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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Wool Dresses

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 2

FB1117s Australian Wool Board Photograph Woofl[?]n afternoon frock in pale green, factoring a matching…

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Ready For Wheat Harvest: Parkes Sub-Terminal

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 3

As a result of the combined representations of the members for Dubbo and Cobar, Messrs C. G. Robertson and E. Wetherell,…

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Fairbridge Farm History Of Movement Traced

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 3

The Fairbridge Farm Scheme which had been referred to by the Chairman of the Fairbridge Society (Mr. W. B. Hudson) as…

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Junee May Lose Wool Classes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 4

Unless the emolments. for the Junee Wool Classing class impress there is every possibility that the town will lose…

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Cole Nominated to Wool Committee

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 4

At the last executive meeting of the FSA, Mr. B. Cole. was nominated as, the Australain Wool and Meat Producers'…

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Ten Sheep To Acre On Dubbo Farm

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 11

There is a tendency in the Lachlan Valley to decry intensive farming as something that might be suitable for a few vegetables…

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Ban Threat On Tar-Branded Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3

Woolgrowers who persist in using tar-branding oils may soon find themselves with a very restricted market for their clips…

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Farm & Station This Cow Earns Her Keep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 11

"Brundec Dekoi 6th" Volume 16 a pure bred Friesian cow owned by Mr. J. H. Wilson, "Mt. Broughton," Lovelle Street, Moss Vale…

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"Answer To A Farmer's Dream"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 11

"It's the answer to a farmer's dream--plants that kill their Insect pests." This comment from Dr. Robert L. Metcalf, of…

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Huge Butter Output In Queensland

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 2

TOOWOOMBA — Queenslands butter production this season may be the best for ten years. On present trends it is…

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New Wheat Variety Wins Championship

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 5

Gilgandra grower, Mr. H. C. Wilson, won the wheat championship at Dubbo Show with the new variety, Festival…

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Storage Space for Wheat Must Come First

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture has advised the West Wyalong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association that…

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M.I.A.'s Big Apple Crop

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 2

The M.I.A. would produce at least 20 per cent of the State's apple crop this year, the Department of Agriculture reports…

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Bleak Dairy Outlook: Higher Butter Prices

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

The Bank of N.S.W. sets out. in its Quarterly Review, a pessimistic view of the future of the Australian dairy industry--because of…

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Cattle $1 To $2 Cheaper At Homebush Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

Dalgety's News Agency reports that at Homebush sales on Monday 22,585 sheep and lambs were penned. The market was very…

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Farm & Station Production Rise With Better Pasture Management

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 4

"Subdivision of pastures and improvement of natural grasslands on Mr. W. Warden's property at Nundle, has resulted in a…

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Supervisor and Sheep Needed For Sheep Shearing Comp

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 4

Unless the West Wyalong Show Committee can find a man willing to take charge of a sheep shearing competition, and the [?]se of sheep to shear, the idea may have to be abandoned for this year…

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A. G. Cattle Memorial Trophy

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 7

The West Wyalong Show Committee, at its last meeting approved the inclusion of an A. G. Cattle Memorial Tropby…

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Wool Sales in Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 6

"The Advocate" received the following telegram from Winchcombe Carson Ltd. on Tuesday: We sold 9600 bales of wool…

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Sensational Drop In Sheep Prices At Homebush

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

Dalgety's News Service reports a sensational fall of 10 to 20per head in all sheep values at Home bush on Thursday. This is…

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