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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Wool Market Still Rising

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

The "Advocate" yesterday received the following telegram from Dalgety and Co. Ltd.: The Sydney wool market…

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Wool Values Soundly Based

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 7

Although wood prices have declined slightly from the peak of the current season, the weakening was not altogether…

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No Premium Wheat Bulk Trucks

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 3

No railway bulk trucks for the loading ofpremium wheat at bulkheads and silos can be guaranteed next season…

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1000 Sheep on 24 Acres of Turnips

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 11

One of the best crops of field turnips ever grown on the Southern Tablelands is at present being grown at…

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Man Sold Wool Without Having Licence

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 8

For having sold wool on August 3, without a licence, Gordon Harold Greig, of Junee Road Cootamundra, was fined £2 with…

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U.s. Wool Scheme; Bonus for Quality

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 11

W[?]nchocombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Further information now to hand on the subject of…

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Pig Farms in Municipal Areas

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 8

It's not only shearing sheds within municipal boundaries (as witness Cowra) that is giving western aldermen concern,…

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Canada's Loss of Farm Workers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

Canada's farm working force lost 43,000 workers last year. Since 1939, 500,000 people have quit farm jobs…

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97 Farms for Ex-Servicemen

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 4

Expenditure totalling nearly £1 million for additional land for war service land settlement has been approved by N.S.W…

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£3-Milli0n for Record Crop of Rice

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 11

Australia's 80,000 ton rice crop, valued at £3 million, will be a record this year, said Rice Marketing Board NSW…

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Youth Again Wins Junior Farmer Contest

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 7

For the third successive year Clifford Blake, 16, of Muswellbrook, has won the final of the A.B.C. Junior Farmer…

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Farm Population In U.S.A.

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 7

Fewer and fewer Americans are working on farms as the years go by. In 1910, 13.6 million people worked on farms…

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Upward Trend at Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

The Sydney wool market continued an upward course on Monday under strong pressure by the continent, Bradford, Russia and…

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Wheat' Crisis Coming Is Liberal Claim

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 2

Declaring that an N.S.W. wheat handling crisis will develop towards the end of this year, the N.S.W. Liberal Party's…

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Prime Cattle Firm to Dearer at Forbes Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 8

Edward Weaver & Company, auctioneers, Forbes, report that about 250 fat and store cattle were yarded at the Forbes regular [?]…

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Wool Market Shows Buoyancy As Season Ends

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 9

As the main 1953-54 wool selling season draws to a close, the market has a renewed buoyancy somewhat resembling earlier…

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Wool Market In Sellers' Favor At Wednesday's Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: We sold 8690 bales at auction and privately at our Sydney wool sale on Wednesday. There…

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QUANDIALLA Junior Farmers' Ball Co-op. Society To Pay 5 Per Cent. Dividend

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 6

On Wednesday. March 4. the Quandialla Junior Farmers held their third annual ball, which was very successful. All Wednesday…

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Wool Lace Cocktail Frock

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 1

This beautiful hand-knitted wool lace ballet length cocktail frock in midnight blue comes from Madeleine and has a matching stole…

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Queensland Cattle Station Sold For £155,000

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 1

Croydon Station, a Central Queensland cattle breeding property, formerly operated by the Queensland British Food…

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