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

Farming & the land, 1932

1,772 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 24 of 89

Agricultural Young District Fallow Competitions. Won by H. C. Thackeray. Judge Criticises Farmers' Apathy

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 1

Mr. T. P. Taylor, judge in the Young P. and A. Association's Fallow Competition, in his report severely criticises the apathy and…

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New Departure Milverton Dairying. (Contributed.)

Western Champion · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 7

When Mr. J. D. Williams, of "Milverton," Fifield, decides to do anything he certainly does It well, as the writer found when on a…

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The Farm Home. Control of Rats and Mice. By Poisoning with Barium Carbonate

Western Champion · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 14

For the destruction of rats or mice poisoning is the method advised wherever it can be used with safety states the Entomologist of the…

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Price Of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally on Thursday at 2/5 bagged and silos, and 1/11 old wheat…

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Transport Act Concessions to Farmers Wheat for Gristing

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 9

Recently Mr. W. J. Keast, M.L.A., asked tho Premier it farmers who wished to carry their own wheat to flour mills in the country for…

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Countryman's Columns Things Worth Knowing by Farmers Pastoral Pasture Improvement Methods of Sowing Grasses and Clovers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 6

The method usually adopted for sowing grasses and clovers, an operation now generally seasonable, is to mix the seed with 56…

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Wool Sales Market Firmer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. reports:—At our sale of 17th inst. we offered 7,918 bales consisting largely of clips…

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Sheep Trading District Exchanges BEDGERABONG

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 9

A good sign that matters are improving is the trading in sheep during the last few weeks. Several mobs have been bought and…

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Wheat Outlook Effect of Reduced Surplus

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 6

Analysing recently the causes underlying the slump in wheat prices, the Director of Agriculture characterised it as a natural…

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Wool Prospects Cause of Price Drop Exchanges as Factor

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 3

Though the price of wool moved downward in Australia during March sales, the value of tops abroad has not appreciably…

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DAIRYING Silage For Dairy Cows Quantity to Feed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 6

Consistently good feeding is essential if maximum profits are to be derived from dairying, and the farmer who has had the…

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Farmers Busy Cricket and Tennis Moves EUGOWRA

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 4

Farmers are busy getting ready for seeding, and some will be sowing next week. Grass is coming along nicely, and with further rain in the next week…

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Cash Replaces Credit. Amongst Wimmera Farmers. Old appy-Go-Lucky Days Gone

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 9

A story is being told in the Wimmera with great glee, of a storekeeper in a large way, with a large overdraft and a large number of…

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Sheep Blowfly the Problem It Presents

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 1

Discussing the sheep blowfly problem at a recent conference of farmers, an officer of the Entomological Branch of the Department of…

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Markets New Zealand’s Wool Season

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 4

Mr. W. H. Nicholson, Secretary of the New Zealand Sheepowners and Fanners’ Federation, supplies information regarding the realisations at…

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Farmer’s Small Goods

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 3

Mr. M. B. Farmer, of the well-known [?] Food Butchery, announces that he now has the choicest small goods available, as well as…

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Wool and its Price Exchanges As a Factor

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd report:—Though the price of wool moved downward in Australia during March sales, the value of tops abroad has not…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally on Thursday afternoon at 2/5 in silos or bags; old wheat 1/11½…

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Markets the Wool Position. Australian and African Results

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under, date 30/3/'32:—Foreign exchanges on London have again fluctuated to the disadvantage of wool…

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Wool and Its Price Exchanges As a Factor

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, writes:—Though the price of wool moved downward in Australia during March sales, the value of tops abroad has…

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