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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 36 of 130

Wheat Ready Reckoner

Western Champion · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 4

Very often wheat-growers are confronted with the difficulty of determin ing the number of bushels of wheat contained in a given load. Below will…

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Butter Factory For Forbes District

Western Champion · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 3

A big meeting of farmers and business men has decided to establish a butter factory in Forbes, with a capital of £6000. The company was…

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PRE-SELECTION. Farmer's Opposition. Letter to F. & S.A.

Western Champion · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 1

Mr. Thos. Holmes, of Parkes, does not favor pre-election of candidates, and he expressed M viewpoint in the following letter…

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Needy Farmers Deputation to Prime Minister. Favorable Reply. Immediate Relief Promised

Western Champion · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 7

During last week Mr. Geo. Gibbons, our local member in the House of Representatives, was in Parkes and conferred with various interested people concerning the position of affairs in the wheat industry and the difficulties very many wheat growers were experiencing in…

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Farm Management Greater Profits. Improved System Required

Western Champion · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 5

In making a review of general farm management, it soon becomes apparent that there are many practices and methods employed by the average farmer in his business that are open to considerable improvement. This improvement, results in a reduction of costs, sometimes in…

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Local and General 5 Per Cent. Reduction. Good News for the Farmers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 2

Mr. S. McKay, the managing director of H. V. McKay Pty. Ltd., implement makers, stated that as far as his company was concerned a five…

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Experiment Farm. Changes at Cowra. Thorby Non-committal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 2

When statements that the Cowra Experiment Farm was to be abolished, were referred to Mr. Thorby, he said he was not prepared to discuss…

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Fun on the Farm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 4

She was touring the Western continent, and had reached Alaska, where she visited a fox farm. After admiring a beautiful specimen, she…

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Butter Factory for Forbes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 5

A big meeting of farmers and business men decided to establish a batter factory in Forbes, with a capital of £6000. The company was named the…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 2

Wheat was quotea locally on Monday evening at 4/2 in silos…

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Wagga Cattle Market All Classes Easier

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 5

The associated agents of Wagga report having held their fortnightly cattle sale at the Municipal saleyards on Thursday. There was a total or 6[?]…

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In Vogue Again Wool is Popular

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 7

Dame Fashion has this year set the seal of approval on wool. Leading retailers are emphatic about this…

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The Wool Situction Shipping it to London

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 3

Messrs Schute Bell and Co. write:— The market has closed firmly last week, with every indication of continued buoyancy, especially as regards…

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On Up Grade Wheat Outlook Brighter WINNIPEG

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 1

Despite to-day's losses traders believe that wheat is on the upward trend, The Canadian pool claims that the…

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All Sowing More Wheat Maximum Area—with Good Rains

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 4

The cropping of a record area with wheat is the prospect in the section of the middle-west, of which Dubbo is the centre…

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1886 and 1930 There Were Pessimists Then Big Wool Slump

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 7

Pessimists there are a plenty today, and it will do them good to look back a little and see how Australia fared in past periods of…

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Governor Makes a Talkie For the "Use More Wool" Appeal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 6

In furtherance of the "Use More Wool" appeal and "The Golden Fieece Exhibition" which opens early this month, his Excellency, the Governor…

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State Wool Clip £12,790,000 Decrease Lower Weight and Prices

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 2

Although three million more sheep were shorn during the present season than in the previous year, the value of the clip as in Sydney has declined…

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Farmers and Settlers Wyalong District Council Annual Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Wyalong District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Bemorial Hall on Thursday evening,…

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Dairyman Fined Adulterated Milk

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 4

Robert Roxby was charged at Forbes Court today with selling adulterated milk. Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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