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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,383 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 14 of 70

Wheat to Sow

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 2

At the Agricultural Bureau conference at Dubbo this week, Mr. F. A. Rochfort, of "Meringlo," Grenfell, read a paper on the quantity of wheat to…

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Brighter Wool Position

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: --Conditions at present certainly point to firmer wool values. At no time during this season has…

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Wool Market General Competition

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 6

The secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Company writes: At our recent sale we offered a good selection of wools, including a number…

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Sheep Fly Pest (To the Editor, "Advocate.")

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 2

Sir,—For some years past scientists have been at work endeavoring to ascertain the best methods to cope with this menace. It has become so…

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Drought Conditions. Danger of Disease Amongst Sheep. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 3

The Government Stock Inspectors are emphasising the necessity of providing, where possible, some kind of nutriment for sheep, which otherwise…

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Wool Industry Graziers Not Alarmed About Substitutes

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 5

Woolgrowers are not purturbed at the invasion of manufactured substitutes for wool. At the annual conference of the…

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Superphosphate and Wheat The Effect on Root Development

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 2

Recent investigations at Wagga Experiment Farm on the lines of previous experiments as to the effect of superphosphate on the root…

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Pastoral Losses in Sheep Following Dipping. From Arsenical Poisoning

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 8

Arsenical poisoning associated with dipping may follow as a result of any of the following factors:-- 1. Sheep actually swallowing the…

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For Clean Wheat Crops

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 8

Bunt is a serious pest in wheat. Insure the quality of your wheat by preventive treatment. Millers find bunt in wheat very objectionable, and if you fail…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited reports: Interest during the week has been…

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Wool Market General Competition

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 9

At our recent sale we offered a good selection of Wools including a a number of fine wools from New Zealand and the Yass and surrounding…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on The

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 8

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…

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Condobolin Experiment Farm

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

Wheat Trials for Grain and Hay. Following are the official figures for last year:--Bald Early 22 bushels 301bs., Ranee…

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Bureau Conference. Wheat-growing in the Trundle District

Western Champion · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 15

Following is the text of the paper prepared on the above subject by Mr Berry, and read at the Dubbo Conference (in Mr. Berry's absence) by…

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Are the Pure Seed Wheat Growers Pilling a Useful Purpose

Western Champion · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 4

This is an important subject, seethat it is a continuation of the work inaugurated by the Departmena of Agriculture in the breeding and…

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Wheat and Wool. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 10

At the wool sales yesterday 11,617 bales were sold. Greasy merino made 29 12d. The wheat position is unchanged, the overseas market being…

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For Clean Wheat Crops

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 11

Bunt is a serious pest in wheat. Insure the quality of your wheat by preventive treatment. Millers find bunt in wheat very objectionable, and if…

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Brighter Wool Position Wool Not Plentiful

Cowra Free Press · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Conditions at present certainly point to firmer wool values. At no time during this season has…

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Australia's Biggest Cattle Station

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 9

Australia can boast the biggest cattle station in the world, namely Victoria River; place, the Northern Territory. Richard Terry, explorer…

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Commercial Wool Anticipations

Cowra Free Press · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 10th March as follows:— Abroad the opinion was freely held that the effects of a large Australian…

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