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

Farming & the land, 1952

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Grain Insurance and Ageniy Co., Ltd., report on 5th September, 1952:…

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Obituary Mrs. C. Cattle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 2

Mrs. Catherine Cattle, widow of Mr. George Cattle. one of the pioneers of the West Wyalong district, died at the…

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Hail Ruins Crops

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 1

A very severe hall storm on Tuesday afternoon ruined hundreds of acres of crop in this district…

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Record Crops Likely in Lake District

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 2

Wheat crops in the Lake Cargelligo district are the best ever grown in this part of the State and at this…

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Sheep and Wool Classes Class Exam. Results

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 6

The following results of the Eugowra sheep and wool classes were issued by the Department of Technical Education last Monday…

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The Week's News in Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 8

The new wool-selling season has settled down to a stability of values, which in Sydney was expressed by an average of…

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N.S.W. Dairying Revival This Season

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 7

There arc prospects of better dairy output this season, according to the National Bank's September Monthly summary…

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1951-52 Wool Cheque Down 50 Per Cent

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

At £307,787,401, Australia's wool cheque for 1951-52 was 51.3% below that of the previous season. It was, however, £21,158,490 more than the cheque…

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Export Butter Prices Up 7½ Per Cent

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

During the next 12 months the British Ministry of Food will pay higher prices for Australian butter and cheese…

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From Our Point of View. Real Small Farms Would Help

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

New South Wales is "getting it in the neck" at the present time. From trams to sport the Mother State of Australia has learned the feel of the axe. Most of these troubles affect Sydney alone, and as the concentration of…

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Soldier Settlers' Sheep Competitions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 7

Competitions exclusively for returned soldier wool growers will be provided at the 1953 sheep show for the first time in…

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The Wheat Spring Favours

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

So far the spring weather has been favorable to all parts of the wheat belt in New South Wales, and wheat and oat crop…

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Prices for District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 6

Dalgety's local clips at their last Sydney sales included: W. A. Bolte, Wyalong. 82¼d, W. McClintock and R. D. Small,…

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Many Outbreaks of Footrot in Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

Footrot in sheep has been very widespread in central and southern portions of the State. The Division of Animal…

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N.s.w. Stud Sheep for Queensland

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 4

A Queensland-owned Pastoral Co. has paid £22,6[?]9 to a N.S.W. grazier for 818 merino sheep. 25 of them rams, to establish[?] a…

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"Wheat Scheme Costs Growers £252 Million"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, M.P. for Riverina, declared in the House of Representatives, during the debate on the estimates, that the Wheat Stabilisation…

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Contraction of U.s. Wheat Production

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, M.P., for Riverine, addressed a question to the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture…

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Wool Output Trebled; Results of Sown Pastures

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 1

An increase of three times as much wool, with over twice the number of sheep being carried to the acre, has been obtained with the use of sown pasture at the Department of Agriculture experiment station at Shannon Vale…

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University Students Want Farm Work

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 1

Students from the University of Sydney, Faculty of Agriculture are seeking fawn employment to cover their November…

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Blow Clear Farmer Second in Farm Produce Comp

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 7

Mr. E. C. Jones of "Wanalta," Blow Clear, has been placed second in the inland division, western zone, of the RAS championship f arm production…

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