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

Farming & the land, 1916

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Wool Report

Forbes Times · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 1

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd., reports under date 20th December:- Last week some sales by private…

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Wool for America

Forbes Times · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

The extent to which the Sydney wool market has benefited by American competition this year, is forcibly demonstrated in the export figures for the past…

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The Forbes Times. Tuesday, January 4, 1916. Growing Wheat

Forbes Times · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Fifty years ago, when Forbes was flushed with the gold fever, and every resident was feverishly fossicking for the precious yellow metal, the statement…

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Pastoral. Sheep for the Coast. Romney Marsh Cross

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 10

A farmer who had purchased a small flock of crossbred sheep (Shropshire- merino cross) with the intention of trying them on one of the rivers of the…

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The Wheat Bungle

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Two errors occurred in Mr., E. S. Twiggs' communication, which appeared under the above heading in our last issue. One refers to the…

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Wheat Shipping Toubles

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The city editor of the London "Times," rcferriug to the acute difficulty that is being experienced in securing tonnage for the transport of…

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Record Load of Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

What was easily a record load of wheat was delivered at the local railway station last week by Mr. T. Edgerton. It consisted of 313…

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Agricultural Anu Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. 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. 243. Agricultural. Wheat-breeding. What is Meant by Selection

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 10

Selection is sometimes understood to mean the use of graded seed or plump well-developed instead of pinched grain, but the Plant Breeder of the…

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Homestead Farm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Land District of Barmedman and Bland Shire. Homestead Farm Area No. 526.—807a., parish Yiddah, capital value £1815/15/-, rent…

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Recruiting Farmers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 11

In a special statement to the Country Press, Mr. J. H. Catts (Organising Secretary, State Recruiting Campaign) says :--…

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The Cowra Free Press Usb Soft Words and Hard Argument Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1916. Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Be economical! Save your tallow and kitohen fat, and get 8/- per kerosene tin full at the Cowra Soap Works, Brisbane Street. Don't forget to tell your friends…

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Marquis Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 17

Marquis wheat, a Canadian variety, has been grown successfully by several district farmers this season. Mr. James Cobley, of Cliburn Park,…

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Wool Market

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 18

The Australian Mercantile and & Finance Co., Ltd., report under date 4th January:—So far as actual selling is concerned, last week was…

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The Wheat Scheme

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 18

The issue of certificates under the wheat pooling scheme does not yet appear to be general, hut Messrs. R. S. Howard and Sons, local agents for…

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Private Wheat Sales

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 14

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, stated on Tuesday that he had received word from the Mudgee district that some of the farmers there…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 26

These Notes are issued very week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land,…

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The Price of Wheat. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 18

The Government is considering a recommendation by the Necessary Commodities Commission to pay three pence per bushel extra to all…

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Miscellaneous. Meteorology. Forecasting for Farmers

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 26

A useful paper on the above subject was read by Mr. H L. Lane at a recent meeting of the Ponto branch of the Agricultural Bureau, the object…

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Homestead Farms. Barmedman Land District

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 10

807 acres in one block, being portion 13, parish of Yiddah, county of Bland 7 miles from Barmedman, and 1¼ miles from Yiddah siding; the land is level…

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Wheat. Certificates Now Available

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

The banks have now completed arrangements to negotiate wheat certificates under the Government scheme, The banks named on the…

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