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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 82 of 94

Middle Western Wheat. Activities at the Trundle Silos

Western Champion · Monday 19 November 1928 · page 8

In no district (writes the special representative of the "Herald.") the wheat coming in more rapidly than at Trundle, and the scene at the…

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The Harvest. Wheat Pours In. Record Silo Year

Western Champion · Monday 19 November 1928 · page 8

No truer reflex of the prosperity of the Parkes district could be obtained than from the scene which is being enacted daily at the railway silos,…

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Fleecy Wool Records. Values Best Point of Season

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 November 1928 · page 4

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. reports:— On the 14th November we offered an average to good selection,…

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Western Wheat. Parkes and Bogan Gate. Yields Heavier Than Anticipated

Western Champion · Monday 19 November 1928 · page 4

The State-wide character of the Royal Agricultural Society's championships and the rapid ripening of the wheat make a quick switch-over…

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On the Land Wheat Growing in New South Wales. the Cost of Production. Special Inquiry by the Department

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 November 1928 · page 4

The average cost of wheat production in New South Wales is to form the subject of an official inquiry. The Minister for Agriculture…

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Cowra Crop Contests

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 November 1928 · page 1

There were 30 entries in the different crop competitions conducted by the P.A. and H. Association, and two of them were won by Messrs. F…

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Wheat Silos

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 1

The Manager of the Government [?] to bring under the notice of wheat growers the fact that the clevators at yiddah and Barmedman…

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District Wool

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 4

Values were very buoyant at last Thursday’s Sydney wool auctions. Winchcombe, Carson’s sales included Griffith Bros. Yamme, Eugewrs,…

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Wyalong Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 8

Local wools made good figures at last Thursday's Sydney auctions. Mr. T. J. Ludlow, West Wyalong, secured 22¾d 22½d, for fleece, 15¾d' for pieces at…

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Fleecy Wool Records Values Best Point of Season The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-op, Co. reports:—

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 7

On the 14th November we offered an average to good selection comprising 8,961 bales, drawn mainly from the Barraba, Central Western and,…

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Fleecy Wool Records Vales Best Point of Season

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and [?] Co-op Co. reports:— On the 14th November we offered an average in good selection…

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Smiling Wheat Fields in Cowra and Canowindra Districts. Excellent Harvest Prospects Follow Normal Seasonal Conditions

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 4

Pastorally, the south-western slopes and plains are favroably placed, there being ample feed for all stock. In the inner districts…

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Quandialla Crop Competition Won by R. Penfold

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 5

The season has not been without its vagaries in the great wheat producing districts of which Grenfell is the centre, but. With well distributed…

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Junior Farmer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 7

Referring to the Junior Farmer Scheme, which is looked upon by the Ministers for Agriculture and Education as an important means whereby…

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Wool and Wheat Siding Figures PARKES

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 5

During the month of October, 198 bales of wool and 704 bags of wheat were despatched from Gunningbland siding…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 10

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., report--15th November, 1928:-- On Monday last, we submitted a catalogue of 5696…

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For Hospital Wheat Promised Arrangements For Collection

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 4

Earlier in the year a total of 90 bags of wheat was promised to the Forbes Hospital by a number of district farmers…

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The Wool Outlook Safety Lies in Moderation

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:-- The difficulty of forecasting the wool market is shown by the prophecy of a leading American authority made…

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Fleecy Wool Records Values Best Point of Season

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co. reports:-- On the 14th November we offered an average to good selection…

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Huge Yield Remarkable Oat Crop

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 4

Seasonable conditions for farmers have not been favorable, so it was all the more remarkable to see on Mr. J. McEwin's property…

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