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

Farming & the land, 1936

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Our District Page. Contributions from, all Parts of the District are Welcomed More and Better Wheat Crop Competitions Show the Way R.A.S's. Wonderful Work

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 6

WHAT part have the annual crop competitions played in the advance in wheat culture and in production? In what way could this stimulus to better farming be used as an incentive to further and more general effort, to produce the…

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Wool Sales Advance in Sydney Market N.Z.L. & M.A. Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 3

This company held Its opening sale of the second half of the season on Monday, bringing forward a catalogue of 4670 bales. Offerings were chiefly…

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Working Plans Houses and Sheds Assisting Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

It is not generally known that the Department of Agriculture has available working plans of various farm buildings, etc., including wool sheds,…

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FARMERS & Settlers' Association Monthly Meeting Reports Submitted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 4

Mr. C. J. M. Thomas presided over the monthly meeting of the West Wyalong branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association, which was held…

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Light Crops

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

In the outer south-west, extending to Rankin Springs, Naradhan, and Lake Cargelligo, where there are extensive areas of light or failure wheat…

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Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The opening of the New Year sales this week showed the market particularly firm with an advance of from par to 5 per cent, on the…

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Wool and Stock. Forbes Special Stock Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 4

W. K. Garnsey, senr., Ltd., Forbes, and the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., Sydney, agents In conjunction, report having held a…

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Agricultural Work the Fallows. Director's Advice to Farmers. Moisture Conservation

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 1

The Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. II. E. McDonald) advises farmers to lose no time in getting the cultivation implements on the land, so…

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A Model Stud Farm W. J. McSWEENEY’S Property, an Object Lesson

Cowra Free Press · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

With its 760 acres watered by extensive frontage to the Lachlan River, The Rivers stud farm of Mr. W. J. McSweeney at…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd., report on the 8th inst We submitted at our sale on…

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Feeding Cattle Beef Production

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

In the course of a recent address to members of the N.S.W. Agricultural Bureau, Mr. Edmund Mourke, of the Newcastle District Abattoir Board,…

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Price of Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

Wheat was quoted locally this afternoon (Monday) at 3/3¼d in silos…

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Better Milling Wheat Vic. Dropping Free Gallopoli

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

There are strong indication that Victorian farmers are superse[?] Free Gallipoli as their main variety with other varieties of better milling…

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Bleaching of Wheat Quality Not Affected Departmental Tests

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

Good news for wheat and other cereal growers is contained in a recent report that the Victorian Department of Agriculture, after…

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Warning Issued to Stock Owners 800 Sheep Die After dipping

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

Eight hundred sheep out of travelling flock of about 1,900, the property of Mr. George Limbers have died…

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Fireball in Wool Store Workmen Affected (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states that severe storms were experienced in Victoria at the week-end, and many mo[?]sts are marooned in parts…

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Casual Farmer Handles Bees Not Afraid of Sting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 4

George Bottrell, a 19 years-old farmer, of Theresa Creek, near Casino, astonished visitors to his farm by calmly plunging his arm…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 7

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 8th inst. We submitted at our sale on Tuesday, 7th instant, a catalogue of 8,167…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 6

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. report: Much interest centred in the opening sales of the new year, which took place last week…

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