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

Farming & the land, 1942

992 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 36 of 50

Sheep Values Improve

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 2

The penning of sheep and ambs at Homebush last Monday was 54,834, comprising. 36,033 lambs and 18,801 sheep. The market for the sheep was…

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District Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 4

Results secured at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney wool appraisement last Friday included H. R. Ridley, Burcher, rams 15d, hoggers 14¾d, ewes…

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War Damage to Wool

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 3

The Commonwealth reasurer, Mr. Chifley, in reply to various representations by the Australian-Woolgrowers' Council, has now defined…

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Value of Sheep Industry American Competition

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:-- The Australian sheep industry with wool production now worth £70,000,[?] and the stock slaughtered can be…

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Wheat Silo Space Not to Be Rationed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 3

It is not likely that space in the elevators will be rationed during the forthcoming wheat season. This information has been given…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports under date 15th inst:— We submitted our appraisement…

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Value of Sheep Industry. American Competition

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report Under dale 15th September:-The Australian sheep industry with wool production now worth…

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Market Easier At Forbes Cattle Sale Tuesday's Yarding

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 6

The Forbes Associated Agent report that about 120 fat and 90 head of store cattle were penned at the regular fortnightly cattle sale held on Tuesday, 15th instant…

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Sheep Industry Its Value to Australia American Consumption

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 3

The Australian sheep industry, with wool production now worth £70,000,000 and the stock slaughtered, can be safely estimated to…

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Release of Manpower For Dairy Farm Purposes Meeting at Forbes on September 23

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 6

Mr. P. Conridge, manager of Fortes Dairy Society. Ltd, has received a communication from an inspector of the Dairy Branch of…

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Mr. Breen's Reply To Forbes F. and S. Letter Assurances on Wheat Industry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 1

In a recent issue we published the copy of a letter which the Forbes Farmers and Settlers' Association addressed to Mr. J. P. Breen,…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co Ltd. reports on the 15th instant:— We submitted our appraisement…

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Pastoral Industry Rationalisation, Mr. Fadden's Criticism

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 1

"The Minister for War OrganisaJ tion of Industry, Mr Dedman, has stated repeatedly that when rationalisation of any industry would lie…

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"Feed Sheep to Pigs" Handsome Returns

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 1

"Dehydration is not the only means of saving the waste of millions of old sheep," said an agriculturist in Sydney. "They could be ted to pigs…

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High Wheat Yield Is Promised

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 4

Indications are that wheat crops all over the State will give high average yields this season. Reports from country agricultural…

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47 Sheep Killed by Train at Murrami

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 2

Forty seven sheep, owned by Mr. H. Harris, Murrami, were killed by a train on the railway line near Yoogali The drover, Mr Stan, McGuigan…

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Power Alcohol Plant in Victorian Wheat Belt

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 2

The £500,000 distillery which the Federal Government is establishing in the Victorian wheat belt, will use 1,250,000 bushels of wheat a year,…

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Soldiers on Farms

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 1

The Director-General of Man-power said that soldiers would not he released from the Army to help farmers unless no other labor was…

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Labor for Harvest Farmers Should Heed Warning

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 4

Farmers should take the warning of the Deputy Director or Manpower (Mr. Bellemore) that they could expect the wheat harvest to be spread…

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Blowfly Strike in Sheep Visit of Mr. Norman Graham Demonstrations in Forbes District

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1942 · page 4

At the meeting ol the Forbes branch of the Graziers' Association, held on Saturday, a letter was read from the parent body, stating…

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