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

Farming & the land, 1952

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290,000 Fat Cattle Yearly From 175 Acres

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 6

A visit to an Arizona (U.S.A.) stockyard with 35,000 hand-fed beeves fattening with a gain of 2½lb. per day an on area of 175…

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Loss of Wheat From Red Bend Siding

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

Two lorry drivers who were unable to have their wheat unloaded at the Red Bend Wheat bulkhead on Friday night…

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The Week in Wool Up To 15 p.c. Rise

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 6

World demand for superfine merino and fine comeback wool again made news headlines last week, as the first half of the…

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Farm & Station Treatment Of Tomato Wilt

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 6

SPOTTED WILT disease of tomatoes is often responsible for heavy losses of crops grown in spring and early summer in New South Wales. The disease is usually carried…

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Mallee Wheat Crop Is a Bumper

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1952 · page 8

Rust infection was the only hazard to a bumper Mallee wheat crop this season, the Victorian president…

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Wheat Cartage Rates

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

The Prices Commissioner. Mr.' ' A. H. K. Weir, announced today the gazettal of an amendment to the prices regulations order…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

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

The third series of Goulburn wool sales, conducted by Farmers and Graziers on 17th and 18th December, saw the market…

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Final Review of N.S.W. Wheat Harvest

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1952 · page 8

A final review of the wheat crop position in New South Wales indicates a yield of 44[?] million bushels of grain and 215,000 tons of hay. This forecast…

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Demonstration Farms' Costs

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

The Department of Agriculture had spent £900 on 90 acres of a demonstration farm at Gloucester, and £500 on 40 acres…

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Snakes Are Fond of Eggs; Shock for Farmer's Wife

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

Snakes are partial to a meal of fresh-laid farm eggs, the wife of a Barellan farmer found the other day. She is Mrs. Harry Corcoran,…

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