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

Farming & the land, 1930

2,583 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 130

Nabawa Wheat Popular in Central West

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

In the review of the wheat variety trials and crops in the middle west (Parkes centre) in the past season Mr. H. Barrett, divisional agricultural…

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Dressings for Sheep Blowfly Tests with Various Oils

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 9

Though many types of dressings are commonly used for the treatment of cutaneous myitsis of sheep (the condition caused by infestation with sheep…

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Wool Auctions London Sales Effect Values

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1
Also in Cowra Free Press, The Forbes Advocate

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-operative coy. writes: — On the 29th January we offered 6,994 bales representative of a wide…

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Wheat Harvest Nearly 36,000,000 Bushels

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 8

The Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waltes) announced on Tuesday that he estimates the current wheat harvest at 11, 948,000 bags, equivalent to…

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General Wool Competition Merryville Merino 25½d

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 13

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— General competition was experienced at our Sydney wool sales on Monday at prices reflecting the lower values…

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Closer Settlement Purchase of Mahonga Est. Riverina Wheat Lands

Cowra Free Press · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 6

Notification appears in the “Government Gazette” of 17th inst., setting apart 11 farms on Mahonga estate for settlement purchase…

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Too Many Sheep Says Killen, M.H.R. Hand Feeding Does Not Pay

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 10

The keeping of sheep alive by artificial feeding when it is no longer a payable proposition to do so, is regarded by Mr. W. W…

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Thorby Scheme All Out to Help Necessitous Farmers Banks Ready to Receive Applications Under Guarantee Act

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 12

Full steam ahead is the order of the Minister for Agriculture in bringing the Advances to Settlers (Government Guarantee) Act into operation without…

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Farmer Injured Caught in Whirl Wind

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 11

An accident occurred at a farm at Borambola. Violent wind storms partially wrecked a hay stack which was being thatched by the owner. Edward…

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Farmers Should Protest Taxpayers' Money for Miners Time of Their Lives (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 5

Sir, -- With your permission, I would like to ask a few pertinent questions. Why have not the farmers raised their voice in protest against the…

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What a Farmer Is

Cowra Free Press · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

A capitalist that labors. A man that works eight hours a day twice a day.. A man who has every element of…

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Stud Sheep. Introduction to Parkes District

Western Champion · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 5

Mr. Edgar Frecklington, one of Australia's youngest and keenest longwool sheep breeders, has the foundation laid for one of the finest Border…

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Wheat F.a.q. Standard

Western Champion · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 4

The f.a.q. standard for the 1929-30 season wheat of New South Wales was fixed on Friday at 61¾1b. to the bushel by the grain trade sectional…

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The Fortune of Wool. Complicated Aspects

Western Champion · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 3

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Had the wool market display ed improvement equal to that exhibited by pastoral prospects due to resent…

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Farm Poultry Hints

Western Champion · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 7

During the moulting season, which generally lasts from February until June, it is customary for breeders to reduce the food supply, or to cut down…

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Wagga Sheep Market

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

The associated agents of Wagga report having held their fortnightly sheep sale at the municipal saleyards yesterday. There was a total of 10,441…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally on Monday evening at 4/4¾ in silos…

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Possessed Stolen Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

When Morton Draper a Tichborne farmer, Teturned to work on December he had left in the paddock fere missing. The police who followed tracks…

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