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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 37 of 89

Mice Plague Gardens and Crops Suffer GOOLAGONG

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 3

Dry weather still continues though there are signs of a change at present, which would be most welcome. Some farmers have ceased sowing…

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Mice Cause Havoc Rain Needed For Crops BEDGERABONG

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 3

Rain is badly needed. All herbage is drying off, being affected by the frosts of a while since. Crops are above ground, but need rain to…

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DAIRYING Silage the Solution Problem of Winter Feed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 6

"After being stared in a concrete silo of 100 tons capacity for three years, the conserved fodder (chaffed maize stalks with…

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Handy Book History of Dairying

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 6

Termed "The Romance of 144 Years' Progress," the N.S.W. Department has published an attractive and interesting booklet entitled "The…

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Farmer’s Failure Attributed to Lessee of Farm Failing to Pay Up. Also to the Depression and Low Prices

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 1

The first meeting and public examination in Bankruptcy, of Edward Moss, farmer and butcher, of Eugowra and Cudal,…

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Synthetic Sheep

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 1

Dad was lying back in his rocking chair reading the paper. When he struck an interesting item he read it aloud. "It says here," he shouted,…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., report under date May 19th:— Sales have been in recess in Sydney during the week owing to the…

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Wool Report. the Sun Will Shine Again

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report under date 18th May:— At the Brisbane sales this week there was a repetition of the…

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Miscellaneous How a Dairy Factory Helped. a Lesson for Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 1

During the past two years great changes have taken place in the Inverell district. Confronted with unpayable prices for wheat, the…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally on Monday afternoon at 2/9 in silos…

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Wool Prices and Production Clip Unaffected by Results

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: The wool industry has increased its production during recent years of world depression. Its development in…

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MR. W. C. CROPPER Death Announced (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 1

The death occurred last night of Mr W. C. Cropper, who for 22 years was Secretary of the Australian Jockey Club…

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WOOL. Returns and Costs. Exchange Rates Helpful

Western Champion · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:- Though some cause for satisfaction is to be found in the fact that…

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Farming Conditions. Crops Unmanured. Top Woodlands

Western Champion · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 7

Since my last notes farming operations have about finished. The early wheats are showing very well and making good growth, considering…

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The Turf Great Organiser. Mr. C. W. Cropper's Death

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 3

Before commencing this article let me say a few words in respect to the late Mr. C. W. Cropper, who fur the past 22 years has been secretary of…

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On the Farms. Trundle

Western Champion · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 4

Sowing operations are nearly at an end, only a few farmers having small areas to sow. Following operations have started and the ground…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 4

Wheat was quoted locally on Thursday afternoon at 2/9 first grade and 2/7 second grade, in silos…

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Cattle Sale At Forbes Yards

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 12

The Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co, Ltd., Sydney, W. K. Garnsey, Senr, Forbes, and Butler & Cox, Forbes (auctioneers in conjunction),…

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Importance of Superphosphate for Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 4

The importance of superphosphate for wheat and the inadvisability of sowing without fertiliser on the strength of last season's yields from…

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Feeding Off Growing Wheat Some Important Precautions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 7

Autumn weather conditions will have made the feeding off of the wheat crop necessary in many cases, but certain precautions are essential if the…

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