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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Apple Crop Will Be Record

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 2

Department of Agriculture officials expect this year's apple crop to be a record. It is estimated that 2,800,000…

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How low to Graze an Oat Crop

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 4

No other winter crop will provide such a continuity of green feed as oats, but to obtain the maximum results it must be grazed at the appropriate stage of growth…

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Farms for Research

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 2

The Federal Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwan, will hand over two farm properties to thevers-I…

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Mozambique Wheat Customer Of Aust

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 4

Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, is one of the lesser known markets for Australian wheat. This was stated recently by the…

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Keep Up Dose of Drench for Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 4

Reduction in the dose rate of phenothiazine--a drug used to drench sheep against worms --is not warranted, the…

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Rates for Merino Wool Increased at Sydney Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 12

With Continental wool buyers still doggedly pressing for dwindling better-styled Merino fleeces, hardening of values…

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No Worry on Wheat Store Board Member On New Terminal

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 1

THE new sub-terminal at Parkes would be ready for this season's wheat harvest and growers had no need to worry about wheat storage, said Mr. George Hoy, Tomingley, a member of the Australian Wheat Board, on…

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Publications Free to Farm Library

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 11

New and revised publications now available from the Extension Services of the Department of Agriculture include the…

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Payment on Wheat Pool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 1

A payment of 1/6-on No. 16 Wheat Pool would probably be made very soon, a member, of the Wheat…

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Special Trains Take Rice Crop to Mill

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 4

Eight thousand ton of rice have been taken from the Wakool and Tullakool rice farms to the rice mill over…

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Kikoira News Farmers and Settlers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

The June meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was noted for its attendance and the amount of business…

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Sheep And Cattle Dearer Af Homebush Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 4

At the Homebush sales yesterday 26,824 sheep and lambs were penned, the market being 3 to 5 dearer. Best light lambs sold from…

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­­­4 District Junior Farmers Chosen to Go to Wagga­­­­­­

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

JUNIOR FARMERS P. Mahlo and E. Dawes, of Forbes, and L. Peasley and J. Straney, of Bedgerabong, have been selected to attend the annual School of Instruction at Wagga Agricultural College. The school, which begins next…

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Sheep Drench Drug Dose

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 8

Reduction in the dose rate of phenothiazine, a drug used to drench sheep against worms, is not warranted, the…

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Wheat Silo Opening Dates

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 1

Moving that local agents be given authority to decide the opening date of silos, Mr. L. Mclvor, of Brmedman, told…

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Bank President's Optimistic View of Wool Prospects

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 1

Mr. C. R. McKerihan, president of the Rural Bank of New South Wales, said today that recent trends in the Australian wool growing industry justified an…

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£3 Fine for Slow Sheep Travelling

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 5

Joseph Carroll, who failed to travel sheep the required distance of six miles a day, pleaded guilty at Forbes Court of Petty…

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High Demand for Wool Maintained

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 9

With the wool trade nearing lite end of the 1953-54 selling season in Australia, buyers arc still finding the market…

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Rain Relief in Nsw Wheat Areas

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 4

Recent rains had brought welcome relief to the wheat belt from the protracted dry spell of the past three months, the…

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New Liaison Result of Dairymen, Society Talk

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

A CONFERENCE of eight directors of the Forbes Co-operative Dairy Society and about 20 dairy farmers, in the Mayor's Chamber in the Town Hall on Tuesday, agreed to improve the liaison between the Society and…

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