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

Farming & the land, 1951

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Voting Compulsory on Wool Plan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 7

Voting will be compulsory at the referendum of growers on the proposed minimum reserve prices plan for wool. The ballot will close at noon on…

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Cattle Market Heavy And Medium Cattle Firmed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 9

Edward Weaver & Co., auctioneers. Forbes, report that the Forbes agents yarded about 220 head of fat cattle at the regular…

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Cotton and the Wool Clip: Recent Changes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 7

The demand for mering wool has improved slightly of late and the Bradford lop market has been steadier for merinos and…

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Wool Plan Poll to Close on August 23

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 7

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. J. McEwen, has announced the arrangements for the referendum of…

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BEDGERABONG Floods Destroy Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 9

Once again we are In the throes of the floods. A fortnight ago the river broke Its banks in several places to flow across our roads. It…

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Grant For Dairy Research

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 7

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen. announces that he has approved the payment of an additional £10,000…

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Wheat Stabilisation Fund

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 1

Mr. Hugh S Roberton, M.P., asked the following questions in the House of Representatives regarding the wheat stabilisation scheme:—…

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Weed Control in Wheat Weedar 77 Demonstration

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 4

Last Thursday on Mr. W. Simpson's property some 50 farmers viewed the results of Mr. Simpson's spraying of portion of his…

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W.G.U. Says Yes to Wool Plan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 1

The Wheatgiowers' Union of New South Wales in an advertisement in today's issue, advocates a "Yes" vote in the…

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Junior Farmers Local Members Attend New Technical School

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 2

The Junior Farmer Movement entered a new field of ctivity on Monday, 23rd July, when the first Junior Farmer…

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Skeleton Weed Threat To Southern Crop

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 5

In the Riverina and on the dry land portions of the Yanco shire on the MIA skeleton weed promises to be more destructive to crops than for many years…

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Farmer Needs Education to Provide Him with New Knowledge

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

All youth—city and country—should be provided with a form of education that would guide them into occupations for which they had special aptitudes and…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 4

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. report under date of 19th July: The deferred series of London wool sales was conducted in that…

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The Post-j.o. Wool Plan (To the Editor)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 4

Sir,--"The Commonwealth Government thinks the post J.O. plan sound industrially, financially and as a marketing arrangement," said the…

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Visit of Advocate for Post-j.o. Wool Price Plan

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

FORBES had a visit on Friday afternoon from Mr. C. D. Renshaw, of Binnaway, a member of tbe executive of the Australian Wool and Meat Producers' Federation and growers' representative on the Australian…

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Another 1/ for Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 6

The payment of the second advance on No. 14 pool, 1950/51 season, had been approved, the chairman of the wheat board…

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"Post-jo. Wool Plan Worthy of a Trial"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 6

The Post-J. O. wool plan is worthy of a trial, Mr. W. F. Pratt, of Parkes, on behalf of the Australian Wool and Meat Producers Federation, said…

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Farm Spare Parts Move

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 2

The annual convention of the N.S.W. Liberal Party urged the Government to ensure that subsidised…

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Electricity for Grenfell Farms

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 2

There will shortly be 400 farms powered with electricity within a 50 mile radius of Greefell…

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New School for Junior Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 2

The junior farmer movement entered a new field of activity when the first junior farmer tractor operation and maintenance school (sponsored by the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, U.S.A.) began at the Sydney…

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