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

Farming & the land, 1927

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Current Topics Wool and Stock

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

Sheep were 1 to 2- cheaper at Homebush sales yesterday. Light cattlewere unchanged, but heavy sorts dull of sale. The wool market held…

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The Wool Outlook Japan and Germany Active

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report under date February 3: -- In reality less wool is available this season than last season, when…

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Farms

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

The holder of any C.P. (including non-residential C.P. or C.L., Homestead Selection, Homestead Grant [?]onditional Purchase Lease or…

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Compensation Law to Be Amended. Share - Farmers Exempted

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

A short amending bill dealing with workers’ compensation has been introduced into the Legislative Assembly by the Minister for Labor and…

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Marketing Bill Margin for Farmers. Second Reading

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) commenced on Friday afternoon in the Legislative Assembly his second reading speech on the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 6

Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work, on the land not referred to in these Notes at the time, a query addressed to the Under Secretary of Agriculture, Sydney, will be answered by letter as quickly as possible. When points of general interest are raised, the reply will, as far as practicable, be…

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Cowra Experiment Farm Wheat Variety Trials

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 19

The results of the variety trials at the Cowra Experiment Farm show some very satisfactory results, and have brought into prominence new…

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Sheep Brands. Report from Bradford

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 14

In regard to experiments with a view to finding a sheep-branding substance that will not injure the wool from the manufacturer's point of view…

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Wheat Harvest. 50 Million Bushels

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 2

A preliminary estimate of the wheat harvest in New South Wales for the current season is given at 16.741,000 bags, equivalent to 50,223,000…

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Farmers' Experiments. The Oat Crops

Western Champion · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 18

The following are the results of various experiments with oat varieties and pure seed oats conducted during the last year, under the direction of…

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Pastoral Marketing. Government Control?

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

Representatives of the primary producers are perturbed over the Marketing of Primary Products Bill, which is before Parliament. Briefly…

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Trundle for Cattle

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

Trundle as a cattle breeding district must take its place with the very best in the State. We have it on the authority of a resident of that centre…

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Wheat Grading

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 12

H. RATCLIFF wishes to announce that to will travel Wyalong and surrounding districts with an up-to-date Wheat Grader and Dry Pickling Plant…

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Dear Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

Wool growing in the Yass district should be a profitable occupation. Wool from W. T. Merriman's property there brought up to 39 pence at…

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Varieties of Wheat

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 3

The wheats recommended by the Department of Agriculture for various purposes for the ensuing year may be presented in districts as follows:—…

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Eugowra Wheat Shortage

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 10

So far about 70,000 bags, have been received at Eugowra, which is nearly 40,000 bags short of two years ago. The heavy winter rains were…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 8

By wire yesterday we received the followinng from The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Sydney: “We offered an attractive…

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COMPETITIONS For Field Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 12

The Royal Agricultural Society is again printing the reports and awards of the judges in the field wheat competitions for distribution amongst…

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Wool Report Dalgety & Co

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 13

We offered 6,050 bales to-day, including attractive clips from Yass, New England and Mudgee districts. Very, strong demand from Continent…

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Route March Sheep for the Hospital

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

The committee of the route march organised by the Hospital Committee in aid of Sister Murphy's candidature, for the local queen competition,…

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