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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Sheep Values Down In Record Homebush Yarding

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 5

Dalgety's News Service reports that Homebush market reopened yesterday with a record yarding of 52,217 sheep and lambs…

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Sheep Market At Forbes Last Week Irregular

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 4

Edward Weaver 4: Company, auctioneers. Forbes, report that about 1400 fat and store sheep were penned by the Associated…

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Spastic Centre Wool Drive Reaches £82

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 1

Further contributions to the Wool Drive being conducted by the Forbes Spastic Centre Council have brought the total to…

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Junior Farmer Club's Appeal For Senior Members

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 4

An attendance of thirty-three persons, members of the Junior Farmer Club and its Advisory Committee, held a combined…

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Forbes Dairy Society Board Election

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 6

The ballot for the election of four directors of Forbes Cooperative Dairy Society Ltd. was announced yesterday afternoon when…

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District Wool Values

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 6

The following sales of wool were effected by Messrs Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd. on the 14th September, 1953, as…

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"Star" Junior Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 1

The Rural Bank has announced the district winners for the "Star" Junior Farmer competition of 1953 which is being conducted by the…

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Why Brand Sheep?

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 2

The vexed problem of unscourable brands came to a head at a conference of wool [?]yers and brokers' wool…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd, report on 29th September, 1953…

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Irrigation Wheat Sought

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 2

Agronomists at the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture are seeking a long season wheat strain suitable for growing on…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 1

The "Advacate" received the following telegram from Messrs Winchcombe Carsort Limited:— "We sold 9,160 bales at…

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Crop Insurance for Wheatgrowers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 1

[?]la saatoment [?] today, the local manager of the General Farmers' Co-operative Society said:…

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Fairbridge Farm System Praised

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 1

The Governor General, Sir William S[?] in [?]ally opening Gloucester House at the Fairbridge, Farm School at…

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Late Rains Greatly Improve Crop Prospects

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 5

The District Agronomist, Mr. T. Adams, West Wyalong, in his monthly report for September, states that 149 points of rain received cluring the month…

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District Sheep At Homebush

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 4

At Winch com be Carson's Homebush auction Carnegie Bros., Lake Cowul, secured for eight crossbred wethers 85/1…

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Record of 301d for Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 1

At the Geelong woo Isales yesterday, an Australian record for the Reason was' established when 301d per lb was secured…

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All States Agree on Wheat Selling

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 1

It was announced last night that all Australian States had now agreed to join the Commonwealth Government's plan…

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'West Plains' Surplus Sheep Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 10

Edward Weaver & Company, auctioneers, Forbes, report that the annual sale of surplus station sheep was held at Mr. J. F…

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Wheat Settled: Rain Awaited

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 1

The Wheat Board has been reprieved. There will be orderly marketing this year and for the next two years, with the internal…

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Turkeys Beat Sheep in Cash Returns

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 14

A farmer who goes in for ta[?]key raising in a scientific [?]smer will make more [?]ey from [?] st[?]es than be will from 1999…

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