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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Conference on T.b. Cattle Test Called

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

A CONFERENCE of the Forbes Council, Jemalong Shire, P.P. Board, Dairymen's Association and Co-Operative Dairy Society is to be held to consider the tuberculin testing of dairy cattle in the Forbes district…

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Minister's Comment On Big Wheat Plan

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

THE Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. E. H. Graham) slated yesterday that the five-year wheat stabilisation plan agreed to by all States and the Commonwealth in Canberra last week, would be…

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Red Leg Mite Cause of Damage to Crops, Looks Like Effect of Frost

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

The tiny red-legged earth mite may be the unsuspected cause of considerable injury to crops and pasture…

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Storing Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, announced sites in the north and north-west of New South Wales selected for…

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Transport Killed 23 Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 8

A heavily laden transport crashed into a mob of travelling sheep, owned by Mr. C. Asimus near Gundagai, and killed 23…

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Wheat Grading by Quality Advocated

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 3

The annual conference of the F.S.A. in Sydney next month may be asked to recommend that wheat should be graded to…

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Wool Prospects For 1954-55

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. Write: Estimated Australian clip for the 1954/55 season is about…

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Cattle Rise 40- at Forbes Market

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 7

Edward Weaver & Co., auctioneers, Forbes, report that the Forbes associated agents yarded upwards of 330 head of fat cattle at…

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New Season Wool Sales Prospects

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 9

The roster for the opening sales commencing in Sydney on August 30 will present to buyers a total, for the first week, of…

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Fine for Fettles on Wheat Theft at Railway Yard

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 7

William James Macey, several time before the court on a charge of having two half-butts of wheat in his possession,…

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Lila Burch Star Junior Farmer Learned Many Lessons at College

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

Miss Lila Burch, secretary of the Forbes Junior Farmers' Club, who recently returned from the…

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Weethalle Junior Farmers' Ambitious Plan (CONTRIBUTED)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

A rather ambitious programme for the month of July was successfully completed by the unior farmers on 14th July. The judging of the Junior…

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Rain Saves Wheat Crops; Eugowra's 130 Points, Top Fall for State

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

Saturday's rainfall, which was welcome to wheatgrowers and graziers' gave Forbes 88 points and varying…

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Time for Vitamin a in Sheep Diet

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 4

Publicity recently given to vitamin A deficiency in sheep in time of drought may be misleading and cause graziers…

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Girl Farmers' Radio Test

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 4

The New South Wales winner in the A.B.C.'s 1954 Junior Farmer Radio Contest for girls will be announced on…

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Farm & Station Rapid Extension of Irrigation Farming

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 4

FARMERS along the Lachlan are rapidly extending the area of pastures and fodder crops under irrigation. During the past few months there have been many inquiries…

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Tree-growng Important on the Farm

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 4

Windbreaks and shelter belts play an important part in the economy of farm management. Practically every…

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Riveeina Sheep Stealing by Truck

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 8

Police believe sheep stealers who have been operatng extensively in the Riverina during the past year are making a…

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Ballot on Stabilisation Wheat Plan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 8

A ballot of wheatgrowers for the acceptance or rejection of the wheat stabilisation plan will be held before 15th Oct. next…

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Rail Trucks For Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 6

Eugowra stationmaster has requested that graziers should contact him before bringing wool to the railway siding so that he can…

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