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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Wheat Costs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 1

The Assistant Director of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Mr. G. P. Phillips, last week told the wagee-hours…

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New Zealand's Wool Cheque

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 2

New Zealand's gross wool cheque from the 1952/53 season's series of auctions totalled £60,314,000—an increase of…

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Tke Incoming Wool Clip

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 2

The shouting and the tumult of the wool-salerooms has ceased till August 31, but in the wool stores and the shearing…

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Myxomatosis Inereased Wool Cheque

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 3

Mr. M. F. Brenall, Dalgety's wool maanager in Sydney, said that reports from representative graxiers had stressed the…

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How Japan Stabilised Wool Market

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 2

The rising world demand for wool is revealed in the Australlan export statistics for the first 11 months of last season…

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No Permits for Wool Carting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 6

Permits will not be issued for the cartage of wool by lorry for distances exceeding 50 miles in competition will…

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World Action on Tar-branded Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 1

What will be of concern to some Australian woolgrowers is the widening of the ban by world wool buyers on the wool…

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Cotton Seen As Threat to Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 2

Cotton fabrics which are becoming increasingly popular in the United States represented a threat to the Australian…

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Farmers' Tax Allowance

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 1

Many farmers did not realise they could me as tax deductions a fifth of the cost of plant and improvements, said…

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Junior Farmer Competition

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 3

The 1952 "star" Junior Farmer competition being conducted by the Junior Farmer Movement and sponsored by…

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Slaughtermen's Strike: No Cattle Sale On

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 1

Owing to the continuance of the beet slaughtermen's strike at Homebush abattoirs all cattle waggons for Thursday's sale have…

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Six Arrests on Charge of Wool Stealing

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 1

Six men have been arrested and will be charged at the Forbes Court of Petty Sessions to-day In connection with alleged thefts of…

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Wool Cheque of Over £6,600,000 for Lachlan Valley

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 1

AUSTRALIA'S wool cheque last season reached the near record total of £404,756,837. Although the area of which Forbes is the geographical centre, is a very small section of Australia, approximately 11 12 per cent. of that…

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District Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. secured the following prices for district sheep at their Homebush sales: W. F. Harwood and Sons,…

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Heavy Wheat Yields at Trangie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 5

Trangie experiment farm had variety trials conducted by the Department of Agriculture this season…

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Dogs Kill 200 Sheep Around Nyngan

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 8

Savage town clogs from Nyngan have killed at least 200 sheep in the surrounding district, in the last three months, reports a Dubbo…

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Only Sheep Penned Yesterday At Homebush Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 1

At the Homebush sales yesterday 25,845 sheep and lambs were penned. The market was 5- to 8- cheaper. Lightweight lambs…

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Prime Cattle Firm At Tuesday's Sale At Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 1

Edward Weavers & co.., auctioneers, Forbes report that the Forbes Agents yarded about 250 head of fat and store cattle at the…

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Imposition Of Fines For Stealing Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 1

"Looking over the books of a wool and skin dealer, I found that defendant sold quite a lot of wool," Detective R. A. Kelly…

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More Wool Wanted To Meet World's Needs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 4

A larger Australian clip, totalling 3,860,000 bales during the 1953-54 season, will contribute needed supplies to cater for the…

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