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

Farming & the land, 1952

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Diseased Calif. Sheep: Emergency Proclaimed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 4

A state of emergency has been proclaimed by Secretary Brannan as "scrapie" now exists in California. This will permit the…

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Wheat Flowing Into Forbes Silos

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 6

After the rain of last week, which stopped deliveries for three half-days, wheat is now flowing in at a fast rate to…

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FARM & STATION Forbes Oats On Move: Record Crops Forecast

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 4

Truck-loads of oats from the present harvest are already being shipped from Forbes railway station. The crop has every…

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Suppliers And Shares In Forbes Co-op. Dairy

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 6

When the Chairman of Directors, Mr. A. J. Meagher, welcomed two new directors, Messrs H. Crouch and K. Constable to the Board of…

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Forbes Dairy Factory Is Big Business

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 3

TWENTY-ONE shareholders were present at the annual meeting--the 20th--of the Forbes Co-op, Dairy Society Ltd. The chairman of directors, Mr. A. J. Meagher, presided…

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Wheatgrowers Asked To Donate Wheat to UNICEF

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 7

Wheatgrowers within the Bland Shire are being asked to donate wheat to the United Nations Children's International…

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Forbes Saleyards Sheep Section Almost Completed Work On Cattle Yards To Proceed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 1

WITH little more than half the loan of £25,000 expended, Forbes aldermen expressed themselves well satisfied with the way the work is proceeding when a report from the saleyards committee was before last week's…

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Australia's Wheat Business

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 1

During the past year wheat or its flour equivalent exported by Australia, totalled 82,458,000 bushels up to November 8. During the…

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Special Cattle Sale At Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 3

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency company, Limited, Forbes, report having held a very successful special cattle sale on…

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Record World Rice Crop Forecast

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 9

A record breaking world rice crop for the 1952-53 season is forecast by the United States Agricultural department…

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Rail Chief On Wheat Truck Position

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 2

The Railways Commissioner. Mr. R. Winsor. said his department would re-examine the allocation of trucks for the wheat…

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Farm Land Cheaper Than Lino

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 5

Sir James Turner, president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales, and a former I.F.A.P. president, said…

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Successful Special Sheep Sale at Orange

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 4

Messrs Goldsbrought, Mort St Co. Ltd., report having yarded just over 20,000 sheep at their special sheep sale held at Orange…

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Trends in Wheat Varieties

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 3

Wheat planting records in New South Wales indicate that farmers are planting increased areas of medium and strong…

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Wool Values at Higher Level

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 2

Superfine wool averages reached the highest level of the week and the year at yesterday's semi-final auction of the…

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Wool Values Best for Year

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 3

Last week wool values in Australia returned to the highest level of the season, and the best averages for 12 months. The…

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The Age of Bulk Wheat Handling

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 2

Wheat lumpers and bag sewers will soon be trudging the roads looking for other employment, as the age of bulk handling of wheat, or grain of any kind, is rapidly moving in; There is no doubt that more…

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Crops Badly Affected by Weeds

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 3

Wheat "crop's in Young-CowraGrenfell district are very poor this season, having been affected by the wet autumn and…

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Grass-Farming on Air Ministry Airfields

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 6

Grass growing on airfields held by the Air Ministry in the United Kingdom has developed since the war to such an…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 12

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Grain, Insurance & Agency Company Limited, report 9th December, 1952:--…

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