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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 68 of 70

Sound Wool Market The Upward Movement

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—Wool selling experiences this year show contrests compared with last season. Any variation in prices at late…

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Farm Produce Registering Agents

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 2

Application forms for licenses under he Farm Produce Agents Act may he obtained from the Registrar of Farm Produce Agents, Department of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. 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. Burn -- or Plough In? a Point in Preparing Land for Wheat

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 8

One of the questions most frequently asked in relation to the preparation of land for wheat is: "Would it not be advisable to occasionally plough in the…

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Farm Engineering. Mixing of Concrete. Materials and Proportions

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 8

Concrete has many uses on the farm, and its popularity as a building material is steadily growing. In the course of a paper on this subject read recently before…

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Pure Seed Wheat

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1926 · page 5

Of late years there has been a marked increase in the demand on the part of farmers for pure seed wheat, as supplied by the Government…

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Wheat at Silos

Western Champion · Thursday 16 December 1926 · page 12

The prevalence of bush fires has naturally affected the deliveries of wheat at the local silos. Last week arrangements were made for the…

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The Sheep Population. Effect of Improved Methods

Western Champion · Thursday 16 December 1926 · page 2

Mr. James T. Gavel, of Gulgo and Condobolin, a member of the general council of the Graziers' Association, who speaks from considerable…

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Wheat Experiments. Variety and Manurial Trials

Western Champion · Thursday 16 December 1926 · page 23

The network of experiment plots which has been arranged by departmental officers throughout the State has done much to show farmers the…

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Argentine Wheat Crop

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 11

The first estimate of this season's wheat crop issued by the Argentine Ministry for Agriculture is 215,000,000 000 bushels, which is less than was…

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Keep the Sap in Your Sheep and the Wool Clip Growing

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 11

Recent wool sales have fully proved that buyers are most insistent that wool must be in first-class condition to command good competition and satisfactory…

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Wyalong Wool

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 4

Mr. G. P. Evans' wool clip, from Wyalong, was among the offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney auction last Wednesday. The wool showed…

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Wagga Market Cattle Sale

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 8

The Associated Selling Agents of Wagga Wagga held their usual fortnihtly sale of cattle on the 9th inst.. when there were 433 fat and 281 store…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane office:— “Good average selection available opening Brisbane wool sales…

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Pastoral How Producers Are Hit by Rail Freights

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 3

Local Committees of the Grazier’s Association throughout the country are warmly supporting the proposal of the Tamworth Local Committee…

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Wheat Pooling Finance Federal Compulsory Pool

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 6

Mr. E. S. Twigg writes: — Western Australian has to go to England to finance their pool. First they arrange for £750,000 advance…

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Wool Sales Upward Trend in Values

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 1

Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired us as follows yesterday:—We sold 7,000 bales of wool at our Syd ney sales to-day. The market was…

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Forbes Court Matters Tuesday's Cases. Alleged Wheat Stealing

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 1

At the Police Court on Tuesday morning, Francis Stanley Barr was charged that on or about December 4, he did steal 6 bags of wheat, to the…

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Latest Markets Sound Wool Market.the Upward Movement

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report as follows under date December 9:— Wool selling experiences this year show contrasts compared with last…

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Wheat Champions Winners in the SOUTH-WEST(From the “Sydney Morning Herald”)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 6

The most successful of the wheat championships ever conducted by the Royal Agricultural Society concluded with the .issue of the results in the…

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The Premier Crop In R.A.S. Competition Judge's Comments

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 13

In this [?]nstance again the last [?] judged proved to be the best of the series. It was a block of Marsh [?] [?]o. 3, grown by Mr. B. J. Stocks, [?]…

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