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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 34 of 65

Compulsory Wheat Pool May be Formed by State Govt. (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 1

It is quite possible that the Lang Government will form a compulsory pool for the coming wheat harvest, with a board of control representing…

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Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 4

Coldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd. report under date July 16th as follows : Auction sales were resumed in Melbourne on Monday, when under the…

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Good News for Farmers More Wheat Silos

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 3

Mr. W. F. Dunn (Minister for Agriculture), has stated that the Government approved of the following programme for the exension of silo…

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Local Sheep and Lambs

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 4

[?] in the sheep and lamb section at Homebush last Thursday totalled 18,000 head. Prime drafts made full late figures, but at times a little…

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Mudgee Rejects Wool Scheme

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 3

A meeting of Mudgee district woolgrowers unanimously rejected the wool scheme of Sir John Higgins: through expressing appreciation of…

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"CANBEWGA" Mr. J. Cattle's Fine Home

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

The commodious brick residence which Mr. John Cattle has had erected at West Wyalong, is one of the finest buildings of the kind to be found in…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

Mr. Dunn Minister for Agriculture, told the Farmers' Conference at Hawkesbury yesterday that he had made no decision regarding a…

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Young Refuse Higgins Wool Scheme

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 3

The proposed scheme outlined by Sir John Higgins, K.C.M.G., to a conference of wool-growers held in Melbourne on June 23 was submitted…

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Butter Up Eggs Down (By Wire) Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 1

Butter was a half-penny a pound dearer to-day, but eggs dropped 3d a dozen…

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Field Wheat Competitions “Bigger Yields and Better Quality.”

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 4

It was my pleasure a few weeks ago to preside over a conference of judges of the field wheat competitions, and I was struck with the keen enthusiasm…

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Homebush Stock Sales Sheep Market Good (By Wire) Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 1

At Homebush to-day 15,000 sheep were penned. There was a good attendance of buyers…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Best Merino, Up. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

The wool sales were resumed yesterday. The market for stylish merino fine wools was 5 to 7½ per cent, above the closing rates of fist April…

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Big Meeting of Sheep Men Sir John Higgins’ Proposals Indorsed. Unanimously by the Owners of 68,000 Sheep. Growers Out for Self Protection

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 3

THE question for woolgrowers to decide is whether they will combine to protect their interests, of continue to be a disorganised mass, to be exploited by those who naturally are out to get wool as cheap as they can. Other sections from whom the…

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Tichborne Agricultural Bureau Chosen Wheat Varieties. Silos Wanted at Siding

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 1

The regular monthly meeting of Tichborne branch was held at the school on Tuesday last. The president, Mr. W. W. Watson,…

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Wool Reports

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 8

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. report:-- With the commencement of public auction sales both in Melbourne and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 July 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. PASTORAL…

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How Much Butter-fat? The Question of Quantity and "Test."

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 6

Supplying a dairy factory often tends to emphasise in the minds of dairy-farmers the percentage of butter-fat in the milk (commonly called the "test")…

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Dairying. Pasteurisation of Milk. The Processes Involved

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 6

So much has been said about the pasteurisation of milk that the subject would seem to be well nigh exhausted, yet every now and then (writes G. L. A…

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Miscellaneous. Useful on the Farm. Some Formulae for Whitewash

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 6

Lime or whiting (which is carbonate of lime) is the basis of the more common mixtures for whitewashing walls and ceilings of farm buildings…

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Wool Market

Western Champion · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 11

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. wired on Monday as follows:—Continental competition was keen at the Sydney wool sales to-day. France…

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