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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 63 of 67

Grenfell Crop Competitions

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 2

The result of the Grenfell Show Society’s growing crop competition has just been announced as follows: Henry Gray, Greenthorpe (College…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 6

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…

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Wool Reports Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 7

Buyers purchased with decided vigor throughout our Sydney wool auction last Tuesday. America and France competed freely for all the…

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Sydney Wool Sales Spirited Market Firm Values

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 7

The Secretary Farmers & Glaziers Co-op. Co. writes:-- At our sale on the 18th inst, we offered an average catalogue from…

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Dairying Tuberculosis. Symptoms and Means of Prevention

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 6

Although there are certain conditions which can be readily confused with tuberculosis, still the following symptoms, if noted, must always be regarded…

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Pastoral. the Sheep "Tick" Points In Its Control

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 2

The sheep louse-fly or sheep "tick" —it is not a true tick in the zoological sense—may be found on sheep at all times of the year. They are…

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Bogan Gate Wheat. Unfounded Alarm

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 8

Speaking generally, writes Instructor G. C. Bartlett, reporting to the Chief Inspector of Agriculture, on the condition, of crops in the Bogan Gate…

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Wheat Breeding Mr. Plowman's Plots. I

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 17

Mr. H. Bartlett, senior agricultural instructor, inspected the breeding and stud seed plots carried out by Mr. S. J. Plowman, at "Emu Vale,"…

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Wheat Championship Peak Hill First, Parkes Second

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 15

Mr. H. C. Stenning, who carried out the judging for the champion wheat crop in the Middle West (for the prizes offered by the Royal…

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Wheat News Big Returns and Good Samples

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 16

The big rush of wheat to the Parkes silos has not yet set in, farmers contenting themselves with getting as much as possible harvested while…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Spirited Market. Firm Values

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 21

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:—At our sale on the 18th inst. we offered an average catalog ue from the…

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Optimism Pays. Parkes Wheat to Be a "World Beater."

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 11

Progressive and prosperous Parkes —the district of opportunities. The town and district do mote than make ordinary progress. They are…

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Crop Reports. Western District—parkes Centre

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 6

In his monthly crop report, covering November, Mr. H. Bartlett, senior agricultural instructor, writes:—Conditions auring the past month…

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Coradgery Crop Competition Bureau President Wins

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 22

In our last issue we gave the aggregate points for the eleven crops which had been entered in the crop competition initiated by the…

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Girral Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 9

Competition was buoyant at the Homebush sheep and lamb auctions last Monday. Only 12,000 head were forward. A rise of 1/ was noticeable…

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Wool Market Brokers' Reports Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery write:-- This week's sales were in every sense highly satisfactory. All sections of the trade were…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane office: “Selection opening Brisbane wool sales medium to good…

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The Sheep "Tick" Points In Its Control

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 12

The sheep louse-fly or sheep "tick" —it is not a true tick in the zoological sense—may be found on sheep at all times of the year. They are well…

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Wool Trade Results Market Strength

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:, It is difficult to compare prices for greasy wool from year to year. The condition of the pastures is such an…

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Oats and Sheep As a Money-making Proposition

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 13

The advantages of oats as food for stock were the subject of some remarks by one of the plant breeders of the Department in these notes…

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