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

Farming & the land, 1939

1,631 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 79 of 82

Wool Marketing Conditions Australia and Africa Local Appraisements

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 9

In October exports of greasy wool from South Africa, were equivalent to 20,990 bales compared with 63,623 boles in the…

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Grain Sheds As Bulk Wheat Bins Mr. Elliott Active

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 9

Grain sheds located at the Forbes, Parkes, Peak Hill, Canowindra, Goonumbla, and Canowindra railheads arc to be made…

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The Wheat Bungle Position Still Unrelieved 200 Lorries Wait at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 1

From all parts of the State come stories of congestion at wheat receiving stations, and in many places the silos are…

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Country Conditions Farm & Weather Notes Bedgerabong, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 9

We have experienced a spell of dry weather since my last budget, no rain has fallen with the exception of a few drops on Tuesday. Farmers,…

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Concerning Wheat

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 2

To clear up several enquiries regarding bags and dockages we reprint hereunder instructions sent to wheat agents:…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 7th instant: Our appraisement catalogue No. 8 totalling 11,502 bales was…

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Wool Reports

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports under date 7th November:— Our appraisement catalogue No. 8…

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District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 4

In the list of wool realisations at the Farmers and Graziers' Co-opera tive Co.'s appraisements, published in our ssue of the 4th nstant, sales on…

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Wheat Grading. Jordan and Grieve

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 3

WHEAT GRADERS, Grenfell wish to notify their clients and the farmers generally that they will commence grading in this and…

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Wheat Stacking Cowra Man's Suggestion

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Major Reid) said that decisions were being made such as the allocation of stacking sites, and the provision of…

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Miss Ida Cattle Honoured At Coming of Age Party

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 4

Accepting the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. T. Cattle, practically the whote of the Mahes Plains district restdents, as well as visitors from other…

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Wool Appraisements. Pitt,Son & Badgery, Ltd., report:--

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 3

The eighth round of Sydney appraisements commenced on Monday last and our catalogue was gone through by the preliminary appraisers…

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Has Spent £5,000 But Must Vacate Farm Farmer's Debts Total £7000

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 2

A ratepayer who wrote to the Bland Shire Council at its meeting at West Wyalong stated that, [?]lthough he had spent £5000 of…

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Wheat Bags Stolen

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1939 · page 1

Mr. Elwyn Turner, of Wombat Street, has reported to the local police that 150 wheat bags were stolen from a lorry in his yard one night last week. The…

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Wheat Dumped in Backyards Refused at Manildra Silos

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1939 · page 2

Manildra wheatgrowers on Friday dumped several hundred bags of wheat in backyards round the town, when the manager of the…

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Store Sheep Sale Big Yarding at Forbes High Averages Obtained

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1939 · page 5

Moore Broooe and Co., and the New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. Ltd., agents in conjunction, again report a particularly successful…

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Handling the Harvest Farmers Discuss Problem At Hastily Called Meeting Must Work With Government

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1939 · page 1

OVER one hundred district farmers were present at a hastily convened meeting, in the Parish Hall, on Saturday night, at which were discussed the all important questions of…

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Wheat

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1939 · page 5

J. V. THOMPSON announces that he will be receiving bagged wheat on behalf of the Farmers and Graziers at Mogongong and Grenfell…

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Overseas Wheat Position. Lindley Walker Wheat Company's Special Wheat Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1939 · page 4

Our cable this week reviewing international wheat markets reads:— "F.O.B. value No, 2. Manitoba middle January shipment ex…

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Wool Appraisements

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 14 December 1939 · page 4

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. report: - Our appraisement, No. 8, was concluded on the 11th instant, and we…

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