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

Farming & the land, 1952

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District Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 1

Consignments of district sheep included ill Winchcombe Carson Homebush auction last Monday were: A/c G. S. Bailey, Lake…

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Grow More Wheat "A Mockery"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 4

The politicians' plea to farmers to "grow more wheat" is a pure mockery under present conditions, states Mr. T. J. Wilson, in a letter to the "Advocate."…

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Wool Values Up 7½ to 10 per cent

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 1

At Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. Wool sales on Monday last, vaings showed an all round advancnce of from 7½ per…

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Tuesday's Sheep Sale At Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 11

Edward Weaver & Company (Forbes) and the Farmers & Graziers' Co op.Co. Ltd., (auctioneers in conjunction) report that about…

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Wool Classing Certificate Delays: Students Neglect

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 8

The Sheep and Wool Instruction of the Technical Education service, Mr. R. Murray Gibbes is considerably concerned that…

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Plough In Green Manure Crops Early

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 4

Green manure cover crops in orchards should be ploughed under early in spring. Mr. J. D. F. Black, assistant…

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Field Day At Cowra Experimental Farm

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 4

With the increase of improved pasture areas, which are topdressed annually, new problems are being introduced with the economic…

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Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 3

The wool market was severely tested last week. Notwithstanding the very large quantities the market, there was little fluctuation in values, and a…

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Italian-Styled Swimsuit in Knitted Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 2

F610/15 Aurtrallan Wool Board Photograph A dark red knitted wool swimsuit with black trimmings. (This…

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Wool Dress with "Powdee R-puff" Hemline

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

FBI 0/13 Australian Wool Board Photograph A delightful new note in the emphasized skirt fashion. The dress [?] of wool crepe in the new California colour "Pink Sand" with outsize white polka dot embroidery…

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Farm Machines In Good Supply

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

Most types of farm machines are now in good supply, is stated in the report of a survey made by the…

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Abolition of Wheat Tippers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 3

Mr. F. J. Cahill, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham:--…

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More District Wool Clips Sold

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 3

On Thursday, 16th October. New Zealand Loan offered its fourth catalogue of the season, totaling 6890 bales…

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Communist China Is Buying Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 4

Under pressure from U.K. buyers, wool this week reached the highest point of the season. In Sydney on Thursday (October 16),…

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Farm & Station 'Ley Farming' Can Save Australian Agriculture

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 4

AUSTRALIA has 29 to 30 million acres under cultivation. There are some prophets of gloom about those acres. They say catastrophe is ahead if this old cultivation is asked to grow more crops--as the politicians…

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Better Farm Methods Lift Production By 340 p.c

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 4

"An outstanding production increase of 341 per cent. over the base year has been achieved with the Dairy Production Grant…

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Wool Bill

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 3

During the course of the debate in the House of Representatives, Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, M.P. to Riveina, said that to…

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Marketing of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 3

In the House of Representatives, Mr. Hugh S. Hobertop M.P. for Riverina, asked the Minister for Commerce and…

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Dalgety's Wool Price Record

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 5

More active buying by Japan invigorated the Sydney wool sales on Tuesday, when, with the Continnent again…

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Values Hold at Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 6

Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd. advised the "Advocate" by telegram on Tuesday morning that they Bold 9600 bales of…

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