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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Forbes Cannery Will Handle Tomato Crop

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 1

FORBES CANNERY, by a goodwill agreement reached between three growers' representatives and Messrs. C. D. Baker and E. Araldo, will handle the balance of the local tomato crop…

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Farm & Station Valuable Research On Milk Secretion

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 4

SOME important research work, of value to all dairy farmers, has revealed the secret of milk secretion. Much research has been done to show conclusively that the great…

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Bland District News Junior Farmers' Ball

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 7

The Quanaialla Junior Farmers held a very successful debutantes ball last Wednesday night…

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17,000 Sheep From Forbes Last Week

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

February is a short month, but it is expected that the monthly returns at Forbes station will reach, record proportions…

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The Kiddies' Corner "The Sheep Killers" EPISODE

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 10

The men left the homestead at nine o'clock that night to keep watch for the sheep killers. Pete, who had not long been sent to…

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Values Sustained At Sydney Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. reported by wire on Wednesday: We sold 7300 bales of wool at auction and privately in Sydney on…

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Forbes Bread: Sydney Wins On Wheat Price-Fix

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 9

Mr. G. Mortensen told the Forbes branch of the L.V.D.L. on Wednesday, that he had been astonished to learn that farmers…

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Quandialia Junior Farmers Make History

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 10

THE first debutantes' ball of the season was held in the show pavilion on March 11th. It was organised by the Quandialla Junior Farmers' Club and set a high standard by which all future balls will be measured…

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"Wheat Price Will Be Satisfactory"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

The General Secretary of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Union, Mr. T. C. Stott, returned to…

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Keen Competition At Sydney Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 4

In a telegram received by the "Advocate," Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: We sold 7300 bales of wool at…

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F. and S. to Be Asked to Help Junior Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

The West Wyalong Parents and Citizens' Association will approach the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to see if they could…

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Canowindra Corn Crops May Yield 80 Bus. Per Acre

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 6

The latest crop to be grown with success on the Belubula River flats at Canowindra is hybrid corn. Corn crops are being…

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Farm & Station Frost Damage Factor in Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 4

ALTHOUGH the 1953 average-acre yield of wheat a record for New South Wales, the damage caused by frost was estimated to be in excess of the combined losses attributed to disease…

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District Wool Realisations

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

Goldsbrough Mort & Company Ltd. report that the following prices were realised by local clips in their catalogue of the 18th…

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Additional Field Wheat Championships

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 4

An additional field wheat divisional championship has been created by the Royal Agricultural Society…

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MIDDY-LINE Wool Two-Piece

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 2

This Lafaur[?] two-piece jumper suit is in black and white check wool. The 'V' shaped decollete is trimmed with a big white…

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Wool Dresses

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 2

FB[?]7b Australian Wool Board Photograph Charming [?]age dress in checked wool. Douglas Cox…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited report, on 19th Maroh, 1953:…

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District Wool Prices

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 3

District wool sold recently by Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and [?] included the following [?]:…

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Eugowra Sheep And Wool Classes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 6

Everyone interested in the Eugowra sheep and wool classes is feeling very pleased with the sitution this year. Already 15 students…

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