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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Churchill's Call to U.k. Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 7

The home grown food of Britain must be raised by 1956 to 80 per cent above pre-war figurer…

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Cattle And Sheep Sale At Young

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 9

More than the advertised number of both sheep and cattle were yarded by J. A. Barton & Company at Young last Tuesday,…

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Better Market For Sheep At Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 7

Edward Weaver & Co. (Forbes) and the Farmers & Graziers Coop. Co. Ltd., (auctioneers in conjunction) report that upwards of…

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New Wool Suits From Paris

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

FB113 Australian Wool Board Photograph Hubert do Givenchy's arresting black wool suit is worn with a high fitting matching shoulder cape, deeply bordered with a coarse furniture fringe…

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The Week in Wool Warning To Growers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

Merino fleece and skirtings free from vegetable fault advanced 2[?] to 5 per cent in Sydney during the past week, returning to the…

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Distinctive Wool Two-piece by Christian Dior

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

Royal blue wool jersey makes this elegant ensemble of a jumper style dress, worn with a matching box jacket which is lined down…

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Lachlan Maize Crops Look Well Promising New Industry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

THIS year the crops of the Lachlan Valley have been diversified by the addition of considerable number of patches of maize, varying from eight or ten to forty acres. In all, some hundreds of acres have been grown…

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Wool Outlook Never Before So "Rosy"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

"Never has the outlook for wool been so rosy," states Messrs Dalgety & Co. Ltd. in a review of the world's wool situation…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Highest Prices of the Season

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

The final Goulburn wool sale of the current season was held on 6th and 7th, May, when Farmers & Graziers' offered a…

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Short Term Schools For Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A. announces that the undermentioned short-term schools are to be held…

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Wool Dresses

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

FB1117b Australian Wool Board Photograph Charming teenage dress in checked wool. Douglas Cox…

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Potato Tops Kill Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

When 76 aged ewes were grazed on potato tops in the Armidale area recently, 16 of them died. This is reported by the…

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Premium Wheat Received

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 4

Approximately 2,500,000 bushels of premium wheat has been received this season, 600,000 bushels being transported in…

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Wheat Increase Is Forecast by Minister

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 5

Wheat growers plan to increase their sowings by at least 25 per cent. over last year's low level if seasonal conditions are…

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Need to Conserve Fodder on Dairy Farms

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 4

The value of conserving even small areas of pastures and lucerne on dairy farms has been fully demonstrated during the…

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Dairy Education by Free Film Screening

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 4

A number of films of dairying and allied subjects, were shown in the C.W.A. hall on Tuesday to a good number of dairy…

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Amateur Cattle Judging For Show

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 7

The West Wyalong Show Committee has adopted a recommendation from the Sheep and Cattle Committee that an…

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Increase in Wheat Forecast

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., stated recently that wheatgrowers plan to increase their sowings…

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Wool Values Hold at Sydney Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 2

The "Advocate" received the following telegram from Messrs Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., yesterday (Wednesday):…

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Move For Junior Farmer Competition

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 1

A move is afoot to promote an inter-club junior farmer competition at the West…

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