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

Farming & the land, 1920

1,581 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 75 of 80

Cropped for 24 Years

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 December 1920 · page 4

Mr. Jacob Haub has a block of 100 acres on his property at Hiawatha which he has cropped for 24 years out of 28. This year 50 acres…

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Heavy Storm Crops Damaged

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 December 1920 · page 4

A heavy wind sprang up ou Sunday morning and shortly afterwards heavy rain commenced to fall and continued for the major portion of…

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Orange Cattle Sale

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 4

The attention of cattle men is drawn to the advertisement in this issue referring to the sale by auction of one thousand head of station bred…

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Prolifio Wheat Yield

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 2

Mr. T. Healy, of " Neila Park," Morongla Creek, informs us that he started stripping a paddock of wheat on his property towards the end of…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the persona­­­l supervisor of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiences of the Department. No. 500…

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Pastoral for the Lamb Market. Department of Agriculture's Experiments to Determine Most Suitable Cross

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 2

Which is the most desirable cross for the lamb market? Experiments inaugurated by the Department of Agriculture to determine the correct answer to this…

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Silage Means Security. What a Coastal Farmer Did

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 2

"The best I have ever seen," commented a North Coast farmer, while examining a silage stack constructed on the lines set down in one of the free…

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Dairying. Indigestion in Calves. Points to Observe in Feeding

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 2

Owing to the artificial manner in which most calves in dairying districts are reared (writes a veterinary officer of the Stock Branch of the Department of…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Wednesday, Dec. 8th, 1920 Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 2

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

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Farmers & Settlers' Assn. Monthly Meeting of Cowra Branch

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 2

The above on Saturday afternoon was fairly well attended, Mr. L. McInnes (President) being in the chair…

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Heavy Wheat Yields

Western Champion · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 15

The Inverell district is on the verge of a record Harvest, which promises to return over half a million bushels of wheat. If the neighbouring wheat…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd. report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 2

FARMERS & GRAZIERS CO-OP. CO reports that at latest pales Sheep were dearer by 6d to 1/-, and cattle advanced 15/- to 30/-. Tallow declined £6 per under date 1st, December, 1920.—At our final sale of the year this week we found irregularity and unsatisfactory bidding for average quality wool even…

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3836 Merino Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 6

Attention is drawn to the advertisement in to-day's "Advocate" of an absolute, unreserved sheep sale to be held at Bathurst on Tuesday…

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Hospital Wheat

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 5

Early this year, on the occasion of the Hospital Day celebration, a number of farmers promised donations of wheat towards the fund. In all 160…

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Wheat Crop Question's in the House

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 9

In the Assembly on Tuesday night Mr. Oakes wanted to know if the Wheat Board had decided whether, one firm was to be given the stevedor…

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Payment of Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 6

Mr E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., forwards the following letter received from the Minister for Agriculture: — With reference to your…

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Storage of Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 2

Mr. Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Agrculture in the Assembly whether his attention had been drawn to a report in the newspapers that a…

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The Wool Market

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 4

Messrs. Sehute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 1st December:- At our final sale of the year this week we found irregularity and…

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Local Flour Mill. Closing Down Not Sufficient Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 4

We learn that Messrs Crago & Sons have given their stalf a week's notice as they, have only a sufficient supply, of wheat to continue gristing till to…

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Good Potato Crop

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 6

Mr. W. B. Pratley, of Forbes, has Lliis season harvested a prolific crop of early rose potatoes. Some of the stalks gave returns of 30 to 34 tubers,…

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