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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 23 of 67

Dispersal Sale at North Bangaroo Stud Farm

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 5

Upon reference to our advt columns full particulars of the above sale, which takes place on Wednesday next, will be found. Messrs, T. G…

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Wool Position Values Lower

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Sydney, write:-- From the London and Brisbane sales it would appear that the…

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A Letter From Faith Farm Country Storekeeper's Vision of the Near Future

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 8

The following appeared in the April issue of "The Storekeeper": Apparently Mr. A. Josephs, manager at West Wyalong for Mr. James…

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Sad Fatality. Near Hovell’s Creek Well Known Farmer and Grazier Killed

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 4

We regret to record to death of Mr. David Grimson, of “Sunny Side,” near Frogmore, when sad event took place on Monday of last week, as the result…

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Pastoral. De-tailing of Lambs. The Correct Methods

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 2

There are two methods of de-tailing. (1) by use of the knife and (2) by the searing iron. The principal claim for the later method is that searing seals…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land These Notes ere issued every week under the personal supervisions of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based largely on the experiences of the Department. Dairying. for Success with Silage. The Importance of Careful Filling and Packing

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 7

The methods adopted by farmers in the Tilba district in relation to ensilage have already been mentioned in these notes, for in this portion of…

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Protection for the Farmer

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 9

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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Dairying. Concrete Dairies. Advantages of the Slab Type

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 2

Almost ninety-nine out of every hundred of the dairies in this State are built of wood with a galvanised-iron roof, the floors being, of course, in all…

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Agricultural. the Farm Garden. How to Make a Hotbed

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 2

The first requisite for the making of a hotbed is a quantity of stable manure. Shake this out loosely--rejecting about are apt to create an unmanageable heat…

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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 experiences of the Department. Live Stock. Economic Feeding of Stock. The Question of Digestibility

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 2

Some of the general principles of the economic feeding of farm stock were discussed in these notes last week, it being pointed out that there were…

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Tichbourne Agricultural Bureau. Hand Feeding Sheep

Western Champion · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 19

At the last meeting of the Tichbeurno branch of the Agricultural Bureau Mr. David Kelly gave an interesting address on the hand-feeding…

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Farmers' Profits. They Can Be Bettered

Western Champion · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 6

Though a much better system of working our cultivations is now in vogue, there is still a little, just the little that counts, which wheat…

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Fallow and Crop Competition

Western Champion · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 13

The Parkes P. and A. Association will conduct the usual crop competition this season, but next year there will be a combined fallow and…

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Cotton Crops and Frost

Western Champion · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 13

Elsewhere in this issue reference made to the effect of the April [?]osts upon the different cotton plots in the district, especially to the…

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Cotton Crops. Australia's Future

Western Champion · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 15

Speaking on the cotton industry as affecting Australia, Mr. A. P. Goode, in the course of a lecture delivered during the recent Royal Show, said…

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Commercial Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report under date May 8th: Owing to the comparatively small…

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Current Topics Address on Sheep Dipping

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 6

The Agricultural Bureau will meet at Tichbourne on Wednesday next, when Mr. W. G. Dowling, Forbes stock inspector. Will deliver an address on…

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Winners in Wheat At the Sydney Show MESSRS D. AND A. Gagie Complimented

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council, Cr. Penfold said he noticed that Messrs. D. and J. Gagie of West Wyalong, had secured five…

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Garema Weather, Crops. Etc

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 7

The spell of dry weather was broken at last on Wednesday, when some heavy showers fell, 40 odd points being registered. Some of the…

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Farmers Are You “Trying.” (By W. T. Nixon)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 2

It is now common knowledge that Mr. R. H. Thackeray’s wheat experiment plots on Woornack, Young, yielded the highest average for all…

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