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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Farmer Rabbiting When Told of £12,000 J0i Win

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 7

MR. A. D. ("BERT") CLARK OF TALLIMBA, WHO WON A £12,000 SPECIAL LOTTERY PRIZE LAST WEEK, WAS RABBITING IN A SULKY WHEN TOLD OF THE GOOD NEWS…

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Wool Merchant's License Renewed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

In the Forbes Licensing Court on Tuesday Arthur Leslie Haydon was granted a renewal of his wool, hide and skin license, in existence…

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America And Soviet Active At Sydney Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 7

Competition widened at the Sydney wool sales on Wednesday, when America became active for good, but not the best, super…

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£14 Mil. Dividend For Wool Growers From J.O. Profits

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 9

The news that the woolgrower is to receive another--and then a final-- dividend from the Joint Organisation Profits will be…

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Warning on Seed Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 5

Farmers were freely selling poor types of pasture seed among themselves, warns the Departmental and other…

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More Wheat Stres Urged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 5

The answer to the present wheat problem ought to the more storage rather than less acreage, stales Mr. Keith…

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Cost of Production of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

The Australian Agricultural Council considered a request by the Australian Wheat growers Federation for a revision of the…

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Nearly £9,000,000 Wheat Payment

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

A second advance of one shilling a busel on,bulk pad bagged wheat, totalling £8,990,417, will be paid to No. 16 Pool…

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Australian Sheep for U.N. Relief Work in India

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 6

The work of the Food and Agricultural Organisation was underlined last week, when Dalgetys. Melbourne, shipped by…

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Proposed U.S Wool Tariff; No Change

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report; The statement by the United States Secretary of Agriculture on behalf of the…

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More Imports of Farm Goods

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 6

The latest relaxation of import licences means that licenses will be issued freely for agricultural machinery and…

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All Prime Cattle At Forbes Sale Firm

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 4

Edward Weaver & Co., auctioneers, Forbes, report that the Forbes agents yarded upwards of 300 fat and store cattle at the…

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Sydney Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 1

"The Advocate" received the following telegram from Messrs Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. Sydney, this morning (Thursday):…

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Tax-free Farm Power

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 6

Lamp sums paid by farmers to councils to connect their farms with electricity mains should be deductible for tax…

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Sheep And Cattle Cheaper At Homebush Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 6

At the Homebush soles yesterday 29,760 sheep and lambs were penned, the market generally being 4 to 6 cheaper. Best…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1

There was good competition and the market was firmer at Tuesday's levels at Winchcombe Carson's wool sale in Sydney on…

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Good Competition At Forbes Sheep Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 9

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Ltd.. Forbes, report having held a successful store sheep sale in the Forbes saleyard…

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Prime Lambs And Sheep Cheaper At Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 6

Edward Weaver & Company (Forbes) and the Farmers & Graziers Cooperative Company Ltd., auctioneers in conjunction, report…

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Russia As Wool Buyer Post-War Developments

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

While Russia has been a was spectacular direct buyer of wool at occasions during the past year or so she has been an…

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Pig School For Junior Farmers At "Cherry Tree Hill"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 9

"Cherry Tree Hill." Mr. Hugh Sweeney's properly in Forbes, will this month be the scene of the first Pig School held…

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