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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 21 of 94

Pastoral Finance And Re-Stocking Problems

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

Many landholders are experiencing considerable difficulty in obtaining financial accommodation for re-stocking their holdings, now that good rains…

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Stolen Queensland Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

The two young men, George King, and Gordon Kelly, who have been held by the police at Dubbo or some on charges of having wool in their…

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Fertilisation the Primary Consideration of the Australian Agricultural and Pastoral Industries

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 6

AT no period of the history of these vital industries of Australia has the mail on the land been faced with such a crisis as exists to day…

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Pastoral. Sheep-classing. An Important Operation with even the Smallest Flocks

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 3

Sheep classing—the operation of grading the breeding flock and selecting the sires for use in mating, with the object of gradually raising the…

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Wheat Experiments. Going Further West

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 6

Mr. H. Bartlett, senior agricultural instructor, recently visited "Rosewood North" (Mr. W. J. Gravolln's property) 35 miles from Coudobolin and eight…

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Worms in Sheep. Another Reminder about Drenching

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 3

Some farmers only use drenches when they see evidences of worm infestation, but experience has shown that if drenching is done at certain…

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Parkes District Court. Dogs Disturb Sheep. 31 Killed; Many Bogged

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 16

At the District Court on Tuesday before Judge Armstrong Vincent Victor Pola, farmer at Tullamore, claimed damagea from W. C. T. Hooper, of…

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Bureau Conference. Western Wheat Growing. (By L. J. MATTHEWS)

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 17

Addresses by practical farmers on various subjects were a feature of last weeks conference at Forbes. Among them was one by Mr. L. J. Matthews,…

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Fur Farming. Rabbits and Foxes

Western Champion · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 1

Evidence to suggest a rapid expansion in the use of the rabbit as a furbearing animal in England was submitted last Wednesday by Mr…

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Wool Values Holding

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 10
Also in The Forbes Advocate

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers Co-op Co. Writes:— On 20th March we offered a catalogue of 3,979 bales, a miscellaneous…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Skeleton Weed a Serious Menace

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 10

We have had some enquiries during the past few days regarding the Skeleton Weed, and the following article by Mr. E. S. Clayton,. H.D.A.,…

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On the Land Pastoral. Graziers’ Annual. Conference Comprehensive Agenda Paper

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

Ninety or more delegates will discuss over 130 resolutions at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Glaziers’ Association which is to be…

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£26,000,000 Australia's Wool Record (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

Wool sold in Sydney during the present season is valued at. nearly £26,000,000. For the third successive season…

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Show Committee Decide to Remain on Present Ground C.j.c. Offer of £5,000 Finally Turned Down by Thirteen Votes to Nine. Tender Accepted for New Cattle Pens

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 9

With a view to finally settling whether the present ground will be retained as a Showground or the Cowra Jockey Club’s offer of £5000…

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Fallow and Crop Local Competition Mr. Staniforth Wins Fallow

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

Mr. E. S. Clayton, H.D.A., Senior Experimentalist of the Department of Agriculture, finished his task of judging the fallow section of the local…

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Sheep Cause Trouble

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 2

A number of sheep, seeing their reflections in a new plate-glass window of Bembrick's store at Blayney, rushed straight through the window and…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 1

Goklsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:— On Tuesday we held our closing sale, of the regular season,…

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Wool Sales Holding

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 1

The Secretary Farmers and Grazicrs' Co-op. Co. writes:— On 20th March we offered a catalogue of 3979 bales, a miscellaneous…

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Silo Troubles Farmers and Settlers Take a Hand. Board Control Needed

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 3

The lack of support accorded wheat silos by farmers was attributed, in the main, to the late opening and early closing of railway weighing…

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