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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 21 of 67

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experiences of the Department. LIVE STOCK…

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Experiment Farm Notes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 3

The dry pickling of wheat has come to stay on all the government experiment farms, and already a large number of farmers in…

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Dairying. for Cleaning Milking Machines. Heat the Best Sterilising Agent

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 2

Experiments carried out by the United States Department of Agriculture have shown heat to be the safest and simplest means of sterilising…

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Sheep on the Wheat Farm. Fodder Crops essential, for the Best Results

Western Champion · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 8

As frequently pointed out in these notes, sheep should be regarded as an indispensable feature of the wheat farm. In this relation the production…

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Oversea Wheat Position. Lindley Walker Co Op. Wheat Co. Ltd., Special Wheat Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 2

OUR oversea cable to-day reads as follows:—"Large supplies and favourable crops have eased prices, but importers baying well and likely to…

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Grenfell Sheep. Ingrey Bros. Good Win at Bathurst

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 2

WITH the object of keeping up the reputation of the Grenfell district, and to advertise their stud, Messrs. Ingrey Bros. took…

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Sheep on Wheat Farm An Indispensable Factor

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 4

Sheep most be regarded as an indispensable factor on the wheat farm. They are valuable as part of the working plant of the farm for…

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Wool Reports

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report under date 1st May, 1924: There is little to report of Interest…

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Plain Pars Lyndhurst Cattle

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 1

Cattle yardings at Homebush last Monday totalled 3300 head. Prices for prime sorts were on late levels, but values for other clashes were lower…

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Donations of Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 4

The local branch acknowledges with thanks the following donations of wheat:—W. F. Flohr, 6 bags; Mrs A. R. McDonell, S. R. Marshman,…

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Wheat Missing Stolen from Stack

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 9

Barmedman.—When the wheat stack of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Company at Wargin Siding was opened it was…

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Foot-rot in Sheep a Useful Pamphlet for Pastoralists

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 8

Foot rot in sheep is a disease to the development and spread of which rains and moisture are most conducive, and there is always a…

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Wheat Diseases Value of Research. Another Bushel Yield

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 6

In the course of a lecture at the Sydney Showground, Dr. Darnell-Smith Government Biologist, traced the life history of the fungi causing…

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FARMERS & Settlers Association Clear Ridge Branch

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 11

A meeting of the above was held on the 17th inst. Present: Mr. A. M. MeLeod (chairman), Messrs J. Pellow, P. Pilon, J. Davis, J. Pratt, D…

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Quandialla the Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 5

The weather continues dry, but the majority of the farmers are sowing seed as quickly as possible. They are anxiously waiting the rain that…

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A Profitable Crop

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 1

A Queensland farmer has had a return of 3000 bags of peanuts from. 120 acres, which at the rate of £45 per ton is worth £6000. This represents…

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FARMERS & Settlers' Association Wyalong District Branch

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held on Thursday afternoon, the chair being occupied by the President, Mr WH. Marshman…

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Protection for the Farmer

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 1

Australians as a whole are staunch supporters of a Protectionist policy but the average farmer usually inclines to Free Trade, or is at least…

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Farmers' Meetings

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

Mr. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. S. R. Armstrong, official organiser of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, will address a…

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The Battle of the Silos Noonbinna Wins Again, on the Casting Vote of the President. Some Plain Talkat F.s.a. Meeting. Mr. H. S. Henley Questions President W. A. O’neil’s Ruling. Where Is the Greater Quantity of Wheat to Be Grown?

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 3

The above almost now thread-bare subject was once again discussed at Saturday’s meeting of the F.S.A., when after a lengthy and at times…

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