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

Farming & the land, 1940

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Wool and Stock Values Stability and Drought

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 1

Winchombe Carson Ltd. report:Usually in time of droughty conditions gtock values decline because of the spars[?]y of feed. The dry…

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Wheat Price Mr. Nock Replies The Editor "Advocate"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 6

Dear sir, Recently in your paper, Mr. Thorby kindly defended me against certain statements. The author, Mr. J…

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Second Hand Wool Packs. Can They be Reconditioned for Use

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 4

The Graziers Association has examined the possibility of conserving the supply of wool packs by ensuring the return of used packs to some central…

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Condobolin Experiment Farm. Oat Variety Trial--hay Section, 1940

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 1

This experiment was sown on 28th April, using 60 lb. seed and 70 lb. superphosphate per acre. The seedbed was drying out and germination was a…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 1
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser, Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder

The Farmers and Graiers' Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on the 2[?]th instant: We submitted our [?]th appraisement catalogue comprising 5.348 bales on…

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Australian Wool Sold Too Cheaply?

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 3

Information received by Sir Hal Colebatch, former Agent-General in London for Western Australia, suggests that the Federal Government…

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South Australian Wheat Ranee Most Popular

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

A census of wheat varieties in South Australia during the season 1938-39 showed that the most popular wheat is Ranee, which was grown…

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Forbes Special Sheep Sale. Prime Lambs Firm to Shade Dearer. Trade Lambs 2/Dearer. Grown Sheep Practically Unaltered

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 3

Edward Weaver and Company (Forbes) and The Farmers and Graziers" Co. Ltd. (Sydney), auctioneers in conjunction, report that they…

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Australia's Record Wool Cup Marketing Proceeds Smoothly

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 4

The review issued by the Central Wool Committee, covering its [?] six months is a most important [?] at the same time a rather unusual…

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Wool and Stock Values. Stability and Drought

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Usually in time of droughty conditions stock values decline because of the sparsity of feed. The dry…

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Bagged Wheat in Bulkheads. Payments by State Government

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 3

The State Government has now decided to pay to wheat farmers who delivered wheat in bags to bulkheads and bulk grain sheds last year, the…

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A Romance in Hats Australians Revolutionise an Industry New Market for Wool and Rabbit Fur

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 4

How a young man's curiosity to see how things were made led ultimately to the establishment of the Empire's biggest hat factory—and incidentally…

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South-west Farms Danger of Rabbit Infestation (To the Editor "Advocate")

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

Dear Sir.—I read in your last issue a very good speech by Major Chanter. D.S.O., and am quite sure he is trying to do his best for us,…

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Condobolin Experiment Farm. Oats Rate of Seeding Experiment, 1939 (E. W. BOWMAKER, H.D.A. Experimentalist)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

This experiment was sown on 27th April, in a seedbbed which was drying out, with Belar. 70 1b. superphosphate was applied per acre…

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports that on the 29th. inst We submitted our 18th appraisement Catalogue comprising 5,348 bales…

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Wool and Stock Values Stability and Drought

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 6

Usually in time of droughty conditions stock values decline because of the sparsity of feed. The dry circumstances which prevailed in…

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Wheat Variety Trials Experiments at Gunning Gap Inspector's Remarks

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 6

Mr. E. C. Powell, District Agricultural Inspector, Parkes, has forwarded us a report on the wheat and eat experiments carried out by…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 4

Our cable reviewing international wheat markets this week reads:—"Europe improving after renewed coldness; seeding very backward in…

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