessary To Rehabilitate Dairying Industry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

THE dairy industry will have great difficulty in meeting the steadily increasing demand if present conditions continue, the general manager of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society, Ltd., Mr. E. F…

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Closing Date Dairy Competitions Extended

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 5

"The closing date for entries in the 1951 Dairy Farm Competitions, organised by the Department of Agriculture under…

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