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

Farming & the land, 1915

1,686 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 77 of 85

The Wheat Crab. Mr. Waddell Puts the Case for the Farmers. Meeting at Koorawatha

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 2

Mr. Waddell, M.P., visited Cowra on Saturday to consult with farmers and others as to the wheat export scheme, and later on prooeeded to…

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Goulburn Cattle Sale. Record Attendance of Buyers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 8

W. H. Wheatley reports having held a special sale of cattle at Goulburn on Tuesday last, the 23rd inst, when over 5000 head were…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 10

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 238…

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Working the Fallow. a Farmer's Paper

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 10

The working of the fallow so as to preserve the loose surface that conserves moisture is something that farmers cannot afford to neglect during…

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Wheat Burnt

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 31

On Wednesday morning a telephone message arrived in Peak Hill (says the "Express") that Mr. J. J. Pawley's wheat crop was on fire. All the…

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Wool Market

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 19

The Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co., Ltd., Sydney, report under date 30th November, 1915:—A very buoyant market for free or…

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Price of Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 19

It was decided on Wednesday that the price of wheat f.c.b Sydney should be 5/1. This rate will nominally prevail for the next fortnight, but it is…

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The Wheat Harvest

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 19

Full advantage is being taken by the district farmers of the ideal harvesting weather which is prevailing, and the task of garnering the wheat…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 32

These Notes are issued very week, under the personal supervision [?] of the Hon. W. w Ashfcrd, M.L.A., M[?]ster of Agriculture, and are [?]assed mainly on the experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land,…

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Price of Wheat. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 19

The Minister for Agriculture states that on delivering wheat to a railway station farmers would receive 2/6 per bushel. Millers would pay 5/1…

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Agricultural. "Lamb-raising with Wheat Growing"

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 22

The following is the text of the paper on the above subject, which was read at the last meeting of the Coobabd branch of the Agricultural…

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Land Available. Homestead Farms. Coonamble Land District

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 8

7,282 acres in one block, parish of Bourbah, county of Gregory; 15 miles from Gular railway station; the land is level; red and sandy soil, some…

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Practical Irrigation Farming. The Use and Misuse of Water

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 32

That a farm may be irrigated successfully and without subsequent harm to the soil, it is necessary, says the officer from whose articles on the…

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Forbes Crops

Western Champion · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 30

Forbes railway yard (says a message of Friday last) presents a very busy scene these days. Next Wednesday the Government will take…

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America's Record Wheat Crop

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 1

The latest estimate of the winter and spring wheat crops in the United States gives the acreage of winter wheat at 40,169,000 acres, and the…

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Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture announces that a farmer, when he delivers his wheat at a station or siding, will receive a warrant entitling…

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Local Sheep Sales

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 1

Among the sales at Homebush on Thursday of last week we noticed the following:—A. H. Grant, "Oakleigh," "Canowindra: 1 x wly w 35/,…

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Wool Report

Forbes Times · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 5

The Australians Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd. report under date 15th December:—A very buoyant market for free or practically free crossbreds and…

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Reindeer wool Garments

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 7

In Lapland garments made of reindeer wool are famous for their moisture-resisting property as well as their warmth. The hair,, unlike that of many…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man of the Land

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Graham, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 239…

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