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

Farming & the land, 1928

1,870 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 94

On the Land Pastoral Sheep and Wool Prices Grounds for Optimism

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 3

A representative stockowner who handles large numbers of sheep every year, and who is in close touch with markets, expresses the opinion that…

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Pastoral Committee

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 3

The Report of the Federal Pastoral Committee will be in the hands of the Government before the end of March. The Victorian evidence has…

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Wool Again Dearer

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report under date February 14th :— The market generally was at the strongest point of the season at our…

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Wool From Yiddah

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 1

Though showing some dust, and burr, Mrs. D. M. Ford's clip from Yiddab displayed good quality when opened up for sale at Winchcombe, Carson's…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. received the following wire from their Brisbane offffice on Tuesday: “Japan particularly strong bidder Brisbane wool…

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Commercial Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report under date 16th February, as follows:— The 8th series of sales commenced…

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Strong Market At Sydney Wool Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 6

Messrs Kilpatrick, McLellan and Anthoness district agents for Daligety and Co. Ltd., received, the following wire from the firm yesterday…

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Wool Reports

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 1

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:—Since resumption of sales in Sydney following the series in Brisbane, competition has been even more…

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The Health of Sheep And the Blow-fly

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 1

ARE healthy sheep as subject to blow fly attacks as those that are unhealthy or run down? If they are not, then surely the…

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Agricultural. Some Problems in Sheep Maintenance. (Concluded from a previous issue)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 4

The figures quoted have been determined by actual feeding trials with sheep, but principally with the British breeds. As the Australian…

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Puzzled Farmer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 2

Six geese being fattened for a wedding feast at Lake Ulen were found by a farmer lying stiff and cold, presumably frozen to death…

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Farmers & Settlers. Annual Meeting Saturday. Good Position Revealed

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 2

The weather is to be blamed for the poor attendance at the annual meeting of the Farmers and bottlers Association on Saturday. An apology for…

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Wagga Sheep Market Values Firm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 5

The Associated Selling Agents of Wagga report having held their usual fortnightly sale of sheep in the Municipal Saleyards on the 16th inst…

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Water Extension from M.I.A. Channels Tabbita Farmers' Enterprise

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 8

What may be termed a second use is being made of water from Burrinjuck after it has done duty and filtered through the Murrumbidgee…

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Farmer Drowned In Oakley District (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 1

John Brennan, 67, a retired dairy farmer, was drowned at Oakley Park in the Lithgow district, when the banks of a creek collapsed during…

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Wool Reports

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 9

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited, report under date 16th February, 1928, as follows…

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Sporting Party Save 1300 Sheep

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

That there is some truth in the old saying "the better the day the better the deed" was proved last Sunday on Micabil station when a party of…

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Pastoral the Food Value of Kurrajong. And Its Limitations

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 8

Little scrub feeding is being carried out at present, but a sheepowner in the Rankin's Springs district recently found it necessary [?] to it, and in a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · 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 VARIETIES OF OATS…

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Auto Header at Work In the Riverina. Reaping, Threshing, and Bagging a Bag of Wheat a Minute

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 1

Remarkable has been the advance in grain harvesting machinery during the recent years. We Australians of the present generation had become…

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