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

Farming & the land, 1919

1,414 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 71

Some Sheep Figures

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 1

The Bradford "Wool Record" states that this number of sheep in Germany has dwindled from 7,700,000 in 1912 to about 4,000,000…

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Wool Report

Forbes Times · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

The Mew Zealand Loan and Merca[?]tile Agency Company Limited, write:—We have just finished our [?]ppraisement No. 50 and results are no doubt…

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Seed Wheat a Contradicted Statement

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

Messrs Turner and Keane, local agents for the Farmers & Settlers' Co-Operative Grain Company Ltd., ask us to publish the following…

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Shearers Prosecuted. Remarkable Case. Treating Wet Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

Perth.—A remarkable shearing case has been decided at Carnavon. Thirteen shearers, under contract at Butchers' Boolathana Station, decided…

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Forbes District Stock Slight Decrease in Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 5

Mr W. G. Dowling, Stock Inspector, reports on the number of stock in Forbes district at the end of last year, and a comparison with 1917 is…

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Commercial News. the Wool Market

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: —We held our second appraisement of the New Year on Monday, 20th inst., and Tuesday. 21st inst., our…

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Wool Appraisements. British Textile Trade

Forbes Times · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 7

Winehcombe, Carson, Ltd., report under date January 21:—We held our second appraisement of the New Your on Monday, 20th inst.,…

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5/- Per Bushel. Wheat for Local Consumption

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

The Federal Wheat Board has decided to raise the price of wheat for local consumption to 5s. per bushel…

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Fences Broken Down. by Cattle Left to Die of Thirst

Forbes Times · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

"Mr. W. J. Sloper, a returned soldier on Ooma, also, writes as follows to a Grenfell paper, on this burning question:—…

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Wheat Sales 30,000 Tons to India. 11,000 Tons to Britain

Forbes Times · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 7

Further sales of Australian wheat [?]ave been made to the Indian and imperial Governments. Thirty thousand tons have been sold to the Indian…

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Lachlan Shire Council Soldier Farmers and living Areas

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Councillors of the Lachlan Shire a letter from the Local Government Department notified that the Shire…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

A meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association here was held on Saturday, at 3.30. p.m. Much important business was gone…

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Laying Out a Poultry Farm Some Governing Factors

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

At a time when many poultry farmers are contemplating the extension of their operations or removal to new and larger properties, some remark:…

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Wheat Cerificates Issued

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

Mr.J. F. MacKenney, the well-known local agent for Messrs. Lindley Walker and Co., Ltd., Government Wheat Shippers, of Mark Lane, Sydney, now has…

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The World's Wheat Position. Good News for Our Farmen

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 5

As so many conflicting reports have been received regarding the World's wheat crops, and since our wheat growers are vitally interested; the following cable,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal [?] of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture [?] [?] [?] mainly on the experience of the Deparatment [?] No. 403. Agricultural. Grow Rape for Profit. a Farmer's Results

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 3

Amongst, those who have proved the value or rape as a feature or the wheat and sheep farm and who have esteemed the results so good as to justify them in…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Saturday, Jan. 25th, 1919. Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

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

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Poultry Laying Out a Poultry Farm. Some Governing Factors

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 3

At a time when, many poultry farmers are contemplating the extension of their operations or removal to new and larger properties, some remarks by…

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Dairying. When Heifers Should Freshmen. Profit by Experiments

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 3

The age at which heifers should freshen is a fertile subject of discussion among dairy farmers and studmasters, there being advocates of early breeding…

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Seed Wheat Purchases

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture is still prepared to receive samples of the following varieties of seed wheat for purchase it connection with the…

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