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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 49 of 124

Wool Week Display in Cowra

Cowra Free Press · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 7

In connection with Wool Week the members of the Cowra branch of the C.W.A. have arranged to have a display in Lockett’s window, next to…

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The Ungarie News Meeting of Farmers At Ungarie attendance of Three

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 7

In our last issue we drew aattention to the poor attendanace of farmers at a meeting held in the School which was convened by the State…

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Dairying Instructor Writes Helpful Articles Care of the Herd

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 7

THE second of the series of articles on dairying which are being contributed to this paper by Mr. A. L. Astbury, H.D.A., H.D.D., Dairy Instructor of Orange, which is printed below, deals with care of the herd. It will be interesting to…

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Horse Farmers Laugh This Off !

Cowra Free Press · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 4

To those enthusiastic advocates of the horse who contend that the farmer must, through force of economic circumstances, rely on old…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report under date 6th May:— At the closing sales in Sydney this week the market was practically…

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Wheat Ready Reckoner

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 3

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

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Wool Position Favor of Merinos

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 2

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Selling experiences of late supply, further evidence of the relatively…

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Sheep's Horn Causes Septic Poisoning. Labourer's Successful Claim

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 4

The Workmen's Compensation Commission has given its decision in the claim, heard at Young on March 25th, of Alfred George Lemon,…

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Wheat Dividend Second Payment. Rural Bank Attitude

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 4

An announcement last Wednesday of the Rural Bank's intentions concerning wheat certificates should allay a good deal of anxiety in…

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Telegrams Wool Week. Governor's Message. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 6

The Governor, Sir Philip Game, has issued a special message in connection with Wool Week. He expresses the hope that the…

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Splendid Season. Grass and Green Wheat. ALBERT

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 5

The season in Albert and district is the best, seen for many seasons, and abundance of grass and green whea fields are to be seen…

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Wool Week—yes! You Can Help, Now. Throughout Australia Next Year?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 4

"What are you doing for, and in, Wool Week? Have you got a sticker on the car's windscreen advertising Wool Week?…

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No Tax. Grist to the Mill. Concession to Farmers

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 1

Mr. H. K. Nock has drawn our attention to a complains front a farmer regarding the use of the Flour Sales Tax and its…

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Light Rains. Crops Growing Well. TULLAMORE

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 5

About 25 points of rain were registered here on Wednesday and Thursday of last-week. Though no heavy rain has fallen…

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Parkes District News Busy Farmers. Albert

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 5

The farmers are all busy getting in their wheat and we hope to record a big sowing as we did last year…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally on Me? day afernoon at [?] 1/8 for second grade…

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Menace of Russian Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 2

The senior wheat experimentalist, Mr. E. S. Clayton, of the Department of Agriculture, during a two-hour's address to members of the Marinna…

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Second Wheat Dividend Attitude of Rural Bank Defined

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 2

An announcement of the Rural Bank's intentions concerning wheat certificate should allay a good deal of anxiety In farmers, especially…

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Ungarie Wheat-growers'assn Monthly Meeting Poorly Atttended

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 4

Despite the fact that the usual monthly meeting of the Ungarie Branch of the Wheatgrowers Association had been well advertised to…

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Farmers Relying on Self Sown Crops

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 1

Mr.Kerle, divisional agricultural instructor who is judging the Grenfell fodder consiervation competition, states that it is remarkable the number of…

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