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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 29 of 70

Fodder Crops. Lucerne on the Wheat Farms

Western Champion · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 5

The erroneous assumption, that rich alluvial flats, with free water at reasonable depths, are necessary to warrant the sowing of lucerne, is no…

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Albert Cattle Yards

Western Champion · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 11

Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., forwards a letter received from the Railway Commissioners respecting a request that separate cattle yards…

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Sowing Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 11

In view of the copious rains of the past two months placing the soil in a saturated and cold condition it is as well, advises Mr. H. Bartlett, senior…

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Pure Seed Wheat. Remarkable Expansion

Western Champion · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 18

Among the many activities of the field staff of the Department, of Agriculture within recent years has been the establishment of pure seed wheat…

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Sydney Wool Market Fine Wools Sell Well

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— At our sale on the 10th May, we offered a good average catalogue…

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Wool

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 6

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report under date 19th May, as follows:— We held our final sale of the…

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Thousands of Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 10

An important sheep sale will take plaice at Mulgutherie Woolshed Yards on Wednesday, June 2, when 6000. head will be offered, on account Mr. A. S…

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Successful Sheep Sale

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 2

Mr. Norman C. Bellamy reports having conducted a highly satisfactory sheep sale on account of Mr. Geo Limbers, at “Blazley’s Farm,” Wood…

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The Man on the Land Pastoral for Clean Sheep. a Few Precautions As to Dipping

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 6

Merino sheep should be dipped for the control of external parasites one month to six weeks after shearing. Sheep should not be dipped straight…

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Wheat Compensation Farmers and Test Case

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 6

A meeting of the executive committee of the Farmers and Settlers’ Assocciation was attended by Messrs E. A. Buttenshaw (president) A. K…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 1

Mr. K. G. A[?]thoness, local agent for Dalgety and Co., received the following wire yesterday: "The 23rd series in Sydney closed to-day." We…

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Messrs. C. K. Rose & Co.’s Cattle Sale

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 9

The above firm offered 150 head of cattle at the Show Yards on Saturday, when there was a large attendance and a good demand. Twenty…

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Grow More Wheat Advice From Lindley Walker

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 6

Comparative figures of the total years in 1925 and 1926, in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere have been supplied to the Lindley…

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On the Land. Red Wheat and White

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 5

The area cropped In N.S.W. and the yield gathered from each variety of wheat sown for grain in the 1925-26 season now harvested are shown…

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Test of Wool Position Market Withstands Larger Supplies

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co.op Co. writes: At our sale on the 10th May, we offered a good average catalogue…

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Latest Markets Test of Wool Position. Market Withstands Larger Supplies

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 13/5/'26 as follows :— The strength of the wool position is strikingly evidenced by the form…

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Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales. For Better Farming, Better Business and Better Living.—An Organisation for Men, Women and Children

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 2

A meeting will be held at the Literary Institute, Cowra, on Thursday, 27th May, at 3 p.m., to discuss the advisability of forming a branch, and…

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£3,000 Damages for Jilted Girl. He Married Another. Farmer and Fortune

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 3

After a few minutes’ retirement, the jury in No. 3 Jury Court last week returned a verdict for £3,000—the full amount claimed—in favor of…

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Militant Farmer Reformed

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 2

Among the wheatgrowers who hobnobbed with the Governor after the Chamber of Agriculture dinner, was Mr. E. S. Twigg, of Cowra, who…

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Silage Its Feeding Value. in Comparison with the Original Green Crop

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 6

It used to be thought (writes Mr. Harold W. Hesse, Instructor in Agriculture to the Auckland Education Board, in the “New Zealand…

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