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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 47 of 74

Wool Stealing Gunningbland Outrage Mr. E. H. B. Weaver's Loss

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 2

A daring wool robbery took place at Gunningbland Siding some time on Saturday night or Sunday morning. A truck of wool was standing at the…

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Wool Reports

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 9

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, report:--This Company held its first sale of the new season last Wednesday,…

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Wool Values Maintained General Competition

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 2

Winshcombe, Carson Ltd. report:--Demand was general and strong at our Sydney wool sale last Thursday. Values were fully maintained on the…

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Pastoral. Rolling the Fleece. Why it Should be Done Properly

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 8

Rolling the fleece is necessary to get it into a convenient bundle for further handling, either by the classer, the presser, or perhaps the buyer. Only by…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 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. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land not AGRICULTURAL…

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The Orchard. Orchard Cultivation. a Big Factor in Better Crops

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 8

Growers, particularly those in the drier districts, who neglected the early autumn ploughing of their orchards are now regretting their mistake. The late autumn…

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Farmers' Friends

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 10

Few persons ever pause to correlate primary industry with the liquor trade. Breweries and distilleries, how ever, are among the best customers of…

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Wool Market

Western Champion · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 10

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited report under date September 1st:—At our opening wool sale on Tuesday, the 30th August…

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Miscellaneous the Origin of Wheat

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

The origin of wheat as we know it is obscure, for it does not exist in the wild state. It comes from Central Asia, where, all the evidence…

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District Sheep Grenfell Breeder Cleans Up the Opposition

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 2

It's getting a bit of a habit with Walter Ingrey, of "Yarraglen," Grenfell, to deal a staggering blow to sheep exhibitors first time out. He…

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Farmers' Friend. (Contributed)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 4

Speaking at Newcastle, Mr. Lang emphasised the fact that on the Stock Exchange the shares in which there was the most upward movement…

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Cattle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 2

In the Durham section, Nicholson and Pettit were successful. The Hereford awards went to Mr. A. Webster and Mr. J. W. Robinson; and the dairy…

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On the Land Pastoral Pastoral Improvement Graziers Interested

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 10

Graziers in N.S.W. are taking more and more interest in the matter of improving their pastures by topdressing. As evidence of their interest it…

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The Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 2

Mr. P. Merriman (Yass) was judge in this class. In the merino classes the fine wool, strong wool, and miscellaneous sections were well represented,…

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Wool Prices

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 10

The artificial silk industry has found a champion in Mr. Lyons, Premier of Tasmania. He affirms that the wool industry has nothing to fear from the…

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Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 5

N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report under date 31st August:— This Co. held its first sale of the…

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Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report under date 30th August: — The opening of the season took place on Monday, when we submitted…

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Record, Price for Cattle in Paddock

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 11

Mr. Pierce Brien recently purchased 15 bullocks from Mr. E. S. Twigg in the paddock averaging £17/10/ per head. The selling agents were…

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Wool Review. Results to Producers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 13

The following are extracts from Dal gety and Co' Annual Woll Review— From the Australian woolgrowers point of view the success of a wool…

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Market Sound Wool a Reasonable Rise

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 10

"Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., write: — The Statistical position which wool occupies chiefly owing to the do crease in the Australian slip, is…

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