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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 36 of 70

Farmers and Radio What They Prefer

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 5

The management of a popular broadcasting station in the west of America mailed out statements to more than 18,000 farmers saying that…

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Producers Alarmed the Position of Share Farmers. Sweeping Legislation May Cause Unemployment

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

Graziers, farmers and share farmers are becoming seriously alarmed at the sweeping provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act and the…

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Radio for Farmers

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 3

The Sydney “Evening News” stated [?]torially last week that “speaking [?] the service given American [?] by the broadcasting…

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SHEEP & WOOL CLASSING.—Ctd

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 4

sound and of good color, and even length; the second combing would be the heavier, but not so fine and not quite so even in length, but…

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Sheep and Wool Classing

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 4

Paper, read at the annual meeting of the Eualdrie Agricultural Bureau, by Mr. W. W. Ingrey.— First I intend to deal with the…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1926 · page 2

At 2 p.m. sharp, on Wednesday, July 7, Mr. J. T. Woods, auctioneer, will hold a special cattle sale at the Forbes Municipal Yards, when he will…

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Warrangesda Mission Ballot for Farm Blocks

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 June 1926 · page 4

The ballot for the homestead farm area comprising 1612 acres, situated 1½ miles from Darlington Point; and formerly known as the Warrangesda…

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Pastoral. Foot-rot in Sheep Precautions for its Control

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 June 1926 · page 6

Foot-rot in sheep being a disease to the development and spread of which rains, and moisture are most conducive, it is not surprising that the weather of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 June 1926 · page 6

Those Notes are Issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. THE ORCHARD…

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Agricultural. the Soil Factor. In Relation to Wheat Varieties

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 June 1926 · page 6

While rainfall and temperature certainly have most influence in determining what varieties are suitable for a given district, the soil factor must also be taken into…

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For the Farm Housewife. The Pulping of Fruit

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 June 1926 · page 6

Pulping is an economical method of preserving all deeiduous and berry fruits. It is easily and quickly done, and does not require any expensive utensils. The…

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Wheat Farming. a Higher Standard

Western Champion · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 14

The wheat industry has come into its own again. It is not correct to conclude that because the wheat acreage has…

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Classification of Wheat Varieties

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 6

Mr. W. D. Kerle, senior instructor of Agriculture, has supplied the following to the Secretary of the Grenfell Show Society:—…

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Crop Report. Western District (Parkes Centre.)

Western Champion · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 2

In his monthly report for June Mr. H. Bartlett, H.D.A., Senior Instructor in Agriculture, writes:— In the monthly report for May the…

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Wheat Bulk Handling on Farms

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 4

Mr. E. S. Twigg writes : Two years ago I made sixteen corrugated iron tanks without bottoms or tops, about 8 ft. hight and 12 ft. in…

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Special Stud Cattle Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 10

Leeds Bros., Ltd., Dubbo, will hold a special stud cattle sale at the Dubbo Sale Yards on Saturday, July 10, when they will offer 500 specially…

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Less Wheat Reduced Sowing in the West. Better Crops ?

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 3

The rain during the past week in the Parkes district has practically Drought wheat-sowing to an end for this season, as the lauds unsown are…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 2
Also in Cowra Free Press

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., received the following wire from their Brisbane office:- "Very good selection available…

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Wool More Wool for Germany. the French Position

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 1st July, as follows : Wool selling experiences in Brisbane furnished additional evidence of…

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