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

Farming & the land, 1942

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High-class Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

At Winchcombe Carson's last wool appraisements Mr. Jim Delaney, of Waterhole Creek, received 18[?]d. for nine bales of fleece from his wethers…

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From Butter to Cheese Factories Recommended to Make Change Over Owing to Limitation of British Butter Contract

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 6

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, has commented on the position which had arisen in the dairying industry consequent upon…

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Eugowra District News Contrasting Values In Wool and Stock Perishable and Non-Perishable

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

The pastoral industry is at present experiencing the marketing difference between a perishable and non-perishabic commodity…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd., report, under date of 231241: Appraisements for the first half of the current wool season concluded in…

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Distilleries in Country Power Alcohol From Wheat

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 1

The establishment of more dis[?][?]eries in the principal wheat growing centres for the production of power alcohol would be welcomed by…

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Wool and Its Users Future of Consumption

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:-- The war is producing changes in the sources of supply for textiles made from both wool and cotton. At one…

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Wool and Stock Perishable and Non- Perishable

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:-- The pastoral industry is at present experiencing the marketing difference between a perishable and…

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ACCIDENTS Scalded at Butter Factory

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 1

Mr. Elwyn Watson, an employee of Forbes Butter Factory, met with a painful scalding accident yesterday when screwing up a steam pipe of the…

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Stabilisation of Wheat Bushel v. Flat Rate Price

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 4

When the times comes for the Federal authorities to give consideration to the future of the wheat industry and possible…

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Future of Wheat Mr. George Walker Optimistic Storage Problems

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 1

One of Australia's leading authorities on wheat, Mr. George W. Walker, of Sydney, last week sounded an optimistic note for…

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Worms in Sheep Seasonable Warning to Flockowners Early Drenching is Recommended

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

The attention of stock owners is directed to the fact that considerable trouble with worm infestation, especially in weaners, and to a…

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Wheat Stabilisation

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 1

When the time comes for the Federal authorities to give consideration to the future of the wheat industry and possible aleration of the flat rate…

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Condobolin Sheep Drive Annual Meeting Of Members

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

The above took place at Shiels Hotel on the 20 th ultimo. It was a very representative meeting in numbers, presided over by the President, Mr…

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Science and Wool a Moth-proofing Process

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2
Also in Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder

Winchcombe. Carson. Ltd., report: Wool is gradually accumulating stronger defences against the invasion of its consumptive territory by…

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West Wyalong Wheat Trials Satisfactory Yields Despite Low Rainfall

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

Mr. J. G. Ballantyne, Agricultural Instructor, West Wyalong, writes:[?] The wheat trials conducted by Messrs H. S. Marshman and Sons have…

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Quality Wheat. Best Sample of District Wheat Ever Put Into Silos. 216,000 Bags to Grenfell. District Returns Much Higher

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 1

Mr. Sullivan, Inspector of the Grain Silos, estimated that 650,000 bushels would this season be received at the Grenfell yards. In this estimate the Wrega silos were included as the wheat which went into Wirega would in the main have come to Grenfell…

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Wheat Stabilisation Statement by Alex Mair, M.L.A., Leader of the Opposition

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

When the time comes for the Federal Authorities to give consideration to the future of the wheat industry and possible alteration of the present…

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Advice to Farmers By Minister for Commerce Same Acreage as Last Year (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 1

A message from Canberra states: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) advised Australian wheat-growers to base their sowing for the…

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