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

Farming & the land, 1951

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Canada's Record Wheat Harvest

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 5

Canada is on the eve of harvesting what could be the greatest wheat crop ever gathered in the dominion…

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Expert Says Complete Wool Substitute Is Near

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 2

Dr. R. D. McMahon, Associate Professor of Wool Technology at the NSW University of Technology, says in the near future, artificial fibres having all…

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Shearing School. At Yanco Experiment Farm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., has announced that a Shearing School extending over four days,…

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Wheats The Farmers Never See Many New Wheats Tested at Cowra Experiment Farm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 3

Every year dozens of new varieties of wheat, and oats and barley, are discarded by the Department of…

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Farmers Ridicule R.S.P.C.A. Threat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 2

A meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association Executive Committee in Sydney ridiculed the threat of legal…

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Dairymen Pinned Down To Plans for Greater Production

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 1

The living standards of everyone in the community could only be improved by a real attack on the cost of produetion—declared Mr. David Hughes (C.P…

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Farmers Lead Fight Against Inflation

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 5

Mr. A. Heath, a vice-president of the Tamworth branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, says the man on…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 2

THE FARMERS & GRAZIERS' COOPERATIVE GRAIN INSURANCE & AGENCY COMPANY LTD. 25th September, 1951…

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Bulk-handling Wheat on the Farm Growing Trend in N.S.W.

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 1

"There is a growing trend in many New South Wales wheat growing areas towards wheat being bulk handled and stored on…

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Average Monthly Clean Wool Values

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 1

Opening values at this season's wool sales are well below last Junes closing levels, as this graph, prepared by Schute Bell Badgery Lum by Ltd., shows. It also clearly shows how the market fluctuated last season, rising sharply between January and March, and…

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Wheats The Farmers Never See

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 6

Every year dozens of new varieties of wheat, and also oats and barley, are discarded by the Department of Agriculture's…

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Sheep Stealing Penalties

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 4

The Federal Rural conference of the Liberal Party considered that the penalties for sheep stealing are inadequate…

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Wool Market

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 5

When the third series of the Sydney wool sales opened on Monday, values showed no appreciable Alteration compared…

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Judges' Remarks. Wool

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 6

Mr. J. d. Simpson, or Grenfell, judge of the wool, said there was a very good type of wool entered in all sections…

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115.5m. Sheep in Australia

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 7

Australia had 115,570,000 sheep on March 31. last, compared with 112,891,000 in 1950. an increase of 2,700,000 in 12…

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Wool Supplies and Demand

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 9

Provided consumption of wool recovers from the reduced levels experienced during the past few months, the sheep's staple will be soundly situated…

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Sales of District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 10

Messrs Winchcombe Carson Limited report: We sold 9300 bales of wool at our Sydney sale on Wednesday. Values…

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Victoria Has Over 20 Million Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 8

For the first time, Victoria has more than 20 million sheep. The annual wool report of Messrs' Dennys Lascelles Ltd…

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Our Wool growers Are Efficient

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 10

The vast majority of woolgrowers are satisfied with the way brokers handle and sell their wool, according to a…

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Average Monthly Clean Wool Values

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 4

Opening values at this season's wool sales are well below last June's closing levels, as this graph, prepared by Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd., shows. It also clearly shows how the market fluctuated lase season vising sharply between January and March, and…

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