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

Farming & the land, 1928

1,870 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 61 of 94

Supplies of Wool. Still a Stong Force

Western Champion · Thursday 13 September 1928 · page 11

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: At the end of June last the quantity of imported wool on hand in the United Kingdom was estimated to…

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Wheat Pool. Minister's Statement. What the Board May Do

Western Champion · Thursday 13 September 1928 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture stated on Saturday that, in view of the many requests from wheat growers for information regarding various aspects…

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Cowra Show Cattle

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

In the opinion of Mr. Coughlan, the Shorthorn judge at Cowra Show, the stock exhibit was superior to the Melbourne Royal Show and…

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Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 9

N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report under date September 6th:— The first series of sales in this…

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Wool From Eugowra

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 4

Bidding showed general improvement at Monday’s Sydney wool auctions. Rates for faulty wools were much more regular than at recent…

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The Show Wool Exhibit

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 11

The wool exhibit at the show-ground [?]oved a most interesting display. Mr. Whitfield King, wool expert of Messrs. Winchcombe,…

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Current Topics Wool-classing

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 6

The Chamber of Commerce is making inquiries regarding the extension of wool classing instruction to Forbes. It was stated that regular classes were…

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Wool Demand More General

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— At our Sydney wool sale on Monday we sold 95 per cent, of the large lots we offered. As indicated by those…

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Sydney Wool Sales Wider Competitions

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers’ Co-op. Co. writes, 10/9/28 : — On the 4th September we offered a good average selection comprising…

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Big Tour Through Wheat Area Country Looking Well

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 6

A representative of the Forbes "Advocate," accompanied a party led by Mr. Bartlett, Senior Agricultural Instructor, over a motor tour of the Top…

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On the Land Pastoral Meat Industry Faults in the Light of Smithfield an Expert Advises Australia

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 9

Colonel Dunlop Young, who is the City of London Coroporation’s Chief Representative at Smithfield Market, has been touring Australia,…

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Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud In Connection with Sale of Wheat Two Men Committed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

At the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., Leonard Stanley MacBeth (26) and Bruce Andrew MacBeth (28)…

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Farmers and Settlers West Milby Branch

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 11

In West Milby Hall on 1st September was held the monthly meeting of the above branch of the F. and S. Association. Present: Messrs. F…

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"On the Hop" Catching the Destructive Grasshopper Farmers Refuse to "Grin and Bear it"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

That the farmers of the Parkes and Forbes districts are fully aware of the menace of the grasshopper plague, was amply demonstrated on Saturday afternoon, when a meeting was held to discuss the best means to combat the pest…

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Cattle From Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 2

Good to prime beet made 36 to 43 per 100 lbs., good to prime yearling beet 44- to 50A, at Homebush last Thursday. Mr. T. Darcy, Jun., Forbes,…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 4

N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report:— In Brisbane this company offered a catalogue of 7340 bales on the second…

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Wheat Pool Ballot

Western Champion · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 6

The wheat pool ballot closed on Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock, by which time over 15,000 voting papers had been received by the returning…

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Wheat of the Far West Albert and Tottenham District Tours. Tullamore Field Day. Some Excellent Crops Inspected

Western Champion · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 2

The tour through the agricultural areas of Albert, Tottenham and Tullamore demonstrated the remarkable and surprising fact that the best oat crop (Messrs. Stanley Bros.; Tottenham), experiment wheat plots (Mr. D. R. Gray, Top Woodlands) and wheat crop (Mr. J…

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The Wheat Ballot. the Latest Figures. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 7

The latest counting for the wheafgowers' ballot gives: For the compulsory. poll 4012; againat, 4099. It la believed that the compulsory…

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Nine Sheep One Ton

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 3

At the Cowra Show last week the first prize pen of three xbred wethers, first prize pen of three xbred ewes and second prize pen…

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