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

Farming & the land, 1918

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324,000 Bales of Wool Before 'Xmas

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 September 1918 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. advise:--Arrangements have been made by the State Wool Committee to offer 324,000 bales of wool for…

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Lad In Trouble over Wool. Police Case Breaks Down

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 4 September 1918 · page 3

At the police court on Tuesday Kenneth Boyston Jeffrey, who was last week fined for stealing sheepskins, was before Mr. Jennings, S.M., on a charge of…

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Farmers [?]

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 4 September 1918 · page 3

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

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T[?]gie Farm

Western Champion · Thursday 5 September 1918 · page 4

A party of 27 members of the Coradgery branch of the Agricultuial Bureau journey by car the other day (says the [?] Telegraph," of Tuesday,…

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Fat Sheep (Stud Sheep Barred)

Forbes Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Three fat Merino wethers, A. H. Read. Three fat Crossbred wethers, T. H. Bray 1, A. H. Read 2…

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Cattle. Durham

Forbes Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Bull, 2½ years and over.—J. F. Male 1 and champion; T. and P. Cannon 2. Cow, 3 years or over,—N…

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Fat Cattle

Forbes Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Fat ox, workers, N. McPhillamy 1, H. D. Lee 2. Fat cow, H. D. Lee…

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Sheep. Merino

Forbes Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Ram, 2½ years and over, A. H. Read 1 and champion, T. H. White 2 and reserve champion. Kam, under 1½ years, N…

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Mysterious Cattle Killing

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 4

A fat bullock was found in a paddock at Hills End with a gunshot wound through the head and its throat cut…

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The Farmer. Manure and Baking Properties of Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 7

A question frequently debated, when farmers and bakers meet to-gether, is—what effect, if any, has manure on the baking properties of…

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324,000 Bales wool Before Xmas

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., advise: —Arrangements have been made by the State Wool Committee to offer 324,000 bales wool for appraisement…

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The Future of the Dairying Industry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 6

In the Sydney newspapers of Tuesday, 18th June, 1918, the following interesting cable from London was published: "An English bred…

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Extra Stock (Farmer's Class.) (All stallions excluded.)

Forbes Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Light harness horse, to be tried on the ground, A. Robinson 1, Jas. Edwards 2. Maiden handicap trot, 1 mile, H. G…

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Banks Will Help Farmers

Forbes Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 4

The Central War Loan Committee point out that in some cases it may not be convenient for farmers and others owning property to pay in…

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Dairy Produce

Forbes Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 6

Collection of dairy produce, in trophy form, Fred Newell 1, Mrs. W H Coles 2. Bacon, side or flitch, home cured,…

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Conversions Into Home Stead Farms

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

The [?] of any [?] [?] [?] [?] Homestead Selection, Homestead Grant, Conditional Purchange [?]…

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To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 2

Be economical! Save your tallow and kitchen fat, and get 10/- per kerosene tin fall at the Cowra Soap Works, Brisbane Street Don't forget to tell your friends…

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Wool-spinning

Forbes Times · Tuesday 10 September 1918 · page 2

A start will be made with the local wool-spinning class at the end of this week, in the room kindly placed at the disposal of the Red Cross Society…

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Wheat. Gloomy Prospects for Farmers. Scarcity of Shipping

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 10 September 1918 · page 3

A gloomy note, in regard to the prospects of selling large quantities of wheat to Great Britain, is struck in a survey of the general wheat…

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Wheat Sales Unreliable Humors

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 10 September 1918 · page 2

Rumors have been in circulation recently to the effect that a sale of the balance of the 1016-17 wheat crop and of the exportable surplus of the…

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