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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 47 of 62

Forbes Special Sheep Sale. Grown Sheep 2/ to 3/ Dearer. Prime Suckers 1/6 to 2/ Dearer; Plain Lambs 2/ Dearer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 1

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

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Wool Statistics Taken From Dalgety's Annual Review. COMMONWEALTH

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 3

Results to producers from the 1939-40 wool season must be regarded as very satisfactory, particularly when it is appreciated that the realisations…

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Wool Stealing Man Sentenced to 12 Months Hard Labor

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 1

At the Temora Police Court last week, Robert Henry Driscoll was called to answer three charges al leging the theft of wool…

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Love Finds a Way Soldier & Nurse Marry Son of Gidginbung Farmer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 1

The requirements of a 42-year old British Act had to be complied with before Lieutenant Keith Lamont, who is serving in a…

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District Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 4

Appraisements In Winchcombe Carson's Sydney catalogue last Thursday included Mc Donald tic Todd, Condobolin. wethers 14 12d. laid 13d. ewes'…

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Seed Wheat The Question of ifs Purchase Minister's Statement

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 3

Mr. H. O. Elliott, M.L.A. for Ashburnham, has been making representations to the Minister for Agriculture regarding the matter, of…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 4

Our cable reviewing international wheat markets this week reads this week reads:—"English wheat—fair deliveries Europe—seasonable ploughing…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 2

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Ltd. report under date 1st October:—Our appraisement No. 29, which was completed on Friday, 27th…

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Wool Results This Season. Condition and Value

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:--A considerable number of the New South Wales clips this season have been appraised at lower prices than…

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Very Good Yields. District Crops. Bountiful Rains Change Outlook

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

In his September. report, Mr. C. Walkden Brown (District Agriculture Instructor) States:—"Bountiful rains have at last fallen…

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Crops Recover Following Recent Rains

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 2

The recent rain has had the effect of reviving many wheat crops in West Wyalong and district. Some of the district crops, a few…

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The Sheep's Staple This Season's Wool Results

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 3

A considerable number of the New South Wales clips this season have been appraised at lower prices than the wool from the same…

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High-priced Cattle From Forbes District

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 1

Two district breeders, in Messrs. William Marsh (widely known as "The Cattle King") and J. J. Leahy, of "Wongajong," Forbes,…

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A Real Snake Yarn Reptile Round Sheep's Neck

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 1

Despite the recent sceptical utterances of a Parkes bush bard who broke into verse on the story recounted in these columns of a…

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Stock Diseases Absence of Pleuro-Pneumonia Cattle Lice in Queensland

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 6

In the reports received from district Veterinary Officers, attention is drawn to the practice of diluting feed put out in troughs for sheep…

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PASTORAL. Jetting For Sheep Blowfly. a Seasonable Reminder

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 7 October 1940 · page 3

The great advantage of jetting was the cheapness of the protection it gave against spring and autumn fly waves, pointed out a departmental…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 7 October 1940 · page 4
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Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report, under date of 4th October: This has been the seventh week of the Sydney wool appraisements and…

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District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 October 1940 · page 2

Wool from Mr. G. Butler, West Wya long, realised 10¾d. for AAMFW., at the appraisement of the Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd., on the 3rd…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 7 October 1940 · page 4

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. report:--Our appraisement No. 29, which was completed on Friday, 27th…

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