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

Farming & the land, 1940

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Wool Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 7

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd., reports on the 15th Instant:--We submitted our 20th Appraisement catalogue and the final offering of the…

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Wheat Cheques Further Payment Urged

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 8

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Cameron, on Tuesday promised a deputation of Government supporters that he would consider making further…

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Country Conditions Farm & Weather Notes Bedgerabong. Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 7

A decided change has taken place in the weather. For several days we have been shivering in the icy blasts of a southerly…

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Nubby Wool

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 1

Florence Rice just can't help looking happy in her ensemble of deep maroon nubby wool with its three quarter length matching coal…

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Wool Appraisement

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 3

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report under date of, 19th April: Our twentieth catalogue of the wool appraisement season was dealt with…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Dd., report under date 19th April:—Our twentieth catalogue of the wool apprisement season was dealt…

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Wheat Growers' Union Conference at Tamworth. 'Better Conditions" Fight

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 3

Branches of the Wheatgrowers' Union of New South Wales will be formed in the various centres of Tamworth, and a district council…

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Wheat Bags Alleged Breaches of Contract Minister to Investigate

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 4

An assurance that, if Mr. Robertson supplied him with the names of the parties, he would follow the matter right through was…

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Milking Machines Installed Local Dairyman's Enterprise

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 1

Mr. W. Spaul, dairyman, of Wyalong, has installed an International three-cow milking plant at his dairy. The plant, which is operated by a 2…

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AGRICULTURAL Fertiliser Unit Values For 1940. A Useful Guide To Farmers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 1

In accordance with the provisions of the Fertilisers Act, 1934, which is administered by the Chemist's Branch of the Department of Agriculture, the…

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Cowra Sheep Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 1

Advertised in this issue by the Farmers and Graziers, Co. Ltd., of Cowra, is a special sheep sale to be held at that centre on Friday, April 26. For…

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Other Uses for Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 2

Mr. C. G. Smithers of Quandialia, writes in the. "Land," as follows:-- "From a farmer's point of view, I think it will be a downright shame if…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 3

Our cable, this week reviewing international wheat markets reads:—"Europe weather gradually improving, spring sowing very backward…

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Final Wool Appraisement

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 5

At the final series of Sydney wool appraisements of the main selling season, on Thursday, Winchcombe Carson Ltd. offered a catalogue of 5471 bales…

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Additional Payment for Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 7

A request for an urgent additional payment on the 1939-40 wheat crop and for a stabilisation scheme for the industry was made last week to the…

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Record Wool Turnover The American Clip

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:-- The turnover at appraisement of over 1,300',000 'bales of wool on the Sydney market this season is a record in…

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For Payable Wool Prices After the War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 7

To frame an Empire wool policy designed to ensure payable wool prices after the war, a sub-conmitttee of the South African…

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Farmer to Pay for Turkeys He Shot

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 3

A northern farmer has been ordered by the Taree Court to pay £15/6/ compensation for having shot, dead a number of turkeys which he said…

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Farming Facts

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 1

More on Irrigation; An 8 inch pump supplying 1,000 gallons per minute should handle an area, say, from 50 to 60 acres of annual pasture like…

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Record Wool Turnover American Clip

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 6

The turnover at appraisement of over 1,300,000 bales of wool on the Sydney market this season is a record in quantity and the fifteenth selling…

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