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

Farming & the land, 1927

1,475 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 29 of 74

The Wheat Pool

Western Champion · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 21

Mr. A. K. Trethowan, chairman of the Australian Wheat Pool Committee, writes as follows:"In a number of country newspapers a long letter…

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Straw Versus Wheat

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 2

Mr. E. S. Twigg, Cowra, writes:— I have just finished pressing straw from the threshing off 325 acres, and it has weighted 500 tons, and sold on…

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A Youthful Farmer

Western Champion · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 10

Writes J. S. in the Cowra "Guardian":—The chest of Mr. E. S. Twigg, a fighting farmer, must have expanded with pardonable paternal pride as he…

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Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., Sydney report under date May 12th, 1927 : — Owing to the suspension of auction…

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STRAW v. WHEAT

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 6

Mr. E. S. Twigg writes:—I have just finished pressing straw from the thrashing of three hundred and twenty-five acres, and it has weighed 500…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 1

[?] Carson Ltd. received the following [?] Brisbane office:— [?] wool sales opened with average selection…

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Wool Report Wool and Money. Germany and Japan

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date, 19th May :— Wool continues to go into consumption freely on the Continent,…

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On the Land Pastoral Bawra Distribution £8,000,000 in November

Cowra Free Press · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 8

Woolgrowers throughout Australia will be interested in the announcement of Sir John Higgins that a first liquidation distribution on account of…

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Easy Dairying

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 8

Lucerne has been the means of revolutionising the dairying industry in Western America, where they run up to forty cows on ten acres, if anyone…

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Wool and Sheep. a Review of the Year

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 3

We take the following from Winchcombe, Carson Limited's Annual Wool Review just published:— THE NEW SOUTH WALES CLIP…

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Sheep Branding

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 2

Sheepowners trucking to Fleming ton should take note that all lambs over six months, and sheep, must be plainly branded with the owner's…

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Farmers' Experiments in Central West. a Guide for Wheat and Oat Growers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 3

The system of field experiments in co-operation with farmers on their own land, which has been a special activity of the Department of…

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HORSE v. TRACTOR Power on the Farm Intersting Papers by Farmers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 4

A very interesting discussion was held by the Ungaric Agricultural Society on Saturday; 14th May, as to what was the better method—tractor…

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A Huge Crop

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 2

The area under wheat on Messrs. W. Berry & Sons' "Woodview" property, Trundle is probably the largest single wheat crop in the State. No…

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Wool and Money. Germany and Japan

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited report, Wool continues to go into consumption, freely on the Continent and it is to that quarter the Trade at…

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Agricultural. Flag Smut. The Wheat Grower's Worst Enemy

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 7

Flag smut is still considered to be the most serious disease throughout the wheal belt. It was responsible for a loss of approximately 2,000,000 bushels of wheat…

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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. Pastoral. Lamb Marking. Castration, Ear marking, and Tailing

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 7

The work of lamb marking-- ear marking, and tailing, and castrating in the case of male lambs-- is under average conditions, generally carried out when…

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Dairying. Hoven in Cows. Feed Succulent Foods with Caution

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 7

Bloat, or hoven is duo to succulent roods eaten under certain conditions which cause the formation of large quantities of gas in the rumen or paunch, and…

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F. & S. Association. Compulsory Wheat Pool Favored

Western Champion · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 6

"That the F. and S. Association, recognising that the vital factor in wheat production is the stabilisation of prizes, devote all our energies towards…

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On the Land Pastoral Our Surplus Sheep Problem Op Disposal

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 8

If another big lambing comes [?] year the problem of profitably disposing of our surplus sheep will be still more pressing. As evidence of…

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