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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 19 of 94

Wool Values Hold Excellent Clearances

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 6
Also in Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder

The Secretary. Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes, 10328:-- Conditions in the Sydney market continue healthy. The demand is still…

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Wool Reports Effect on Trade

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:-- The price of merino wool was generally 10 to 12½ per cent higher at the close of 1927 than at the opening of…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 5

London wool sales opened to-day with an advance of from par to 7½ per cent. Competition was animated throughout, all sections of the trade…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 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. PASTORAL. PASTURE IMPROVEMENT…

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Butchers' And Station Produce Sheep and Rabbit Skins in Demand

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writing on the sales held in Sydney during the week ended 9328, report:--…

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Dairying. Calves--or Pigs? a Pointed Question for the Dairy-farmer

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 8

There are doubtless many dairy-farmers who might with advantage put to themselves the question raised by Mr. E. T. Boiler in an address before a recent…

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To Maintain Fertility. Orchard Green Manuring or Cover Cropping

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 8

The continued cultivation of any soil has the effect in time of depleting the organic matter--by aerating and warming the soil, conserving its moisture, and…

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Sheep Smash Shop Window

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 2

An unusual episode was witnessed at Blayney, at M. Bembrick's new store resulting in the complete destruction of one of the big plate…

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Wool Values Hold. Excellent Clearances

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 2

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes, 10/3/28:—Conditions in the Sydney market continue healthy. The demand is…

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Agricultural Bureau. Central-Western District Conference. The Maintenance of Soil Fertility in Wheat Districts

Western Champion · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 5

An interesting paper on "The Maintenance of Soil Fertility in the Wheat Districts," by Mr. E. S. Clayton, Chief Wheat Experimentalist, was among…

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Agricultural Bureau Central Western District Conference. Lessons From Crop Competitions

Western Champion · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 19

The many interesting addresses which figured on the business paper at the Conference held in Forbes this week included a lengthy contribution from Messrs. H. Bartlett, H.D.A., senior agricultural instructor, and J. A. O'Reilly, H.D.A., dealing with the crop competitions conducted at…

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Pastoral Finances

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 5

Numbers of stockowners are finding it difficult to re-stock because “the money market is tight.” The banking institutions explain that they…

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Wool Auctions Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd. report:— Our catalogue for to-day comprised 5024 bales and contained an…

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Talk to Stock Owners Disease8 of Sheep and Cattle How to Cure Them

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 8

A splendid lecture was given at Murrumburrah Conference last week, by Mr. W, J. Smith, Stock Inspector, who spoke for an hour on…

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Pastoral Grounds for Optimism

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 9

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

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Wool Values Firm

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 4

Winchombe Carson Ltd., wired us as follows to-day:— Demand was keen and general at our Sydney wool auction yesterday France, Yorkshire,…

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On the Land Pastoral. Meat Prices Local and Export

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 5

London mutton prices and the immediate prospects are still somewhat discouraging. Our Iamb has also been met with a mixed reception in the…

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Sound Wool Outlook Germany’s Trade

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date 15/3/28:— This season 2,233,095 bales of wool have been received into Australian…

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Wool Values Hold Excellent Clearances The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co., writes under date 10/3/28

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 11

Conditions in the Sydney market continue healthy. The demand is still strong from all sections with comeback and crossbreds registering…

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