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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Wirrinya Soldier Farmer Wins Rams

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 8

Winner of eight rams in the Lands Department ballot of a gift of 80 for men on war settlement farms last week, was R…

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Junior Farmers' Cattle Projects

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 5

Junior farmers are showing increased interest in cattle projects, according to Mr. G. H. Simphon, senior livestock…

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Increase In Sheep Ndmbers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

Myxomatosis could eventually mean an Increase of up to 50 per cent of Australia's sheep population…

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Board Won't Pay On Farm Stored Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

The Australian Wheat Board would not pay an advanch on farm stored wheat because of the grave risks and costly…

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Take Care with Sheep Drenches

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

Mortality from arsenical pois oning may occur if sheep drenches containing arsenic are not carefully prepared and dosing…

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Wool Continues Improving Tendencies

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

As the. 1953/54 wool season draws to a close, wool news both in the marketing and manufacturing aspects of the…

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"Wheat in District Has Improved"

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

The district's wheat position improved greatly during the month of June, District Agronomist Mr. T. Adams says in his monthly report…

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Million Acres Under Wheat in SA

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

Mr. Len Cook, chief agricultural adviser, expects another good wheat harvest in South Australia, if the present…

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F.S.A. Moves on Sheep Branding Fluids

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 2

The manufacture of all types of sheep branding fluids not approved by the CSIRO as easily scourable should be…

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Record Apple Crop

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

The State's record apple crop, estimated at 2,400,000 cases this year, was almost a million cases more than the…

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Farmer Tourists From M.I.A.

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

Three MIA farmers, travelling as the advance party of the MIA overseas extension tour, have reached San Franeisco…

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Market Activity for Fat Sheep; Sales of Cattle

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 4

Willi the advent of the new financial year, activity in (he store sheep market made a strong revival last week over a…

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Condo Sheep Top Sydney Market

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 6

On behalf of Messrs L. C. & C. L. Staniforth, Condobolin, a consignment of 157 wethers recently sold through the Flemington…

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Dairying Yield Doubled by Plot

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 3

A dairy production grant farmer in the Taree district doubled the yield of his cows on a six acre plot sown to mixture…

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Cattle Compensation Act

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 6

The P.P. Boards conference in Sydney overwhelmingly defeated a motion seeking repeal of the Cattle Compensation Act…

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District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 2

The following prices for district wool were obtained by the New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co.:…

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Butter Output At Deniliquin

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 7

Total production of the Deniliquin butter factory for the year ended June 30 was a record…

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Condo. Sheep Top Sydney Matket

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 7

On behalf of Messrs L. C. and C. L. Staniforth, Condobolin, a consignment of 157 wethers was recently sold through the…

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Weethalle News Junior Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 3

Mr. J. McGuigan, Area Supervisor of Junior Farmer clubs for the western districts, and Mr. Barry O'Neill of the Young…

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Activities Of Weethalle Junior Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 2

The Weethalle Branch of the Junior Farmers is certainly very active and enterprising. Recently they held a successful field day, when lectures and…

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