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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 38 of 74

Culvert Near Shiel Wool-shed

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 1

The Engineer said he would attend to a culvert near Shiel wool - shed, on the Canowindra Road, Mr. White said it had been in use 30 or 40 years…

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Wool Industry Influences Russian Business

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 3

Wirichcombe, Carson Ltd., write Recent experiences in the pastoral industry offer an illustration of the factors which operate in the marketing…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing Johnson Before Court. Committed for Trial

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

After four adjournments, the case of John Thomas Johnson, charged with stealing certain wheat, the property of Frank Harris & Co., was…

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Farmers and Settlers And Country Party

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the West Wyalong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held an the M[?] orial Hall, on Saturday next, 16th inst.,…

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Pure Seed. Department Protects Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 2

The excellent work carried out at the seed-testing laboratory of the Department of Agriculture, and. the service it offers to the farmer, is worthy…

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Trundle Items a Point for Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 7

The recent experience of a Trundle farmer at Homebush will be a guide to others. The gentleman in question has received a summons for not…

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Sheep Prices in Queensland

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 5

Wincbcombe, Carson, Ltd., advise:-- At our Dalby Sale Yards on Tuesday in conjunction with Knox & Co., we offered 23,000 sheep. Good clearances…

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Sheep Sustained in Any Drought

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 5

The manufacturer of Paton's Sheep Food assured the user maintenance of life and vitality in sheep at the remarkably low cost of 4d to 6d per head…

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Dairying. the Cow in Calf. Dry Her Off Properly Before Calving

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 7

It is often the simplest tasks on the farm that get least attention. Take, for instance, the work of drying- off the cow prior to calving. Not every dairy…

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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. a Really Good Fallow. How it is Secured. Judges' Notes on Recent Competitions

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 7

Has everybody observe the remarks made by some of the judges in the recent fallowing competitions on the subject of surface cultivation during the…

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Sheep sustained in any Drought 4d to 6d per month!

Western Champion · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 15

The manufacturers of Paton's Sheep Food assure the user maintenance of life and vitality in sheep at the remarkably low cost of 4d. to 6d per head…

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Record Crop of Oats

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 2

In 1908 my father, in the Barrington district (Tas.), grew a crop of White Giant oats in an eight-acre paddock, and he harvested an average of…

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Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 10

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co Ltd. report under date 7th July:— Owing to the absence of auction sales on the Sydney market, business…

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Methodism. Pastoral Visitation. Hearts of Gold

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 8

The Rev. J. W. Booth has recently covered a good deal of the country around Forbes, Eugowra, Wowingragong, Daroobalgie, Gunningbland, and…

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The Wool Clip

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 14

The joint conference between the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers and the Australian Wool Growers' Council in Adelaide, estimated that the…

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Pastoral Notes Science Research Australia-wide Scheme

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 14

Stockowners are going to hear a great deal about the Australian Pastoral Research Trust Ltd., and, therefore, it is well that the facts be clearly set forth…

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Sheep Fluke Prevention Better than Carbon Tetrachloride

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 14

Recent investimations have indicated that chemically pure carbon tetrachloride is an efficient. drug for use against fluke in sheep Tests in this State, and…

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Charge of Stealing 145 Bags of Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 1

The first witness in this case was Inspector Woods, who deposed that on June 17 he saw Johnson at the railway yards, who, when asked if he…

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Breeding For Wool Culling the Flocks for Undesirables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 9

As the shearing season approaches, the sheep owner should consider the job of classing his ewes and selecting the rams for the next season's mating…

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On the Land Pastoral .(Special for “Free Press”).CALL to Science the Big Scheme

Cowra Free Press · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 6

Further particulars as to how the organised Australian graziers and wool brokers propose to enlist science more efficiently in the services of the…

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