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

Farming & the land, 1951

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1200 Griffith Sheep in Airlift to Israel

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

Twelve hundred sheep will be flown from Australia to Israel next March. It will be the biggest operation of its kind in the…

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Graphic Fire Story Many Acres of Wheat Destroyed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 3

Mr. L. W. Hunter, of "Richlands," Bribbaree, was in the "Record" office on Friday and gave a graphic description of…

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Cargelligo F.S.A. Urges Overtime at Silos to Speed Wheat Deliveries

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 2

The only way to speed up the receival of wheat at the silos is for employees to work overtime. A sub-committee of the Cargelligo branch of the F.S.A. makes…

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Sheep Again Dearer At Homebush; Cattle Unchanged

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 1

Dalgety's News Service reports that at the Homebush sales on Monday, 26,068 sheep and lambs were penned. Sheep were 2 to 3…

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Wool Market Rising

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 4

Dalgetys wired us as follows yesterday: Reflecting a steadily rising market in tops at Bradford this week, being…

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Local Wool Prices

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report the following wool sales. We sold 9000 bales wool auction privately at the Sydney sales…

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1951 Field Wheat Championship

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 3

In the 1951 championship field wheat competition. Central Slopes Division, which includes Forbes, Parkes. and 12 other centres, the…

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The Influence Of Synthetics On Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 7

THE effect if the wool market on Australia's econofy, and its influence on commerce generally, has been amply demonstrated during the past month. In view of overseas reports, particularly from America, that…

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Have Your Wool Displayed on the Finest Show Floor in Australia, by consigning to the Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co., Ltd

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 8

A view of The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Company's Sydney Wool Show Floor, in its modern reinforced concrete and fire-proof store…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 2

The Fanners aud Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd., report on 7th December, 1951:—…

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Cattle Pilot

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 1

Complimentary references were made by Cr. Herbert in respect to the efforts of Mr. Tim Meagher, who piloted a…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 10

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd., under date 7th December, 1951, report:…

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Final Wheat Forecast for New South Wales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 9

A final review of the wheat crop position in New South Wales indicated a yield of 41,000,000 bushels of grain and 185,000 tons or hay…

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Prime Cattle Up To £2 Dearer At Forbes Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 9

Edward Weaver & Co., auctioneers, Forbes, report that the Forbes Agents yarded about 600 head of fat cattle at the regular…

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Lake Cowal Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 2

A consignment of 100 [?]xbred ewes from Carnegie Bros., Lake Cowal, realised to 53/1, averaging 46/3 at Wlnohcombe…

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District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 2

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

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The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op, Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd. Wool Report. 7th December, 1951

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 4

We submitted on Thursday, 6th December, our catalogue of 7881 bales representative of a wide area of the State, including a…

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Myxomatosis at Work. at Condobolin Experiment Farm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 4

"Myxomatosis is giving even better results in rabit control at Condobolin Experiment Farm than was originally hoped— the old…

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Farmers to be Asked to Assist with Erection of Lines

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 5

Farmers who are to be served by rural electricity lines will be asked to assist with the clearing of land, digging of holes and the erection of poles to keep costs down to a minimum…

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Export of Farm Machinery

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 2

A buggestion was made is the House of Representatives that Lbere should be stricter control of the export of farm…

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