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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 58 of 65

Progressive Parkes Farmers Growing Crop Competition. Canberra Carries Off the Prize. [By Our Special Representative]

Western Champion · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 6

When the burning harvest sun sinks low, And shadows stretch on the plain, The roaring strippers come and go Like ships on a sea of grain,…

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Bogan Gate's Big Crops. Results of the Competition. MR. W. Scott Tops the Poll. [By Our Special Representative]

Western Champion · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 2

Furrow by furrow and fold by fold, The soil is turned on the plain; Better than silver and better than gold…

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Farm Silos

Western Champion · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 11

Last week Mr. W. T. Perkins, of Parkes, completed the erection of a galvanised iron silo for Mr. E. J. Johnson, on his farm at "Iona,"…

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Watering of Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 7

Watering, at all times and seasons, is best carried out by troughs. Even in the western districts, it is often possible to sink wells and raise the…

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Hoppers Brewongle Visitation Wheat Crops Stripped

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 3

Grasshoppers, millions of the obnoxious pest, a slightering, sliding solids phalanx of black creatures imposing ther presence to…

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Wheat Output Cargelligo District Champion Crop Quest

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 10

The wheat prospect in the southwest is variable, ranging from indifferent to excellent. While there has been nothing in the way of a drought…

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Wool by Road

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 7

The Railway Department is losing much freight this year because of the wool carried by motor lorries, which are daily to be seen on the…

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Wool Stealing Charge

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 7

At the Deniliquin Police Court, John Carter and James Jeal, two Bendigo residents, were charged with having stolen 17 bales of wool, valued…

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Here and There District Sheep

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 6

Offerings in the sheep and lamb section at Homebush last. Monday totalled 35,000 head. Rates at opening sales showed a slight advance, but…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing a Weak Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 6

Louis Cecil Knight pleaded not guilty to stealing one cow and one steer, the property of B. J. Wallace, at Parkes in May, 1924…

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Tapeworms in Sheep Symptoms and Treatment

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 12

The tapeworm most commonly found infesting sheep in this country is Moniezia expansa. This worm lives in the small intestine, and attains…

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Yesterday's Wool Sales Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 10

At the closing of the wool sales yesterday greasy merino made to 29d…

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The First Load Of New Season's Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 4

The first load of wheat for the season was delivered on Tuesday last to Messrs F. Crago and Son's Flour Mill, from Mr. G. Norris, Blow Clear. The…

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Crossing of Wheat How the Operation is Performed

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

The crossing of wheat is looked upon by many as a mysterious perFormance, requiring considerable skill and experience. As a matter of fact…

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29d a Pound Yesterday's Wool Sales (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 1

At the closing of the wool auction sales yesterday, greasy merino made to 29d…

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Parkes Quarter Sessions Tichborne Wheat Conspiracy Case A Severe Sentence Judge Armstrong's Serious View of Case

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 6

The second court of Quarter Sessions opened on Tuesday before his Honor Judge Armstrong, Mr. Andrew Stewart (Deputy Sheriff) occupying…

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Advantages Ot Silage On the Western Farm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 11

The making of silage can be lilted into the operations on a wheat farm without interfering unduly with the production of hay or grain…

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Crop Burnt

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 10

About 4.30 yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a crop of oats on Mr. W. Ash's property at Grawiin. The crop consisted of 98 acres, and it was…

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Wail of an Out-of-date Farmer

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 3

Under its spreading bankruptcy, The farmers homestead stands; Its lord a mournful man is he, As he ploughs his mortaged lands;…

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Inoculation of Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 2

At a meeting of the New South Wales State Meat Advisary Board on the 23rd inst:, intimation was received of the gazettal of Mr. Donald…

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