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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 38 of 65

To Fail at Dairying. Practices That Help

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 August 1925 · page 6

There are a number of practices that tend to failure at dairying. Following, translated from an American paper, are a few:--…

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Dairying. the Milking Herd. Some Points In Its Care

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 August 1925 · page 6

Among the important points in the care of a dairy herd is the necessity for keeping the milkers away from weeds. Ordinary food-flavours from such…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. 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 for Dry Districts. The Value of Sudan Grass

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 August 1925 · page 6

Sudan grass is adapted to any part of New South Wales except localities with an elevation of over 2,500 feet; while it does best under irrigation and on the…

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The Wheat Problem. to Pool or Not to Pool

Western Champion · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 14

At the annual conference of the F. and S. Association in Sydney, Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., chairman of the Voluntary Wheat Pool, said…

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Dairying. the Milking Herd. Some Points in its Care

Western Champion · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 4

Among the important points in the care of a dairy herd is the necessity for keeping the milkers away from weeds. Ordinary food-flavours…

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To Fall at Dairying

Western Champion · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 4

Practices that Help. There are a number of practices that tend to failure at dairying. Following, translated from an…

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Of Interest to Farmers

Western Champion · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 13

Country visitors to the Parkes Show will do well to inspect the exhibit of Mr. W. T. Perkins, the local agent for Knight Light Gas Systems,…

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Crop Rotation Its Application to the Wheat Farm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 11

How rotation may simplify certain problems confronting the wheat-grower was discussed in these notes recently. Let us now consider what…

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Cattle Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 14

Cattle are selling well again. Messrs. Wheatley and Hill and P. J. Shine report a very successful sale on Saturday last, although there was not…

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Homebush Sheep Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 7

Offerings in the sheep section at Homebush last Monday totalled 14,000 head. Competition at times displayed irregularity, though values were not…

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Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report under date, 10th August, as follows: — For our sale to-day we brought…

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Current Topics Sheep Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 12

Comeback and crossbred wools sold at firm figures at last Monday's Sydney auctions. Mr. H. H. Constable, Bedgerabong, secured 18¼d. for…

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Late Wheat Delivery

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 14

1500 bags of wheat were trucked on Tuesday and Wednesday, a very late delivery indeed. Most of the wheat was sold by Mr. L. Mallick to Mr. J…

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Wool From Lyndhurst

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 9

Local offerings at last Monday’s Sydney wool auctions included fleece from Chas. K. Kinghorne, Goonumburrah, Lyndhurst, which made 26½d…

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Wool Scheme Approved

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 9

The Farmers and Settlers conference on Monday, was asked by Mr. W. W. Killen, M.P., to declare in favor of a wool stabilisation scheme,…

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Pooled Wheat Scheme Not a Failure. Says 2,000 Farmers Repudiated Their Signatures

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 9

Mr. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., in a speech at the F.S.A. Conference in Sydney, remarked : “I do not say the voluntary wheat…

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Strong Wool Market Prices Well Maintained

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Competition showed excellent strength at our Sydney wool sale last Monday. French demand was…

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Reported Coal Crop at Koorawatha Reported Coal Crop at Koorawatha. Discovery of Big Importance

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 5

A DISCOVERY of the utmost importance to this district has been made, and if the hopes of the finder End expert opinion…

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Local Farmers Knocked Down by Tram in Sydney. Morongla Delegates to F. and S. Conference

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 5

Two delegates to the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association Conference in Sydney were run down and injured by a tram…

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Wyalong Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

Full late figures were secured for prime wethers at the Homebush auctions last Thursday, but prices for other classes of sheep and all lambs…

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