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

Farming & the land, 1925

1,292 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 65

Homebush Stock Sales Buoyant Market for Cattle (By Wire) Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

At Homebush, 6400 sheep were forward. The general quality was fair, but buying power was much smaller than…

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Rupanyup Crop Competition

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

In forwarding a report of the Rupanyup crop competition, Mr. D. N. Johns writes:- "This is especially interesting to us,…

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Successful Sheep Sale

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

Messrs. McNeilly, Crampton and Marton, Ltd. report having held their fourth special sheep sale on Tuesday week., when the complete yarding…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 7

These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. AGRICULTURAL…

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Drying Crops

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 3

Mrs. Owen, the wife of the Director of the Institute of Agricultural Research at Oxford University, has founds out a way of making the farmer…

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Dairying. Silage on the Coast. An Improved Type of Stack

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 7

Of the three distinct methods of conserving green fodder in the form of silage, that of stacking in the open is generally regarded as the most…

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Pastoral. Worms in Sheep. Importance of Early Drenchings

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 18

In a wet season some mortality among sheep from worm infestation may always be expected unless sheep-owners take proper…

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Damaged Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 13

The Voluntary Wheat Pool received very scant response from farmers to its invitation to forward particulars of the quantities of under-quality…

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Wool Report

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 16

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd. report under date, 21st February, 1925:—During the present week the…

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Wool Report

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 23

The New "Zealand Loan and Mereantile Agency Company, Ltd., report under date 19th February.—The selection which was submitted by…

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Wheat Testing. New Miniature Mill

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 7

An interesting ceremony was held yesterday afternoon (says Friday's "Herald") in the office of the chief chemist to the Department of…

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Special Sheep Sale. 61,970 Sold by Public Auction

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 22

Messrs. McNeilly, Crampton & Martin, Ltd., Orange, report having held their fourth special sheep sale on Tuesday last when the complete…

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The Wheat Pool. (To the Editor "Western Champion.")

Western Champion · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 17

Sir,—In your issue of 19/2/25 I notice some comments on "Farmers re the wheat pool" by "Phil Harum." According to him if the pool fails…

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Pastoral Worms in Sheep. Importance of Early Drenchings

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 7

In a wet season some mortality among sheep from worm infestation may always be expected unless sheepowners take proper precautions. It…

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Local Sheep. Losses

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 10

Drovers and others in charge of sheep should be warned against the danger of the "blue couch grass" which is in evidence about the Gum…

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Seasonal Work on the Wheat Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

The harvest of 1924-25 will, when final figures are collected, probably establish a record per acre yield for the southern districts of N.S.W. The…

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Wheat Market Quieter in London (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

Private advices in Sydney state that the London wheat market is quieter, but steady. Local buyers are offering 6/ to 7/…

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Agricultural Superphosphte for Wheat. Increased Use in the Central West

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 7

Interesting comments on the changing attitude of wheat-growers to manure are made by the senior agricultural instructor in the central…

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Farmers & Settlers Wyalong District Branch

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 5

A meeting of members of the above was held at the M.U. Hall on Saturday afternoon. The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. W. H…

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Gunningbland Preparing for Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

Farmers are busy cleaning their fallow and breaking up new ground in preparation for sowing. The area to be put under crop this year…

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