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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Houses for Farmworkers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 3

[?].m. July to September last year, 758 [er,amemt houses were built and let to agricultural workers in Englan…

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Prime Sheep and Cattle Firm at Homebush Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 5

At the Homebush sales yesterday 28,763 sheep and lambs were penned. Prime suckers and lambs met a stronger market, but prime sheep…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 9

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Grain, Insurance and Agency Company Limited, report 13th January, 1954:--…

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Store Sheep Sale at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort & Company Ltd., Forbes, report having held a special sheep sale here on Wednesday, January 20, when 8000…

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Prime Cattle Firm At Forbes Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 10

Edward Weaver & Coy., auctioneers, Forbes, report that the Forbes Associated Agents yarded about 450 head of fat cattle at…

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Wheat Crisis Schoolboy Sums Up

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 10

Wheat through a schoolboy's eyes: The complexities, of wheat marketing often confound the experts, so it is not surprising that a…

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Wool, Hide And Skin License Granted

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

In the local Licensing Court on Tuesday a wool, hide and skin buyer's license was granted to Elwyn Ernest Turner…

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High Protein Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 4

A Sydney milling firm which has been testing Narromine wheat this season, gives the following percentages of…

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Wheat Reduction Arrant Rubbish Says Roberton

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 4

Mr. H. S. Roberton, M.P., for Riverina, who has just completed a tour of the northern part of his electorate, where most of the wheat is grown,…

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Goulburn Wool Sales; Medium and Fine Wools Show Rise

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

At the fourth series of Goulburn wool sales conducted by Farmers and Graziers on 20th and 21st January, the market…

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U.k. Wool Clip Totals 220,000 Bales

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 4

Britain's place as a wool producing country is the subject of interesting comment in a statement by the Australian…

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Poor Cattle Standard In New South Wales R.A.S. Delegates At Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

ON Thursday members of the Central Western Agricultural Council--representing the Show Societies of a wide area--met in Forbes. Officers were elected, Show dates allotted, and…

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Address To W.A. Dairy Technology Institute

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

Australia is producing about 1,200,000,000 gallons of milk annually--this would contain about 240,000 short tons of butterfat and…

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Orange Record Farm Price

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

A 460-acre Spring Hill farm, near Orange, realised £8015- per acre at auction on Saturday last…

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Plough For Winter Fodder Crops Now

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

Farmers should Lake the opportunity of selecting areas now for winter fodder crops, said Mr. J.B. Noonan, district…

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Sheep And Cattle Both Dearer At Homebush Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 10

At the Homebush sales yesterday, 31,635 sheep and lambs were penned. Prime sheep and lambs were 5- to 10- dearer, others very…

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Wheat Refund Refused

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 10

The Commonwealth on Wednesday rejected a proposal to return £9 million to wheatgrowers…

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Wheat Stabilisation Measure Before Federal Parliament

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

A FAILURE to continue an orderly marketing scheme for Australian wheat would have disastrous effects upon our economy, as the wheat industry is our second most important primary industry, Mr. John Howse (Calare)…

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Prime Sheep And Lambs Dearer At Forbes Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5

Edward Weaver & Company (Forbes) and the Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Company Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report that…

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There'll Always Be A Wool Market

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 4

Wool has brought good prices this year and there is every reason why it should continue so to do…

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