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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 35 of 124

Prices Firm At London Wool Sales (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 1

A cable from London states that at the London wool sales, 11,736 bales were offered, of which practically all were sold…

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Advance in Wool Its Extended Use Still Good Demand Basis of Costs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Apart from all other benefits, the rise in the wool market has corrected the wide gap in prices…

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Reply to Nock Farmers First Protectionists Correspondence (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 7

Sir,--So Mr. H. K. Nock is angry. One must assume that he is when his pen spurts and crackles on the paper and he shouts--in ink--of the "piffle I…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 3

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited, report under date 17th March:— We offered a catalogue of 3925…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report under date March 18:— At our sale on Monday last we offered an attractive catalogue…

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Sheep Truckings. Tottenham

Western Champion · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 3

Twelve trucks of sheep left Tottenham by stock train last Friday…

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Wheat Ready Reckoner

Western Champion · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 3

Very often wheatgrowers are confronted with the difficulty of determining the number of bushels of wheat contained in a given load…

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Second Grade Wheat. Eugowra

Western Champion · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 3

A fair amount of second grade wheat is being trucked away at present, the price being well on a par…

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ENTERPRISING. Narromine Visitor. "Spread It Like Butter."

Western Champion · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 5

On February 18 last an enterprising gentleman arrived by car in Narromine and introduced himself to a local business man. He said he…

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Wool Report. Further Record Prices

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., report under date 19th March, 1931:— Scoured fleece 22d, account Barton…

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The Western Champion AND The Parkes District Representative Monday, March 23, 1931. Federal Labor and the Wheat-farmer

Western Champion · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 6

Within a week or so we may be prepared to hear the voice of Federal Labor vilifying the Senate because it has turned down another plan for assisting the wheat-farmer; but the men on the land will take that cry for what it is worth. In submitting Mr. Theodore's scheme…

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Local News Farmers & Settlers' Association. Grenfell Branch Established

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 2

A well attended meeting of farmers was held in the Show Committee rooms on Saturday, 21st inst., for the purpose of forming the local branch…

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R.I. BOARD. Help for Farmers. Scope of Advances

Western Champion · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 3

The Rural Industries Branch has been provided with a considerable increase of staff, and is now dealing With applications…

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American Wheat Farmers Hold Light Stocks

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 2

MONTREAL.—The Farmers' National Grain Corporation, at Chicago has issued the following statement: "A surrey covering Kansas and the spring…

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Wool Auctions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 2

We received the following telegram from Messrs Winchcombe Carson on Friday morning last:— We sold 6,500 bales of wool at our…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally on Monday afternoon at l/6 f.a.q., l/3 second grade…

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Wheat Growers' Association

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 1

The President (Mr. L. McInnes) Vice President (Mr. Raggat) and the General Secretary (Mr. W. J. Matchett) accompanied by the Organiser…

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Best Rates At Sydney Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 1

Messrs Kilpatrick, McLellan & Anthoness received the following telegram from Messes Dalgety & Co. Ltd on Monday morning:—…

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New England Wool 24¾d. Season’s Record

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date March 20:— We sold at auction practically the whole of the wool we offered at our…

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Farmers and R.I.B. Burgooney Report Contradicted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 5

A correspondent writes;— "The inaccuracy of certain statements by the Burgooney correspondent in a recent issue of "The West…

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