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

Farming & the land, 1927

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Shipping Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

The Farmers: & Graziers' Co-operative Co advise having despatched the S.S. '"Kalfarli" for Europe with a full cargo of bagged wheat on December…

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Current Topics Two Thousand Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

Messrs. Leeds Bros. Ltd., Orange, advertise the sale on Thursday of this week 6th inst, of 2000 well-bread sheep, of which particulars are given in the…

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Farmer Killed Under a Drill

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 8

At Killarney, 19 miles east from Jerilderie, Michael O'Brien, farmer, went out to work, with two assistants, en a cultivator drill…

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Pastoral Poisoning Rabbits. The Thistle Root and Strychnine Method

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 2

Poisoning as a method of rabbit destruction has passed through many phases, from the days when phosphorised wheat and oats were used, to the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · 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. AGRICULTURAL…

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Agricultural Aud Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 2

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 DAIRYING. PASTURE IMPROVEMENT FOR…

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Dairying. As a Change From Paspalum. Kikuyu Grass on The North Coast

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 8

Kikuyu grass is fast gaining popularity among, the dairy farmers on the North Coast on account of its ability to produce a heavy bulk of succulent fodder its…

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Farmers' Experiments. Wheat Variety Trials

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 18

Following is the history and result of various experiments conducted by farmers during the past season, under the direction of Mr. H. Bartlett, senior…

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Wool Sales

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 13

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us yesterday as follows:—We sold 5700 bales of wool at our Sydney sales on Tuesday. Competition was…

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"Stony Hill" Wheat Yields

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 13

Among the crops inspected by the visitors and district residents during the Educational Tour in October last were some very fine blocks of wheat…

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The Sheep Population Effect of Improved Methods

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 1

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 8

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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Original Correspondence Burnt Wheat Pool. (To the Editor of the "Champion.")

Western Champion · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 3

Sir,—A movement has been set on foot for the co-operative marketing of the wheat damaged by fire in this district and I have been asked to…

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Wyalong Wool

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 1

Mrs. M. I. Macpherson's Back Creek wool was among the offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney, auction last Tuesday. The clip was…

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Big Special Sheep Sale

Cowra Free Press · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

The new selling organisation of Norman C. Bellamy and Co. starts off with a big special sheep and cattle sale on Saturday, 15th January, when…

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Wool Is Firm

Cowra Free Press · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

The general belief in the trade is hat the wool market will hold firm or the remainder of the current selling season. The finer wools are…

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Sold to Butcher Cattle Stealing Charge

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

Sylvanius Stanford, and Thomas Ernest Stanford, at the Forbes Court on Tuesday were committed for trial on a charge of cattle stealing…

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Pastoral New Year Outlook. Season and the Markets

Cowra Free Press · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

What has 1927 in store for the grazier?. No one can forecast for certain, and most of us have little faith [?]n prophets. It has been said that…

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Experimental Wheat Results at "Birdwood."

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

The results from the varieties of wheat grown in plots on "Birdwood" pure seed area are as follows:--Bena-- 40 bus. per acre…

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The Wool Outlook. a Good New Year

Cowra Free Press · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report under date 6th January, as follows:— The New Year opened well for those interested in the sale of wool,…

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