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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 58 of 124

Dairying. Commonsense in Buying. Dairying "Bargains" Not Always Cheap

Western Champion · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 14

"Nothing is cheap unless it is required," pointed out a departmental speaker at a recent gathering of dairy farmers. Unless one had an…

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Agricultural. Record the Costs. the Need for Book-keeping in Farming

Western Champion · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 14

Book-keeping is not a task which finds much favor with the average farmer, but some method of cost-recording is as important to him as…

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Parkes Special Sheep and Cattle Sale

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 4

McNeilly, Crampton and Martin, Ltd. of Orange, Parlies Land Stock and Finance Agency Co" and A. Radnedge, of Parltes (auctioneers in conjunction)…

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Forbes Sales Cattle Passed In Sheep Sell Well

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 9

Butler & Cox report: Owing to the flood, there was a very short supply of fat sheep and cattle yarded at the Forbes fortnightly sale on Friday,…

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Canadian Wheat Damage to Crop

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 5

The wheat crop of practically the entire Canadian pra[?]ries is in a critical condition as a result of severe and prolonged drought. The Dominion…

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Cowra Cattle Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 4

By advertisement in this issue, Messrs. Squire & Gray announce that they will be offering at the Cowra Saleyards, on Tuesday, June 9, 100…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally on Thursday afternoon at-1/10 for f.a.q., and 1/6½ for second grade [?] [?] [?] [?] of be…

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Store Cattle Special Forbes Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 6

McNeilly, Crampton & Martin, Ltd., of Orange, and Butler & Cox, of Forbes (auctioneers in conjunction), will offer at Forbes on Wednesday…

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Forbes Special Store Cattle Sale

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 4

McNeilly, Crampton & Martin, Ltd., of Orange, and Butler and Cox, of Forbes (auctioneers in conjunction) will offer at Forbes on Wednesday next…

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£500 FREIGHT On £1500 Worth of Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

Mr. David Kelly, of Wongarbon, has a grouch against the railways. He claims that the prices are all too high…

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MORATORIUM Applies in Wheat Case District Court Application

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 4

After the Jury, under direction of His Honor, Judge Thompson, had returned a verdict for plaintiffs for the full amount claimed in the case…

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Western Wheat Yield for Season Prospects for 1932

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 4

The total wheat received for dispatch by rail from the West to date during the present season amounted to 5,493,202 bags --an…

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EUGOWRA Little Flood Damage Crops Affected Dairying Brightens

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 9

The flood scare is over. Certainly there was a big flood, but no damage was done at Eugowra. In fact, as far as I can hear, there…

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Floods Around Morangorell 1000 Sheep Maronned Men Washed Off Their Horses Mailman's Experiences

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 4

Morangorell is experiencing the bigpost flood of its history. There are miles and miles of flood waters (says the Temora "Independent.")…

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MANUFACTURERS Small Number of Employees Farmers' Grouch

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2

The Commonwealth Year Book supplies the men on the land with strong arguments in support of their claim for a revision and substantial…

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Dairying Instructor Writes Helpful Articles This Week -- Getting Quality NO. 6

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 6

ANOTHER of the series of articles which is being contributed to this paper by Mr. A. L. Astbury, H.D.A. H.D.D., Dairy Instructor, Orange, follows. Those interested in dairying would do well to clip these articles from the paper for future…

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Teams for To-morrow. South Cowra v. Experiment Farm

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 5

South Cowra will be represented by the following players in the above match to take place on Saturday, June 6: A. Mitchell, P…

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Wheat Ready Reckoner

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 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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Wheat Marketing a New Bill

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney), in the House of Representatives, replying to Mr. Thompson (N.S.W.), made it clear that at…

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Wheat Pool. Mr. Nock's Advocacy

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 3

Referring to the forthcoming ballot in regard to the constitution of a wheat marketing, board, the president of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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