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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Beef Cattle Comp. Again

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 3

Following the success of the First Beef Cattle Breeders' Competition conducted by the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales…

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Sheep And Beef Cheaper At Homebush

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 1

At the Homebush sales yesterday 26,714 sheep and lambs were penned. Suckers and Iambs were from 5- to 8- cheaper, while…

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JAPAN No. 2 Wool Buyer Last Season

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 3

The next Sydney wool sales are set down to take place on Monday. 31st August, 1953. These sales will be the first Australian wool…

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The First Rule Of Good Dairying

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 4

Managing a dairy herd without keeping production records is like trying to drive to a distant destination without a road map…

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Farm & Station Grazing Geese Gives Cheapest Poultry Meat

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 4

THE growth rate of geese--a table delicacy rarely tasted by Australians but familiar to the diet of many Europeans--is faster than any other bird, and because of their grazing nature involve costs of production for…

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Sydney Wool Season Opens 31st AUGUST

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 6

In the absence of local auctions, business is confined to the sale of fellmongered descriptients, the demand for…

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Cattle Branding Unlawful Position On Beast

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 1

A case in which a defendant was charged with branding cattle in an illegal position was heard at Forbes Court of Petty…

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BEDGERABONG Junior Farmers Again Active Cold Weather

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 8

BEDGERABONG--Tues. The good rainfall a while since set every farmer at work with his plough and seed box. Hundreds…

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Bank of N.S.W.'s Review of the Wool Season

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 1

The 1952-53 wool season was highly satisfactory from almost all points of view, states the Bank of New South Wales in an article in the quarterly…

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Ungarie District News Rain Helps Crops

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 2

Ungarie's 1953 harvest prospects received a further boost when nearly 40 points of rain fell during the week Crops…

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Optimism Grows On Wheat Crop Prospect

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 2

Since the long dry spell broke with just on if inches of rain on August 5, a total of 21 inches of rain had been recorded up…

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Cattle In Strong Demand At Goolagong Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 4

Messrs R. A. Waters & Co., Goolagong, report holding their regular stock sale at Goolagong on Friday, August 14, when 40…

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Prime Sheep, Lambs Dearer At Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 7

Edward Weaver & Company, auctioneers, Forbes, report that about 2200 fat and store sheep were penned by the Associated…

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WIRRINYA Jolly Wool-shed Dance

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 11

About 80 people found their way to "Blink Bonnie" woolshed on Tuesday night to attend the dance that was held in aid of the…

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Good Start for Forbes Spastic Centre Wool Drive

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 1

THE "bite and pieces" wool drive of the Forbes Spastic Centre Council is gathering momentum. The Centre at Mosman, with its country hostel and the larger one being prepared at French's Forest, does such grand…

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Forbes Junior Farmer Gains State Selection

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 1

A Forbes lad, Maurice Markwort, 19 years of age, has had a signal honor conferred on him and one which brings credit to…

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Bedgerabong Cold Conditions Continue--junior Farmers Win at Condobolin--c.w.a. Notes--agricultural Bureau

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 4

The weather has its changes but the frosts seem to go on for ever. Each morning for the past fortnight there has been one…

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Wheat Crops Are Good: Cootamundra

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 2

Crop conditions in the Cootamundra-Harden district as "excellent to satisfactory." The outlook is good to fair…

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Branding Fluids for Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 6

Australian Woolgrowers' Council will ask State Departments of Agriculture to publish in their, journals a list of…

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Strong Wool Position

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 4

The world's stocks of wool by the time the new season's supplies commence to arrive at cousumingcentres abroad, are…

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