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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Wool

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report under dato Sydney, May 30th, 1906—There is no change to report in the Sydney wool market. The demand for…

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Correspondence. Sheep Section. To the Editor of the EXPRESS

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 8

SIR,—In your issue of the 18th instant appears a very lengthy epistle over the signature of E. L. Jones, of Rosoneath, in which he strives to explain for the…

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Correspondence. Farmers' and Settlers' Association To the Editor of the EXPRESS

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 9

SIR,—I shall be grateful if you will notify in the columns of your popular paper the undermentioned items that will be placed on the business paper…

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Experimental Farm

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

IN our last issue there appeared no advertisement calling a public meeting for Saturday next, to consider the advisability of this district putting…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Selection and Treatment of Brood Sows

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 6

THE first and most important thing to do in the raising of pure bred hegs is the selection of the brood sow. No other animal on the farm will give its owner such…

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Experimental Farm

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at Duen's Club Hotel, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of considering the question of petitioning the Minister for Agriculture…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Meeting of Members

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the members of the above Association was held at Dunn's Club Hotel, on Saturday last. Present—Messrs. Rankin…

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The Wool Market

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 8

DALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report:-- Since the auctions last week there…

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Latest Wires. SYDNEY, Wednesday. Wheat is quoted at 3s 6d

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners are experimenting with a poisonous specific for the destruction of vegetation on the lines, the use of oil…

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Wool

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

Messrs Schute, Bell, and company report under date 5th June—There is no diminution in the eagerness of buyers to secure any available lots but the scarcity…

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Worms In Sheep

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 7

A FRENCH professor has discovered a very simple cure for stomach worms in sheep. This is the administering of a teaspoonful of benzine in a small…

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Overclassing Wool

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 3

ON the question of over-classing wool, Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., in their annual review of the Australian wool trade, make the…

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The Sheep Shearing Industry

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 6

DOES a connection with the great wool industry of Australasia conduce to woolliness in some ill-balanced minds? Apparently it does. Because…

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Grass Growing On Sheep

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 7

A TELEGRAM from Seymour, Victoria, says that Mr. Storey, Crown lands bailiff, has a sample of wool taken from the backs of four sheep that had…

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Stud Sheep For Peak Hill

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 12

MESSRS. E. L. and D. Jones have just purchased from Mr. Ewan, Gunningbland, 470 stud ewes with lambs at foot, the latter being the progeny of a…

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Branding Sheep. Necessity for a Fire Brand

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 18

An interesting droving case was tried at Moree, before the police magistrate. A drover named Nelson Rose, travelling with 15,700 sheep from Bangheet…

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Correspondence. Sheep Exhibits. To the Editor of the EXPRESS

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 9

SIR,—I had no intention or desire, when I wrote my former letter, to enter into alengthy controversy on the above subject, and 1 feel the less inclined to do so when I find that my…

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Some Experiments in Dealing with Bunt or the Stinking Smut in Wheat. (Continued.)

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 1

It is remarkable that the stand in the row which was planted with the grain which after treatment had simply been dried in the air should have been so…

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Farm and Field. The Lamb Export Trade

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 15

The South Australian Government a few months ago commissioned Mr F. W. Ralph, when on a visit to England, to inquire Into the distribution of…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 20

THE annual report of the farmers and settlers, which has just been issued, is a comprehensive and important document, dealing as it does with all the…

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