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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 7 of 65

Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report under date 29/1/25:— Competition at our sale on…

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The Wheat Position

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

The New South Wales Voluntary Wheat Pool Committee, Ltd., has received cable advice from its London office:—…

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New Wheat Variety

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

A sample of wheat grown for the first time in Australia was brought into Abel Wilkins and Co’s. office, Wellington, by Mr. L. Askom, of…

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Current Topics. the Cricketers' Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

The prize in connection with the guessing of the weight of the sheep at the cricket continental was won by Shirley Flannery (66½lb.). There…

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Wheat 8- Per Bushel

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

The final estimate of the wheat harvest is about 65,000,000 bushels Wheat is now selling at 64 and 65 at country stations, and it is…

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Grains As Food for Farm Animals Wheat, Barley, Oats and Maize

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

Wheat is not regarded as a suitable food for horses, and is not widely used in this country. If eaten by horses unaccustomed to it, it is liable…

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The Wool Position Healthy Outlook

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 6
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Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: —Both in Australia and London a strengthening in demand for all good wools has recently been noticeable…

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Markets the Wool Position. Healthy Outlook

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

Winchcombe Garson Ltd, report under date 2971/25;— Both in Australia and [?] strengthening in d[?]…

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Soil Analysis and Cropping Practice

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

A chemical examination of the soil reveals little evidence as to the proper fertiliser or cropping system to be followed to secure maximum…

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Sheep & Cattle yards for ivanhoe

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 7

Mr D. J. Doe, M L A, is in receipt of the following communication from the Secretary of the N.S.W Railways and Tramways : -- With reference to…

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Feed and Butter-fat Tests

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

Many farmers have endeavoured, without or with little success, to raise the butter-fat test by use of certain kinds of feed writes W. N. Paton, in…

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Live Stock. Grains As Food for Farm Animals. Wheat, Barley, Oats, and Maize

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

Wheat is not regarded as a suitable food for horses, and is not widely used in this country. If eaten by horses unaccustomed to it. it is liable to cause…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 February 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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Poultry. System in Poultry-farming. Essential for Its Profitable Pursuit

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

At the commencement of another year (writes the Poultry Expert of the Department of Agriculture) it would be well for every poultry-farmer to…

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Dairying. Milk Veins and Production

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

The so-called milk veins which extend forward from the udder on the abdomen of the cow are not milk veins at all, but blood veins. This fact does…

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Cattle Prices Hold

Western Champion · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

There was a good yarding of bul[?]ocks and steers and occasionally yards of prime cows in the cattle section. Market opened to brisk…

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Wool Report

Western Champion · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 29

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. report under date, 29th January:—Competition at our sale on Wednesday…

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A Record Wheat Load

Western Champion · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 15

Yesterday Mr. L. A. Symonds, of Coobang, delivered a record load of wheat to Messrs. McGee and Co's. Western Queen flour mill. It…

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Next Year's Wheat. Short Season Fallow

Western Champion · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 4

The favorable prices ruling for wheat this season will undoubtedly lead (writes W. T. Nixon in the "Daily Telegraph") to many farmers…

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