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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 13 of 65

Sheep at Homebush

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

Supplies in the sheep and lamb section at Homebush last Thursday totalled 18,000 head. Rates generally were on a lower basis. On the hoof…

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Wool Prospects Future Demand

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. write: Wool trade thought is centred on the values likely to be experienced when auctions reopen in March. Of late a…

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When Auctions Reopen Wool Prospects

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

Wichcon be Carson, Ltd. report: Wool trade thought is centred on the values likely to be experienced when auctions reopen in March. Of late a…

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Seed Wheat Use of Damaged Grain

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

Information received by the Department of Agriculture indicates that in a number of cases farmers who have harvested weather damaged,…

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Overseas Wheat Markets. Slightly Better. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

The overseas and Continental wheat markets are quiet, but steady. Locally the values are slightly higher, buyers offering 62 at country…

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Want More Silos Farmers and Costs

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

The executive council meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association had before it the matter of the local agitation tor the erection of wheat…

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The Farmer Feeds Them All

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

The politician talks and talks, The actor plays his part, The soldier glitters on parade, The goldsmith plies his art,…

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Pastoral. Worms in Sheep. Importance of Early Drenchings

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

In a wet season some mortality among sheep from worm infestation may always be expected unless sheep-owners take proper precautions. It is in the…

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Wool Reports

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 8

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd. report: Since our last report, the trade has been kept busy clearing up…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

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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Experimental Farm

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

Recommendations of the Department of Agriculture for successful wheat growing in the Condobolin district…

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A Farmer's Fallacy

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

There is a fallacy, almost never challenged, says Garet Garrett in the Saturday Evening Post, that whatever the farmer grows, wherever he grows it he…

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Turnips on the Tablelands. Their Value as a Catch Crop

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

The cheapness of the seed, and the ease with which a crop of swedes can be grown in the tableland areas, offer considerable inducements to those engaged…

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Record Sales. 24,000 Sheep—2000 Cattle

Western Champion · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 17

One of the busiest Tuesdays in the history of Orange was seen this week (says the "Advocate"), the outstanding attraction being the…

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Wool Report

Western Champion · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 5

The New ealand Loan and Mercantile Agency co., Ltd., report under date, 25th February:—Since our last report, the trade has been kept busy…

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Wheat Experiments. Eugowra Variety Trials

Western Champion · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 17

The results of a variety trial with wheat, conducted on the property of Major T. H. Walker, "Yamboola," Eugowra, in co-operation with the…

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Farmers Problems F. AND S. EXECUTIVE

Western Champion · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 8

At a well-attended meeting of the executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, several important matters affecting primary…

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The Tariff. Duty on Farming Implements

Western Champion · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

The Ta[?] Board last Thursday spent the [?] of the day in [?] with applications regarding the [?] on agricultural [?], and…

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Cereal Experiments. Temora Experiment Farm

Western Champion · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 7

An extensive series of variety, fertiliser, and other experiments with wheat and other cereals was conducted at the Temora Experiment Farm…

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Goulburn Sheep Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

O. H. Furner and Co. report a successful sale of rams and sheep at Goulburn on Thursday, 19th February. There were forward…

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