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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Farmers Explained Complains About Dirty Wool Trucks

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 8

Eugowra Farmers and Settlers' Association met on Friday, September 13, when the secretary (Mr. G. H. Clements) was…

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Forbes Wool Top

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 12

Top price of 106d. for Bergen Park (Forbes) wool was reported at recent Sydney sales of Shute, Bell, Badgery and Lumby Ltd,:…

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108½d. Top Price of Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 4

The second series of Sydney wool auctions concluded on Thursday when Goldsbrough Mort A Company Ltd…

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Inter-state Tour Plans for Dist. Junior Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 5

Miss Lila Burch will be included in Macquarie District party of Junior Farmer Club members on a three-weeks'…

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Central Zone Conference of Farmers & Settlers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 1

At least 200 delegates and their wives will attend the Farmers and Settlers' Central Zone Conference, to be held on the first day of West Wyalong's Shopping Week…

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American Farmers To Visit Australia

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 1

A party of American farmers from the U.S. Farm Bureau Federation is expected to arrive in Sydney next January and…

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2017-Acre Sheep Block for Settler

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 1

Applications under the war service land settlement scheme for a 2017 acre sheep breeding and wool growing block near…

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3¼ Million Acres Sown to Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 6

About 3¼ million acres were sown to wheat for all purposes in New South Wales this year. This is stated by the…

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Local Wool Sold In Sydney Market

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 5

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., reports these sales in a catalogue comprising 5,500 bales submitted at the…

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600 See Modern Farm Machinery at J.f. Field Day

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 1

MORE than 600 people, including many leading graziers and farmers of Forbes and surrounding districts saw about 100 major units of modern farm…

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Central Zone Conference of Farmers & Settlers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

At least 200 delegates and their wives will attend the Farmers and Settlers' Central Zone Conference, to be held on the first day of West Wyalong'sShopping Week. The conference will be…

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Junior Farmers Lack An Advisory C'tee. (To the Editor "Advocate.")

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

The Junior Farmers Club' in West Wyalong is not flourishing as it should. This is due to the lamentable…

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Sheep Dearer at Eugowra Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

F. & S. G. Cheney report having conducted their three-weekly fat stock sale on Friday last, Sept. 17, when 2000 fat sheep and lambs…

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New Insecticide to Control Body Strike in Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

Mr. H. A. Veron, Technical Adviser of Wilcox Mofflin Limited has stated that tests carried out in England, South…

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Quandialla Show Welcome to Young American Farmer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 1

Before the opening of the Quandialla Show, last Saturday the president of the P.A.H. & I. Association (Mr. Jack Bourke)…

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U.s. Farm Girl Scared by Our Road Rules

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

AUSTRALIAN left-hand driving scared Miss Lois Bedlow (23), a young American woman, when she first arrived in Australia to undertake a six months' tour sponsored by the International Farm Youth Exchange…

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District Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Coy's top price at their last Sydney wool sales was 115d realised for AAA on…

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District Wool Prices in Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 2

"The Advocate" received the following telegram from Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd on Monday afternoon:—…

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Demand Leaps for Steel Farm Goods

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 1

Shortages of some steel products needed by primary producers had not been caused by cuts in production, but by great increases in demand, stated Mr. Roger…

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Sellers Favored in Wool Market

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 4

At Sydney wool auctions Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd. submitted a catalogue of 7946 bales last Wednesday, which included an…

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