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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Sheep Dearer at Homebush Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 10

More than 14,000 sheep and lambs were forward at Homebush yesterday, and the competition was keen, with the market being…

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Rainfall Helped District Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

A Wirrinya farmer said yesterday that because wheat crops in Forbes district had not spindled as in other parts of…

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Specialised Farm Interstate Debate

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 7

The grand final of the ABC's 1954 series of Inter-Agricultural College debates will be broadcast in The Land and Its…

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How Junior Farmers Fared with Displays

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 8

IN the points score many interesting comparisons were made by the judges of the Bedgerabong, Condobo[?]in and Forbes Junior Farmers' Club exhibits which competed at Bedgerabong Show…

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Butter and Its Substitutes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 2

Although butter with its pleasant flavour is the most popular at, other fats have often to be substituted, particulary in…

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Wheatgrowers' Union Supports Wheat Stabilisation Ballot

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 6

The Wheatgrowers' Union of N.S.W. urges all wheatgrowers to vote at the forthcoming ballot in favor of the plan for wheat stabilisation…

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Four Shearers Average 200 Sheep Daily

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 6

When "cutting out" at "Willgolong," Wirrinya, the property of Messrs A. and K. Toole, last Thursday, four…

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Growers Urged To Support Wheat Plan

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 3

The Wheatgrowers' Union of N.S.W. approves the wheat stabilisation plan recently agreed to by the Commonwealth and…

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Wool Market in Sydney Lower in Opening Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 6

Goldsbrough. Mort & Co.. Forbes, received a wire from head office that at the re-opening of the Sydney wool sales…

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Science Helped To Make N.Z. Farming Richly Productive

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 4

THE remarkable productivity of New Zealand's primary industries is one of the outstanding impressions of a visit to the Dominion. The explanation is partly climatic, but more the result of widespread scientific soil management…

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Forbes in Favor of Dairy Testing

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 6

Forbes Council, at its meeting on Thursday night, decided to confirm the recommendation made at a conference last week…

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First Wheat Advance Concern

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 7

A plea for an early announcement by the government on what it was proposed to do to guarantee the initial advance…

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Wool Auctions Open Lower

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 2

The "Advocate" received the following telegram from Messrs Dalgety & Co. Ltd. on Monday afternoon:—…

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"Wheat Position Similar To Last Year"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 4

The average wheat crop position is now similar to last season, District Agronomist Mr. T. Adams says in his report for the month of August…

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Ungarie Captures Junior Farmer Shield

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

The Ungarie Junior Farmer Club completed a notable year when its district exhibit won the D. S. Wallder Shield at the Ungarie Show yesterday…

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Farmers Pay to Fight Reds

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 11

Australian primary producers are paying a disproportionate share of the fight against the spread of Communism. This was stated by the vice…

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Cattle Market Firm at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 4

Approximately 350 fat and store cattle were yarded for sale at the Forbes Regular Market on Tuesday…

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Man Moved Sheep Without Permit

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 4

Before Mr. MacAndrew S.M. at Forbes Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, J. Brenner was fined £28-, 12- court costs and…

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2017-Acre Sheep Block for Ballot

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 4

A 2017-acre sheep breeding and wool growing block near T[?]llamore will be balloted for in November under the war…

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Details of Wool Prices in First Sale of Season

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 9

Wool prices were 5 to 7½ per cent. lower compared with Sydney closing rates of June when Dalgetys opened the new selling…

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