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

Farming & the land, 1953

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International Wool Agreement Plan Favoured In U.S.A.

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 5

SOMETHING is happening in the United States that is of vital interest to all Australian woolgrowers. The International Wheat Agreement has stabilised grain prices. A movement for an International Wool…

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Dairying In The District: Warning To Suppliers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 5

The District Dairy Officer, Mr. E. H. Headley, Orange, has a word of warning to milk suppliers in his monthly report for…

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Farm & Station Farm Waste and Offal Make Good Fertiliser

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 4

A GREAT deal of farm waste can be converted into useful manure. Where stock killing takes place or where slauthter-house offal is available the compost heap offers a useful means of converting these into valuable fertiliser,…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited report on 30th June, 1953:—…

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Queensland Wool Clips Well Grown

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 4

Wool clips coming forward in Queensland have been generally well grown and above average weight…

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Sheep Firm To Easier At Homebush

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 6

At the Homebush sales yesterday 28,650 sheep and lambs were penned. Heavy lambs were easier and other lambs and grown sheep…

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Wool Report Local Clip Sold

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 6

On Thursday. June 25. New Zealand Loan in Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.. brought forward a catalogue totalling 3648 bales…

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Faulty Wheat Germination Says District Agronomist

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 6

The District Agronomist at Parkes reporting on conditions during June, states that good general rains throughout the…

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Australian Aid In Asian War On Cattle Scourge

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 4

Tests of new vaccines may show the way towards saving thousands of cattle and buffalo which die each year in the…

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Farm & Station Fluke-carrying Snail Causes Trouble

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 4

INDICATIONS of the wastage which occurs as a result of Fluke is shown by reports received by the Department of Agriculture's Division of Animal Industry. At one abattoir located at By…

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Wyalong Jnr. Farmers Club

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 7

On Saturday last the Wyalong Junior Farmers' Club spent an interesting afternoon at Mr. P. C. Henley's property,…

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Sheep Cheaper, Cattle Dearer At Homebush Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 1

At the Homebush sales yesterday 29525 sheep and lambs were penned. Sheep were easier and lambs 4 to 7 cheaper…

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BEDGERABONG Sheep Expert's Visit Card Party BEDGERABONG, Tues

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 8

The P. & C. card party again proved a most successful gathering. There were quite a number of players, and winners and losers…

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Flour Miller Urges Higher Protein Content In Local Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 1

"FOR the most part the wheat grown, in the Forbes area has a protein deficiency," Mr. Noel Reed, manager of the local flour mill, told Wednesday's meeting of the Forbes branch of the Lachlan Valley Development…

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Pastoral Output Improves

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

Australia's output of wool, meat and other pastoral products was estimated at million in 1952-53, the president…

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Farmers Want Wheat Pool Money Back

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 2

Delegates to the Cowra District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association were emphatic that money held in the…

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Wool Cheque £400 Million

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

Australia's wool cheque for the 1952/53 season is expected to be about £400 million, said Mr. W. W. Williams, secretary…

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Fertiliser Trial at Temora Farm

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 6

A fertiliser trial with wheat is being conducted by Mr. R. F. Russell, Temora Experiment Farm Agronomist…

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Many More Sheep In Place Of Rabbits

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 1

An official statement declares that the rabbit population of Australia has been reduced by 80 per cent, as a result of…

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District's First Sorghum Crop Excellent Pig And Fowl Feed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 4

What is believed to be the first crop of sorghum grown in the district was recently harvested on Mr. G. McInnes' property…

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