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

Farming & the land, 1929

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Farmers' Politics Lessons from Queensland

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 9

"The Queensland election campaign has opened, and the eyes of all Aus tralia are upon the State. Despite un even electorates which do not permit…

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Victorian Crop Heaviest Since 1926

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 12

The Victorian Railway Commissioners have announced that this season's wheat harvest of nearly 50,000,000 bushels was the biggest since 1916…

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Farmer Fined He Didn't Vote "Will Suffer Flogging" WYALONG

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 10

"You need not go to the trouble and expence of issuing a summons. Send a conveyance for me when you want me. I will do…

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Bogan Gate News Bogan Gate Farmers Optimistic Good Prospects for Season Juvenile Ball

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 9

The weather continues fine, with cold nights. Another good fall of rain would he useful, but farmers are quite optimistic as regards the prospects for…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 2

Norman C. Bellamy and Co. will offer at the Municipal Yards, Cowra, on Saturday, April 27th, af 2 p.m. sharp, 600 well-bred cattle. The…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 4

N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report on 18th April:— The seventh series of sales was commenced in this market on…

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Sheep in Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 2

Thirteen sheep, many of them with their legs tied, a pair of ear marking pliers, and 'a tar brand which had been made out of a tree stump, with…

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Stolen Cattle Receiver Convicted Witnesses from all Parts of State

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 4

Joseph Butler stood his trial at the Armidale Circuit Court last week on three charges of cattle stealing at Ten terfield. The offences are alleged to…

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Carrying Farm Goods Cutting Down Costs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 4

"One of the most important features of the Bruce-Page Government's policy speech, and one which is receiving immediate attention, is the…

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Cattle Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 4

Messrs. C. E. Wallder & Co., of Forbes, will offer 150 head of fat and store cattle, by auction, at the local Municipal Yards on Friday next, 26th…

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Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: The seventh series of sales was commenced in this market on Monday, April 15…

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Wool Sales Closing Series

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 10

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers, Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports. On the 16th inst. we submitted a catalogue of 6,910 bales…

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Wool Sales Goldsbrough Mort

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 5

Goldsbrough Mort offered at auction 6034 bales, comprising a mixed selection. Competition was very keen from Yorkshire and the Continent…

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Goulburn Sale 43,509 Sheep Sold for £45,430108

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 10

W. H. Wheatley report:--43,509 Sheep were sold at our Special Sale at Goulburn on Thursday, 11th April…

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Wool and Feminine Wear. Prices and Consumption

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Indications certainly point to strong competition for wool throughout this season's closing series of Australian…

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For the Man on the Land Work for the Orchard. Green Manure Crops and Cultivation

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 6

Where crops for green manure were sown in districts that have shared in the February rains, write officers of the Fruit Branch of the Department…

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Pastoral. Winter Cereals. Mulga and Guyra Oats Preferred by Sheep

Western Champion · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 12

To ascertain the preference shown by sheep, under field conditions, for the more important varieties of oats, as compared with one another and…

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Wool Market

Western Champion · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 10

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., wired yesterday as follows: "We sold 6800 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Tuesday. France,…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 1

Piltt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report (17th April):—Business was resumed in Sydney after the recess for Easter and the Brisbane auctions…

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How Does the Sheep Know?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 2

Get, say, fifty wethers into a small yard. Enter with the intention of catching one for slaughter. You closely scan the little mutton-jamb…

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