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

Farming & the land, 1924

1,338 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 67

Aiding Farmers

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

The Rural Industries Board has arranged to send out local officers immediately to assist in the making out of farmers’ applications for assistance…

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Sheep Dipping Farmers Co -Operate Forbes Leads the Way

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

A co -operative sheep dip, recently put down in the Forbes district, has proved quite a success from every point of view. As this was believed…

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Worlds Wheat Situation

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

The Lindley Walker Co-op. Wheat Company write under dateJanuary 3rd:- Our London cable this week…

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Good News for Farmers Wheat Rises 6d. Bushel in London

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

We received the following wire from the Lindley Walker Co-operative Grain: Co on Monday afternoon:—…

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Prospects for Wool. Market Strength

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. write: Though the current selling season commenced with wool values on high levels, in some quarters…

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The Markets Prospects for Wool Market Strength

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report un-date 3/1/24 :— Though the current selling season commenced with wool values on high…

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Jemalong Shire Council Bedgerabong Sheep Dip. Noxious Weeds Inspector Appointed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council was held on Saturday last. Present: Councillors J. H. Noakes (president), J. J. Sweeney,…

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Crop Fire at Calleen

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

Owing to a bearing in the machine running hot, a fire started in the crop of Mr Frank Lange, at Calleen last week. A number of…

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Dropped Dead Farm Laborer's End at Ooma

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

When George Duckworth, a farm laborer in the employ of Mr. W J White, was driving a team with a load of wheat on the latter 's…

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Another Tax on Farmers

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

Recently a charge of 3d per ton has been imposed on all produce weighed at railway weigh bridges. This means that on every 12 bags of wheat 3d…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report :--2nd January, 1924 The, past week has witnessed no…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Rates for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week under the personal super[?]es of the Minister of Agricultural, and are based on the experia[?] of the Department. AGRICULTURAL…

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Wool Sales

Western Champion · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 13

Winchcombe Carson and Co. Ltd. wired us on Wednesday as follows:—We sold 8900 bales of wool at our Sydney sale to-day, competition was…

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Take-All in Wheat. Forbes Farmer's Experience

Western Champion · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 14

"In view of the prevalence of takeall and foot-rot in many of the wheat crops this season," says an article in the "Primary Producers' News," "the…

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Wool From Parkes

Western Champion · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 13

Local clips commanded excellent competition at last Tuesday's Sydney sales. Lee and Lee, Parkes, obtained 31½d for merino and 30¼d for…

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Wheat Experiments. in Drier Areas

Western Champion · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 18

Reporting on wheat experiment plots in the drier areas, Mr. L. S. Harrison, the Agricultural Department's senior instructor in the…

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Cotton Culture. a Fine Healthy Crop

Western Champion · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 11

While the majority of the experimental cotton plots sown by district farmers were seriously affected by the caterpillar and cutworm pests,…

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Superphosphate. Made on the Farm

Western Champion · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 8

In last week's series of notes published by the Department of Agriculture, interesting and valuable directions are given for making that useful…

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New Wheat

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 6

Following the announcement of the Wheatgrowers’ Corperation that the pool price had been fixed at 4/7 a bushel the Victorian Millowners’…

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A Sheep Deal Government Profit

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 7

All Government deals, even In livestock, are not losing transactions. The story of the purchase of a line of merino ewes for North Bangaroo…

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