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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1952
Page
5
An assorted rural advertisement page lists farmers seeking Ghaz iers with delivery tokens, weigh facilities, and top prices. Includes opportunities to purchase wires, rare Australian items, and contact details for Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co. Forbes plus other notices about services and goods.
Auction listing details a large assortment of furniture and household goods including dining suites, bedroom sets, rugs, appliances, upholstery, and nursery items. The sale highlights numerous labeled items in varying conditions with emphasis on quality pieces and equipment, noting a premier furniture lot and broad catalog.
The District Agronomist H. A. Woodward reports November conditions with generally mild temps and light rainfall. Wheat harvest lags in western areas Condobella Field and Tullamere but proceeds in Peak Hill Parkes Forbes regions. Crops yield well, oat harvest nearly complete, grain flows strong with 2000 bushel silos ready. Fodder reserves and wind grain stocks are noted as ample for future dry periods.
Forbes Envard Weaver & Co. report about 800 pigs yarded at Friday fortnightly market. Prices ranged from buckfatter to heavy porkers with prime lightweight stock described as fair. Harvest operations reduce offerings while quality remains strong though grain quality in silos risks heat and weevils. Pest warnings note Myzomatosis in Cr me Eset rabbits decline. Pastures adequate with ample stock water but turn-out tanks down.
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