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

Farming & the land, 1952

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Good Cattle Sale at Temora

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

Younghusband Ltd., Temora, report yarding 160 head cattle and 4300 sheep for their January market. The quality of the…

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Moderation in Wool Values; World Consumption Has Declined

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

The opening of New Year wool sales has not produced developments likely to disturb those interested in the production, marketing and…

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44 p.c. Less for Wool in Half Year

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

The Australian wool cheque for the six months, ended December 31, 1951, was 44 per cent below the amount for the…

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Destruction of Rice Crop by Wild Ducks

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

Destruction of rice crops by wild duck has become a subject of the utmost concern to almost every grower through out the Murrumbidgee and Wakool…

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Griffith Apricot Crop, £200,000

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

The Griffith apricot crop was a record one, and, it is es[?]mated, will be worth more than £200,000 to district growers…

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Cattle Lower

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 2

Dalgetys News Service reports Homebush sales Monday. 24,262 sheep and lambs. Prime lambs firmer, others irregular, unchanged. Prime suckers…

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The Wool Outlook Moderation In Values

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The opening of New Year wool sales has not produced developments likely to disturb thoseroducts made from it. A sham rise or fall in the…

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Bencubbin Leading Wheat Variety Latest N.S.W. Census Shows

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 4

"Bencubbin is still the leading wheat variety in New South Wales," said Mr. George Nicholson, Cereal Specialist of the…

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Regional Conference Junior Farmers' Clubs

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 1

When you see a splendid Junior Farmer Exhibit at a show, or hear of an outstanding project, you can look behind for the patient…

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New Variety of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

A new variety of wheat, with excellent disease-resistant qualities, had shown up well under semi-drought conditions in the…

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Wool Prices Down 5 P. Cent

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

The "Advocate" received the following telegram from Winchcombe Carson on Tuesday. "We sold 9400 bales of wool…

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Australian Wool Too Dear for Japan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

A Japanese wool buyer who arrived at Darwin yesterday on his way to attend the Australian wool sales, said Japan could…

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N.S.W. May Need Wheat From Other States

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

Wheat authorities in New South Wales are Concerned about the restricted deliveries of grain to the Wheat Board. Mr. Graham has asked the Board…

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Ungarie Farmers Continue To Cart Water

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

Farmers in the Ungarie district are still continuing to cart water for their stock. This was stated this morning by…

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Wool Sales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson wired us on Tuesday: We sold 9400 bales of wool at auction and privately in Sydney last…

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Wool Sales Stimulated

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 2

Reaction from yesterday's London wool sales stimulated orders for better type wools at Sydney today, when market lost most of…

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Forbes Wool Clips

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 8

The following prices were realised by N.Z. Loan at their wool soles in Sydney on January 14: Messrs. H. A. & H. K. Toole…

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"Lachlan Valley Can't Grow Wheat"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

THAT was the astounding heading in a Cowra paper when giving publication to a statement made by Mr. R. B. Black, a well-known Greenethorpe landholder, that a large section of the Lachlan Valley was useless for growing wheat because of heavy infestation of the area by skeleton weed. Mr. Black went on to say that…

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No Proof Of Distance Travelled In Sheep Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Holding that there was no case to answer, die matter of a charge of failing to travel sheep was dismissed by the S.M., Mr. P. L…

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Factory for Parkes Manufacture of Wheat Handling Plant

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Characteristic of the new methods in wheat handling evident on N.S.W. farms is the proposal to build a factory at Parkes to manufacture bulk…

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