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

Farming & the land, 1929

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Big Prices for Fat Cattle

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 1

The Secretary. Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports, September 18th, 1929: — Values now ruling for fat cattle at…

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Rice Ration Best for Sheep

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 5

The experience of sheep-owners in a number of dry districts indicates the value of second grade rice as sustenance ration, and points the way…

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Farmers and Settlers Brolga Branch

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 1

A meeting of above was held at Mr. A. Nixon's residence on Saturday, 14th inst. Present: Mr. S. Martin (chair), and Messrs J. Flowers, F. McIntgyre,…

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Closer Settlement Farmers Must Watch Small Areas

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 4

At the Forbes F. and S. Association's meeting on Saturday, the president, Mr. Hedley Woods, referring to the formation of the…

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Man on the Land a Valuable Farm Adjunct to Prepare a Compost Heap

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

The compost heap is a valuable, adjunct to the farm, and especially on small areas, Where some intensive form of agriculture, such as…

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"Govt. Inefficiency" Costly Fly-Traps Farmers' Discussion

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 4

What he termed another sample of Government inefficiency, was contained in a report read to the Forbes" Farmers & Settlers'…

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Power Farming Fuel What Constitutes an Ideal Power Kerosene

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 1

The Australian farmer is always in the forefront where methods of production are concerned. Farmers everywhere where are employing the tractor more…

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Wool Reports

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 11

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited report under date 19th September, 1929:--Sales were continued in the local…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 11

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Coy. reports 17th September:--For our first sale we offered 6,738 bales representative of the early…

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Big Prices for Fat Cattle the Secretary, Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd. Reports 18th SEPTEMBER:--

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 2

Values new ruling, for fat cattle at the Homebush Yards are the highest for some time past, many drafts of bullocks averaging . £ 18 to £ 20 per…

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Wool Supplies and Prices Varying Influences

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:-- At the present time wool as a raw material undoubtedly has the special attraction of cheapness. That fact…

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The Wool Market Japanese Silk and Wool

Western Champion · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 5

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—About 80,00 bales of wool have now been sold on the Sydney market this season. Auctions have…

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Wool Sales. Difficult Conditions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 2

The Secretary Farmers aud Graziers' Company, Ltd., reports 24th September:— The first series of Sydney sales…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Western Champion · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 18

These notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the…

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Wheat Acreage. Compared with 1928. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 11

Wheat sowings in New South Wales this year show a decrease, compared with 1928, of 156,500 acres. Nevertheless the area planted was…

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Dry Farming Methods. Mr. Clayton's Inquiry

Western Champion · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 15

After a six weeks tour of numerous districts in the drier parts of the wheat belt of Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, the chief…

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Farm Implements. Free Cinematograph Demonstration. the Auto Header and Combine on the Scre'n

Western Champion · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 11

Farmers in the district are invited to attend a Cinema Demonstration of Sunshine Implements at work, Slow motion pictures of the "Sundercut"…

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Power Farming Fuel. What Constitutes an Ideal Power Kerosene

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 4

Climatic and soil conditions throughout Australia vary so widely as to demand a tractor fuel so produced a to be suitable for all types…

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Forbes Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 1

Officers at the Forbes railway station have been kept busy lately as the result of a heavy stream of wool consignments from…

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On the Land Pastoral Face the Economic Facts. Wool and the General Public Decreased Australian Revenue

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 3

We can say that the Federal election will help to make much better known to the general public the present position of the sheep and…

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