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

Farming & the land, 1942

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Farmers Buy Wine Direct From Sydney

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

Many farmers and country business men are now buying their wine at a very reasonable price direct from a Sydney Vintner. As a permanent…

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Lousy Sheep Eugowra Farmer Fined Case at Forbes Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

At Forbes Police Court yesterday, James Percival Roy Dawes, of Eugowra, was fined £5 and 8 court costs for failing to notify…

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Science and Wool a Moth-Proofing Process Staple Fabrics Now Competing With Silks

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Wool is gradually accumulating stronger defences against the invasion of its consumptive territory by competitive fibres, writes…

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OBITUARY Mr. A. T. Hawke Gunningbland Farmer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

The Parkes "Champion-Post" says that another of the splendid farmers of the district passed to his reward on Sunday, in the person of Mr. Albert…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3
Also in Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report under date 9th January:— Wool appraisements are being resumed in Sydney and Newcastle next…

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Cropping Position for the Coming Season. Mr. Scully's Statement

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3

The Minister for Commerce, the Hon. W. J. Scully, announced last week that he desired to Inform the wheat growers of Australia of the…

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Cropping Position For The Coming Season Mr. Scully's Statement

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce, the Hon. W. J. Scully, announced recently that he desired to inform the wheat growers of Australia of the cropping…

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Daroobalgie Works To Be Opened for Killing and Storage Will Want 500,000 Sheep Annually Cattle and Pigs, Too

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

Mr. Edgar F. Dring, M.L.A. for Ashburnham, advised the 'Advocate' yesterday afternoon that he had been in touch with the…

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PASTORAL "Facial Eczema" In Sheep a Photosensitive Condition Related to Feed

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 4

Facial eczema so-called (it Is not actually an eczema and it occurs on parts of the body other than the face) is one of a group of condition…

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Big Increase in Sheep. Statistics for State

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 4

Figures issued by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. S. R. Carver) on Monday show that there are 55,568,000 sheep in New South…

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American Wool Needs Italy's Plight

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 2
Also in The West Wyalong Advocate

Wincuhcombe Carson Ltd. report:--The plans of the United States government to call up an army running into many millions gives an indication…

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Wheat Soil Management Erosion Compels Revision of Accepted Methods

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 4

In the light of the damage from soil erosion that has accompanied the accepted method of fallow cultivation in wheat areas in recent years, there…

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Toll Taken by Sheep Blowfly Annual Loss of £3,000,000

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 4

Australia's sheep and wool industry suffers an annual loss of £3,000,000 duo to blowfly strike. This means an added cost of about 6 per cent on our…

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Wheat Trials in the Condobolin District John L. GREEN, Manager

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 4

Condobolin Experiment Farm Four Wheat Variety and Manurial Trials were carried out on the Condobolin District last season…

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Cropping Position for the Coming Harvest Mr. Scully's Statement

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce, the Ho[?]. W. J. Scully, announced last week that he desired to inform the wheat growers of Australia of the…

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American Wool Needs Italy's Plight

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

The plans of the United States government to call up an army running into many millions gives an indication of the probable vast wool requirements…

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Heavy Wheat Deliveries At Caragabal Silos

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 6

Mr. Ralph Swinbourne, silo agent at Caragabal, has supplied us with several interesting items concerning the delivery of wheat to…

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Crashed Into Tree Forbes Butter Factory's Lorry Accident Near Cowra

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 1

Mr. Fred McCallum, of Lachlan Street, had a miraculous escape from serious injury on Tuesday morning when the lorry he was…

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