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

Farming & the land, 1931

2,461 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 25 of 124

Wool Sales

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 11

Wool from "Ardell," Baldry (M. J. Kerin Estate) real sed good prices at the Sydney wool sales yesterday, when 53 bales ewes and wethers'…

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Second Grade Wheat. Farmers Selling. TICHBORNE

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 8

Quite a busy turn has taken place in[?] wheat during the week, and the siding is the destination of all kinds of grainladen vehicles…

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Wheat Ready Reckoner

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 16

Very often wheat-growers are co [?]ronted with the difficulty of determining the number of bushels of wh[?] contained in a given load. Below w[?]…

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Rural Problems. Necessitous Farmers. Men Who Tried to Grow More Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 9

The most immediate problem confronting the Governments in connection with wheat industry relief is the provision of…

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Oats in Rotation with Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 15

"An interesting feature disclosed by this competition," writes the Chief Instructor of Agriculture in judging the championship contest in…

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WOOL. Market Improves. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 11

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday 10,560 bales were offered and 10,318 sold, 902 wore sold privately. There was further strong and keen…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 15

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 Growers Minister's Statement. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 11

Replying to Mr. W. J. Keast (Ashburnham) in the State Parliament, yesterday, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) stated that…

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Soviet Wheat. The Five Year Plan

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 6

The Australian Press Association understands that the chief Australian interest in the Paris Wheat Conference which begins on February…

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WHEAT. 4/- per Bushel. What Queensland Can Do

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 13

The Premier of Queensland (Mr. Moore) announced recently that, as a result of action taken by the Queensland Ministry to…

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WHEAT. Value as Pig Feed. Rations, Costs, and Results

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 16

Wheat at present low prices can be profitably used in pig feeding [?]f necessary other foods are included in the ration. This is the view of Mr. A. F…

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Inferior Wheat Low Grades as Stock Feed. Will It Pay?

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 14

The profitable utilisation of the under quality and inferior wheat variously estimated at several million bushels is one of the big problems…

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Aid for Farmers. Putting the Case to the Governments

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 12

The export bounty and loan proposals that have received the approval of the Governments of the Commonwealth and of the States represent…

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Pests and Crops. Grasshoppers Gone. COOBANG

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 8

The grasshopper pest, which has been with us for nearly two months, have left. They cleaned up everything before going on to fresh fields…

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Live Stock. Feeding of Farm Horses. the Value of Maize

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 15

It [?]s noteworthy, points out the Director of Agriculture in a recent report, that the agricultural situation is reviving interest in horse breeding…

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Food Orders. Relief for Farmers

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 13

Farmers who have been assisted by the Rural Industries Board, on making application, for food relief at the Police Station will be obliged to sign…

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Blow to Farmers. New Arbitration Bill SYDNEY

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 8

Unless the Labor Caucus makes an alteration at the meeting to-morrow the new Arbitration Bill will deal a severe blow to farmers, as it will…

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The Western Champion AND The Parkes District Representative Thursday, February 26, 1931 Wake Up, Farmers! Where Is Your Money Going? Action now Means Safety Ahead

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 10

Under the above heading a Parkes business man has written to the "Champion," and his remarks afford considerable food for thought and ground for action. "There is no need for pessimism, panic or panaceas," he…

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Special Sheep Sale

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 5

Messrs. N. C. Bellamy and report:— There was a yarding of 11,000 at our special sheep sale on Tuesday…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally on Thursday afternoon at 1/6½ per bushel f.a.q The pool advances ware [?] per bushel f.a.q. and 9d per bushel second grade,…

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