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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 37 of 62

Council for Scientific & Industrial Research. The Prevention And Treatment of Blowfly Strike In Sheep

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 July 1940 · page 4

The Joint Blowfly Committee, which coordinates the sheep blowfly research undertaken by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research…

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

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

Our cable reviewing international wheat markets this week reads:—"Europe—Balkans report, increasingly serious; reserves dissipated…

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Condobolin Sheep Drive. Successful Sale

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 5

The first Sale of sheep donated to the Condobolin Sheep Drive was handled by the Australian Mercantile and Finance Co. Ltd. on Thursday last…

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Mycotic Dermatitis. Treatment of Affected Sheep

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 4

Several outbreaks of mycotic dermatitis in which the number of sheep affected assumed serious proportions were recently reported from the…

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New Season's Wool American Markets

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:--Australia will have less wooll for appraisement this season than during the year ending June 30 last. Apart…

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Wheat Payment ANOTHER 4d. NETT On 16th August

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 2

The Hon. H. K. Nock, M. P., Minister in Charge of External Territories, writes as follows:—The decision of the Federal…

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[?] Of Farmyard Manure. Urgent Need on Coastal Grasslands

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 6

In the production of milk, and the sale of cattle for slaughtering, major plant foods to the value of over £800,000 are annually lost to coastal…

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New Season's Wool American Markets

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 August 1940 · page 3

Australia will have less wool for appraisement this season than during the year ending June 30 last. Apart, from the newly shorn wool…

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Pasture Conditions Deteriorating Throughout State Foot Lice in Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 August 1940 · page 2

Reports from Inspectors of Stock indicate that conditions throughout the State have deteriorated very considerably during…

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Forbes Sheep Sale Prime Sheep and Lambs Dearer

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 3

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

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 3
Also in Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., report under date 1st August:—With the payment last Friday of the retention money and equalisation…

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Forbes Sheep Sale. Prime Sheep and Lambs Dearer. Secondary Sorts Easier

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 4

Edward Weaver and Company (Forbes) and The Farmers and Graziero' Co-op. Ltd. (Sydney), auctioneers in conjunction, report that they…

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Fodder Food Values. Place of Maize And Wheat

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 3

Dr. H. G. Belschner, senior veterinary surgeon of the Department of Agriculture, discussing the food values of different classes of fodder suggested…

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Sales of Wheat to Other Countries At 4/- a Bushel (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board sold more than two million bushels of wheat to countries other than Britain. at an average price of 4/- a bushel…

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Junior Farmers Advisory Council Annual Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 4

The annual meeting of the West Wyalong Junior Farm[?]s Advisory Council was held at the District School on Saturday 20th July…

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Sheep Dearer At Friday's Forbes Sale Moore Brooke & Co., Forbes, and

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1940 · page 4

the New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co., Ltd. (Sydney), auctioneers in conjunction, report that they yarded about 500 fat sheep and lambs at…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1940 · page 4

Our cable reviewing international wheat markets this week reads:—"Confirmed Danubian countries new wheat crop below home needs…

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Wheat Acquisition Regulations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1940 · page 3

As a result of representations made by the interests concerned in the various States, the Minister for Commerce, the Hon. A. G. Cameron…

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Prime Minister's Department. Additional £3¼ Millions For Wheat Farmers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1940 · page 3

The decision of the Federal Government to arrange a further, payment of 4d per bushel nett to growers on all wheat delivered to the No. 2 Pool…

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