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

Farming & the land, 1940

1,225 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 30 of 62

Deplorable Action Recent Coal Strike Farmers Suggest Remedy Mr. Miller Defends Miners

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 7

"It was a most deplorable action on the part of a body of men to throw the country into a state of chaos during the…

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Score Cards Revised For Judging at Shows Junior Farmers' Clubs Confer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 7

At the last monthly meeting of the Forbes Junior Farmers' Club it was decided to hold a general meeting of Forbes and surrounding…

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Delivery of Wheat Still Held on Farm

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 4

Arrangements are now being made by the Australian Wheat Board to receive wheat of the 1939-40 season at present on the farm and not…

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Forbes Special Sheep Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 4

Edward Weaver and Company (Forbes) and The Farmers and Grazers Co-op. Co. Ltd. (Sydney), auctioncers, in conjunction, report that…

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Sales of Wheat for Poultry and Pigs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 5

Mr. J. R. Somers, Euratha, a member of the Advisory Council of the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W. writes: "I enclose a letter which has been…

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Geo. Hay. Receiving and Forwarding Agent. Wheat Agent for Dalgety & Co

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 1

Geo. Hay is definitely one of our best known and best liked personalities. He is the proud Captain of our Fire Brigade, whose fine new station…

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Carpets for Australia. We Start to Make Them Ourselves. New Outlet for Coarse Wool

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 3

One of the most significant of Australia's new industries is that of carpet-making. This country normally imports about 4,000,000 yards of carpets of various sorts and sizes each year, worth over a million and…

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Growing Crop Competitions Abandoned This Year By West Wyalong Show Association

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 2

The West Wyalong Show Society, at its meeting on Saturday afternoon, decided to abandon the growing wheatand vrowing oats…

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Easier Demand At Sheep Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., and Moore Brooke & Co., report an easier demand for stores at their special sale on Friday, which can be…

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Special Sheep and Cattle Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 4

Messrs. H. M. Troup and Company (Young) in conjunction with Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. (Sydney) report having held a special sheep and…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 1

Our cable to-day reviewing international markets reads:—"United States some rust fears; Saskatchewan dry areas; beneficial…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 6

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd. report under dale of 7th June: -- A good showing of autumn shorn wool is assured for the clearing up…

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Sheep Classing a Seasonable Reminder

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 5

Sheep classing is the operation of grading the breeding flock and selecting the sires for use in mating, the object being to gradually raise the…

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Direct Wheat Buying Prohibited

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 4

Replying to a [?] by the Henly branch of the Fanners and Settiers' Association that supplies of second grade wheat might be…

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Worms in Sheep Prevention of Infestation

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 5

Measures for the prevention of worms of the stomach and small intestine in sheep are based largely on the life history of the parasite and on good…

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Future of Wool. Pessimism Deprecated

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 3

Commenting upon the "effieieney and despatch" brought to bear upon the appraisement and shipment of the Australian wool clip, the…

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World Honors Fori Corriedale Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 2

At. I lie Golden Gate World Exbihition held at California In September last year, two fleeces from special stud rams from Messrs. M. Carroll…

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SHEEP show And Dog Trials At Cootamundra in July

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 2

Coolamundra's now famous sheep allow and dog trials promise this year to equal any previous effort of the Committee. Already many…

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War and Wool Prices American Ups and Downs

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—The First shock of events in E[?]popean markets has subsided in the caned states and tallies tor wool liavi…

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War and Wool Prices. American Ups and Downs

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 6

Wincbcombe Carson Ltd. report: -- The first shock of events in European markets has subsided in the United States and values for wool have shown…

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