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

Farming & the land, 1918

1,648 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 16 of 83

Wool Appraisement

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited under date of February 20 reports—The appraisers by the time this…

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High Prices for Cattle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

Results show that cattle rates were again high at Homebush last Monday Only 1420 head were on offer, this number being 200 short…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

At Eugowra Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr J. W. Lees, J.P., Ellas Shrimpton was charged with stealing wheat, the property of Neil…

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Record Wheat Lumping

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

Mr. V. P. Mullany, of Mimosa, carried a load of 72 bags of wheat to Pucawan last week, and it was unloaded and the bags stacked in…

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Wheat Position at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 3

When a representative of "The Forbes Advocate" visited the Forbes railway yards yesterday morning, he found the lumpers idle. This was…

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Wheat at Red Bend

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

At a meeting of the District Council of the Farmers and Settlers Association, held at Parkes on Tuesday, Mr George Laidaw, a delegate from…

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Commercial News. Wool Reports

Forbes Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, under date of "February 20th, reports:—The appraisers by the time this is…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. District Council at Parkes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 3

A meeting of delegates to the District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Parkes on Tuesday. Amongst those…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Cure of Hard Milkers

Forbes Times · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 7

There is a tendency to regard the hard milker as curable only in one way —i.e., by selling to someone else, says a writer in the Australasian. Yet in…

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The Farmer. the Curd Test

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 7

A simple and inexpensive way to make curd test of milk would be through the use of the fruit jar and wash tub. Take some pint fruit…

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Conversions Into Homestead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 6

The holder of any G.P. (includ[?] [?] Homestead Selection, Homestead Grant, Conditional Purchase Lease…

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Something Like Farming

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

An Australian who last year could not got 4/ for his wheat (says an exchange) has just got this letter from his brother in Saskatchewan, Canada:…

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A Good Load of Wheat

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 1

What easily constitutes a record for Wattamondara was taken to the railway station on Friday by Mr. Bert Bryant, of "Mt. Collins," when…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Wheat Dockages. (To the Editor)

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

Sir,—Iu 1914 Messrs Holman, Hall and Graham, etc., began seizing wheat from the f[?]rmer at nearly 1/- per bushel under market value. In 1915…

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Farmer's Defence Fund

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

The postponed annual meeting of the above was held on Saturday, Mr. H. S. Henley (President) being in the chair. The report showed that there were 55…

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Farmers!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 1

For Highest Prices and Prompt Returns for your Hay, Chaff, Grain, etc., consign to Robert Robinson & Co., Alexandria, one of the oldest and…

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Goulburn Cattle Sale

Forbes Times · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded and sold 3496 head of cattle on Thursday, 14th February, at an average of £10/12/3 per head. There…

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Goulburn special cattle sale

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded and sold on February 14th, 1918, 3,496 head of cattle at an average of £10 12s 3d per head…

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Horse and Cattle Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 2

Messrs Neilly & Crampton, auctioneers, Canowindra and Orange, advertise in to-day's "Advocate" a special sale of horses and cattle, to…

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The Grenfell Wheat

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 2

All the Dew wheat with the exception of 17,000 bags for Messrs Mungo, Scott & Co., is being stacked on the new sits in Maloney's paddock, where…

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