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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 38 of 70

Farmers' Protest Big Meeting at Harden

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 5

One of the largest meetings of graziers aud producers ever held at Harden, took place on Thursday afternoon, 1st inst., in the Mechanics'…

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Power Farming

Western Champion · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 11

There was a large attendance at the inter-Bureau meeting, held yesterday afternoon at the Tichbourne Hall, when a number of papers on…

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Wheat Crops Some in Ear Farmers Still Sowing

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 5

The most unusual sight of a number of wheat crops coming out in ear, while many wheat-growers are still sowing the seed, is reported from the…

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Wool

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 7

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report under date 8/7/26:— Reports to and concerning the…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 10

Mr. J. T. Woods held his special cattle sale on. Wednesday last, when 132 head were sold at satisfactory prices. Prime cows made to £9176,…

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Commercial Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report under date 1st July : Final sales for the wool year were held in Brisbane this week, and,…

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Wheat a Higher Standard

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 7

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

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Wool and Ram Prices

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 8/7/26:— Judging alone by the sale of the specially high class merino rams…

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Rabbits or Sheep? Are Pastoralists Fools?

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 4

If we could make certain that women’s fashions for seal skin, beaver, and other furs would continue, and than mankind would be able to stand…

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The Wool Position Outlook Healthy

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson, Ld., write:— Apart from the autumn shorn wools forward from the far West and North West, which were deep in staple,…

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Wheat Varieties Characterists that are Detrimental

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 12

To the average man there is a sameness and uniformity about the appearance of a wheat, field, the only thing to break the monotony of a well…

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Foot-rot in Sheep Precautions for Its Control

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 1

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…

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“Bunny” Triumphant Greater Menace Than Ever. Displacement of Sheep

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 4

Notwithstanding 30 or 40 years’ efforts to combat it, the rabbit was never a greater menace is N.S.W. than it is to-day. This is the…

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The Soil Factor In Relation to Wheat Varieties

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 9
Also in The Forbes Advocate

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

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Foot-rot in Sheep a Seasonal Warning (By H. G. Belschner, B.V.Sc., District Veterinary Officer; (West)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 4

Owing to the wet season, and abundance of green feed in the West, resulting in sheep’s feet being almost continually wet and becoming soft…

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Farmer Takes Poison Whilst Under Arrest (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 1

The pollen at Kempsey visited the farm of George Charlton, at Nulla Nulla Creek, to arrest him. Charlton swallowed poison while…

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FARMERS & Graziers Co. Vacancy in Directorate

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 6

A vacancy has occurred in the directorate of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company, owing to the resignation of Mr. John…

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Crop Rotation and Soil Fertility

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 9

In the practice of crop rotation a farmer has at his command a means whereby he can materially reduce acre Costs or increase the output of…

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Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 10

Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., for Murrumbidgee, is a candidate for the vacancy on the directorate of, the Farmers' and Graziers' Co-op. Co…

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