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

Farming & the land, 1952

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The Week In The Wool Market

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 9

The upward trend in the wool market continued last week at Perth, where the sales opened 5 per cent, dearer than Sydney…

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Rainfall and Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 8

A further 66 points of rain was recorded during the week--30 points on Thursday, 30 on Friday, and six on Wednesday, 14th…

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Good Sheep Sold At Homebush

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

The Country Producers Sell ing Co. Ltd. report having yarded 25.567 sheep at Home bush at their last sales…

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10% More Wheat at Mudgee

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

It is estimated that the area sown to wheat along the Mudgee Line will show a 10 per cent, increase on…

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Gift Made to Wool School

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

A small internal comb[?] engine was presented by Dangar, Gedye and Malloch Ltd. 10 the wool classing section of the…

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"Wheat Pioneering Spirit Is Not Dead"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

"Despite much that has been said and written lately on the subject, the spirit which developed our wheat farming areas is not dead". This is stated by Mudgee…

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£24,000 Cattle Sale Negotiated In the Air

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

History was made at Charleville, Queensland, when Mr. Alan L. Wood, Daigety's local manager, chartered a TAA…

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Field Day For District Junior Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

The West Wyalong. Wyalong and [?] Clubs will hold a field day next Saturday…

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Decline in Junior Farmer Membership

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 2

Membership of Junior Farmers Clubs in N.S.W. has declined during 1951 by 24 per cent. the report of the State Organiser (Mr. G. M. Blacklock) revealed…

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Keen Demand for Store Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Limited, Forbes, report having held their usual monthly store sheep sale on Wednesday, May '14, when they…

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Store Cattle Down £2 to £3

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 4

Edward Weaver' & Co, report that Forbes agents yarded about 500 head of fat cattle at the regular market on Tuesday…

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Farm & Station Chemical Farming

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 4

The use of chemicals as an aid to farming has been known for a long time--but chiefly--if not only--in the form of…

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Naradhan Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 1

A consignment of 192 xbred hoggets from' E. J. Turnpr, Naradhan realised to 79/1 avg. 74/3 at Winchcombe parson's…

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More Confidence in Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 7

Rising confidence in the wool and seasonal outlook was reflected last week in increased activity and a firming tendency…

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Bulk Wheat Handling for Coming Harvest

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H Graham, M.L.A. said today that extensions to the wheat silo at Tootool, increasing the storage capacity…

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Pastures Improvement Programmes Sheep Capacity Trebled

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 9

Pasture improvement programmes on soldier settlement farms arc doubling and even trebling carrying capacity and production…

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Sheep Breeders' Annual Show in Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 7

Sheep from some of the most famous studs in Australia will be exhibited at the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' 53rd Show which opens…

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Sheep Sale At Parkes Next

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 2

A sale of 9000 sheep is advertised in this issue as being for sale at Parkes next Friday, 30th, by Farmers & Graziers, Parkes…

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The Battle Against Wheat Rust

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 3

Although planes and helicopters have been used in U.S.A. and Canada for chemical spraying of wheat and other crops affected by…

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U.s. Produces More Wool

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 2

For the first time in nearly 10 years, United States' production of wool showed an increase in 1951, states Winchcombe Carson's…

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