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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Dairy Competition

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

The date for receipt of entries for the Farmer and Settler dairy farm competition has been extended to Saturday. Details and…

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No Sheep Shearing for West Wyalong Show

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 6

The West Wyalong P.A.H. & I. Association will not stage a sheep shearing competition at the 1954 show. This was the decision of a…

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Further Meeting on Wool Week

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 2

A further public meeting will be held tomorrow (Friday) night in connection with the Wool Week Exhibit to be…

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Novice Sheep Dog Trial at West Wyalong Show

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 7

A sheep dog trial for novices will he conducted at this year's West Wyalong Show. The show committee made…

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Show Society Pays Tribute To Late Mrs. E. Cattle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 6

Memberd of the West Wyalong Show Committee stood in silence at their meeting last week in memory of the late Mrs. E. Cattle…

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Sheep And Cattle Dearer At Homebush Market Yesterday

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 6

At Homebush sale on Thursday 29,063 sheep and lambs were offered. The market was 4 to 8 dearer than recent sales…

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Wool Markets Firmer Trend

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 9

With Continental buyers again bulling the market in Sydney and Adelaide, and Bradford and Japan reluctantly stretching…

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Special Bank At Sydney Sheep Show

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 6

The Commonwealth Trading Bank this year for the first time, opened an agency at the Sydney Sheep Show…

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Forbes Urges Plan For Solving Wheat Jam

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 1

AFTER the president of the N.S.W. Wheatgrowers' Union (Mr. C. D. Renshaw) had painted a gloomy picture of the future of the wheatgrowing industry…

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Field Day Planned by Junior Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 5

A FIELD DAY by the Forbes and Bedgerabong Junior Farmers' Clubs will be held on Saturday, September 18, at Bogabigal, where the public will be invited to a demonstration of modern farm machinery…

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Sydney Sheep Show Awards

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

Drizzling rain at the Sydney Sheep Show on Thursday necessitated indoor judging, Dalgety's has reported to the…

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Move for Wheat Advance

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

The Federal Government was asked for an early announcement of the first advance to be paid for the wheat crop to be…

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Wool Week Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 3

Due to heavy rain and bad roads, the meeting in connection with Wool Week, which was to be held on Friday night, has…

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Wool Promotion Tax Unchanged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 2

Existing rates of the wool promotion tax will continue in force on July 1 next. This was proclaimed in a…

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Australian Expert Reviews World Wheat Position

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 2

Mr. Stan Carberry, of Narrabri, one of the leading wheatgrowers of New South Wales, who is at present on a world tour, writing from London gives a…

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Schools for Junior Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

The Hon. E. H. Graham M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture and Food Production announced today that schools for Junior…

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Grenfell Farmer Hurt in Collision with Taxi-cab Going From Wedding

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

A Grenfell district farmer, Mr. Arthur Stanley Browne, of "Woodfields," Goolagong Road, was knocked down by a taxi on…

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Rain Saves Our Farmers : 79 Pts. Received Here

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

PRESIDENT of Jemalong Shire (Cr. Tom Cutcliffe) one of the Forbes delegates who drove through rain and mud to the road, conference at Condobolin on Friday, said that the three-quarters of an inch of rain received till…

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Expert Short-term Tuition For Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 3

Short-term schools for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College during June and July will provide primary…

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Marauding Dogs Killed 126 Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 2

Sheep valued at £600 have been killed by stray dogs on a Bowning property…

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