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

Farming & the land, 1923

1,294 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 59 of 65

Wheat Silos for Cowra

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

The members of the Cowra branch of the F.S.A. are not going to labor under the disability of being without wheat silos while their fellow…

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The Local Wool Shortage a Strong Market Factor

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— In alloting credit to the causes responsible for current buoyant wool values one decided reason is apt to…

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W.W. Maternity Ward. Wheat Fund (To the Editor "Advocate.")

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 1

Sir;—Will you kindly permit us, through the medium of your paper, to make am appeal to the farmers, of the district for donations…

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Good Average Crops

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 4

Mr W. E. Wells, junr., has about 500 aers on "Rocky Glen," West Wyalong, which will average between five and six bags. Mr. Roy…

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Trundle Farmers Complain

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

The following resolution was carried at the branch meeting of the Trundle Farmers and Settlers' Association on Saturday last. -- "That…

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Farms for the Asking 419 Available. Latest Gazettals

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 3

Within the past week the Department of Lands, under the Government’s land settlemen policy, has made 419 farms available for…

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Murrumburrah Crop Competitions

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 1

Mr. W. D. Kerle, Senior Agricultural Inspector, Mudgee, judged the crops competing in the Murrumburrah P., A. and I. Association Wheat…

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Farm Exhibits for Cowra Show

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

The President of the Cowra branch of the F.S.A. at last meeting, asked all members to keep portion of the [?]est of their crops for exhibition at…

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Pastoral. Fodder for Sheep

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 2

During his visit to this country recently, a prominent American agricultural authority remarked on the universal reliance on natural pastures for…

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Wheat Crop Burnt

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 4

Bob McConnell, known to be one of the hardest working men in the district, had the, misfortune to ave the whole of is fine wheat crop…

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Wool

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 10

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report.:- The results of the past,week's sales? have been altogether satisfactory, and…

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Pink Eye in Sheep

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 7

District sheep owners (says the Orange "Leader") are up against it through the disease known as pinkeye invading their flocks. All over…

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Security in Dairy-farming

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 2

The first factor in security for the stockowner is obviously a reliable supply of feed, and as a means to this end there is none so cheap and simple…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experience of the Department. Agricultural. the Cotton Crop. Department Invites Co-operation in a "Disease Survey."

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 2

In recognition of the increasing importance of the cotton crop in local agriculture there appears in the November Agricultural Gazelle the first of two…

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The Farm Vegetable Patch. An Insect Pest of Tomatoes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 2

A pest which the vegetable grower should keep a sharp lookout for at this time of the year is the buff-coloured tomato weevil. This insect belongs to…

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Dairying. When Pasture Is Short. Treatment of Dry Food for Dairy Stock

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 2

During the height of the 1914 Riverina drought, when every vestige of pasture had disappeared and foodstuffs were at a prohibitive price, a large herd…

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Wheat and Weight

Western Champion · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 15

During the week Mr. Richard Job, of "St. Elmo," has delivered a couple of hundred bags of Yandilla King wheat at the Western Queen Mills,…

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Loading Bagged Wheat into Bulk Trucks From Sidings and Stations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 4

THE Railway Department informs us that there will be a very large number of bulk trucks available in December, and as there will be no wheat sent from the…

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Wheat Pools

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 15

Mr. Flannery: Can the Minister for Agriculture give the approximate date when the early wheat pools will be finalised,…

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Touching on Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 4

Wheat is just beginning to trickle into the adjacent sidings and many and various and conflicting are the…

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