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

Farming & the land, 1917

1,527 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 35 of 77

The Boy and the Sheep

Forbes Times · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

They were selling a sheep at Dubbu on Red Triangle Day at 2/6 a time on the "put it up again" principle. Things went well for atime, but the sale…

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Commercial News. Sale of Queensland Sheep

Forbes Times · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

Messrs, R. F. Gardner and Co. (Farm and Station Agencies, Ltd.), Sydney, report having sold, in conjunction with their Queensland agents the following…

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Late Telegrams. City Tragedies. Export of Butter to Be Stopped. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 3

An altereation took place last night in Edward Street, Prymont, between Ethel lever (28) and a man, who struck her a violent blow. she fell,…

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Latest Telegraphic. Silos for Wheat. 1916/17 Harvest. Estimated 135,000,000 Bushels. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into wheat storage, in a report to the Prime Minister, advocates uniform action in the four…

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Farming Extraordinary

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

At the public meeting, on Saturday afternoon, Mr G. D. Bassett told a story about two young men from Sydney, who had taken up blocks on…

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Soldier-Farmers Big Meeting at Forbes Suggestions for the Minister for Lands

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 4

A public meeting to discuss repatriation or soldiers, more especially as it affects Forbes district, was convened by the President of Jemalong Shire,…

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Beneficial Rains. Farmers Jubilant

Forbes Times · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

Following on the nice rain of last week, when an average of something like half an inch fell throughout the western district, another beneficial fall…

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Wheat Scrip

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 2

Whilst in Sydney last week, Mr. A. G. Manning, M.L.A., Interviewed the Minister regarding the action of the State Wheat Office in…

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Quality of Butter Misrepresentation

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 6

Considerable misrepresentation is taking place at present in regard to the quality of butter being sold to the public, the deception occurring…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahams, M.L.A., Minister ef Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 317…

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Conversions Into Homestead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 4

The holde[?] of any, C.[?] (including [?] Homestead Selection, Homestead Grant, Conditional Purchase Lease…

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Dairying. Cream Quality. Improvement on the Northern Rivers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 4

"Now that the Dairy Industry Act has been in operation for some time, it may be of interest to consider what effect this new legislation has had on the…

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The Cowra Free Press Ube Soft Words and Hard Arguments Wednesday, June 1[?]th, 1917 Local and General To Farmers and Others

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 2

Be economical Save your [?]allow and kitchen 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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Forbes Cattle Sale

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Edward Weaver and Co. (Forbes), in conjunction with Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. (Sydney), will sell at Forbes on Friday, June 29,…

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Sydney Sheep Fair

Forbes Times · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 8

In this issue the Sydney agents Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Weaver and Perry, Ltd Goldsborough, Mort & Co. Ltd., and Hill, Clark andd Co. Ltd.—…

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The Farmer and the Wheat Pool

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

Mr. H. M. Brown, secretary of the Lyndhurst District Council, has received the following reply to his letter addressed to Mr. H. R. M. Pigott,…

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Wool Report

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 1
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Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report date 11th June:— Now that the closing appraisements of the current season are near at…

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Final Wool Sales. Wool for America

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2
Also in Forbes Times

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Wool appraisements are again in full swing on the Sydney market. We are offering a catalogue, the…

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