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

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wool Market

Western Champion · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 11

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired on Tuesday as follows:—Bidding all well grown merino fleece wools was keen and values for them firm at the…

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Wheat Production. Debate at Cowra

Western Champion · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 12

A debate between the branches of the Agricultural Bureau at Cowra and Wattamondara was held recently, the Cowra branch contending that wheat…

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Better Farming Train

Western Champion · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 16

The Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald) writes:—There is at present in existence in New South Wales an institution…

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On the Land Pastoral Important Sub-committees Wool and Meat

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 4

Graziers will await with much interest the recommendations of two sub-committees requested by the recent Conference of the Graziers’…

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Pastoral and Agrticultural

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 5

The rains experienced since January necessitated almost continuous working of the fallows to keep down weed growth asd maintain the mulch in…

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Cattle Firm

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 4

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. (C. E. Wallder & Co. local agents) wired us as follows yesterday afternoon:—…

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Fat Lambs a Profitable Branch of Sheep Farming

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 10

Lamb raising may be regarded as a special branch of sheep farming, the object being to produce a lamb with exceptional early maturing qualities,…

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District Wool

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 9

Crossbred wools sold at firm figures at Tuesday’s Sydney sales. Crutchings and all well-grown merino wools also made firm rates…

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1928 Wool Review

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

This publication issued by Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., includes a summary of the events of the past wool season, discusses the problems…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

Kilpatrick, McLellan and Anthoness, local agents for Dalgety & Co., Ltd. received the following wire from the firm on Wednesday:—…

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Sheep Owner Fined Mustered Without Giving Notice

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 11

A very rarely used section of the Pastures Proctection Act was brought under notice at the Wagga Police Court, before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M.,…

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Wool Review Winchcombe Carson's Annual

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 8

We have receieved from Messrs Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., an advance "pull" of their 1928 "Wool Review." The publication includes a summary…

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Soil Ffrtility The Problem of its Maintenance in Wheat Growing Districts

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 8

For obvious reasons, the history of farming in a new country shows in the beginning the tendency to extrav agrance of method, which perforce…

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Origin of “Nabawa” Wheat (G. L. Sutton, Director of Agriculture, in the “Journal of Agriculture,” Western Australia)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 4

“Nabawa” is the result of a selec tion made at the Chapman Experiment Farm, following upon the crossing of two varieties of wheat…

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(Published by Arrangement) Menace to Farmers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 7

An A.P. message reports a speech of Loring M. Black, junr., in the U.S.A. House of Representatives. The Congressman called attention to the…

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Our Unfortunate Farmer "Backbone of Australia" Alarming Situation

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 3

THERE is an old saying that "All trade, as all life, rests upon the farmer's primitive activity, which the world economic conference, sitting…

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Better Farming Train V/ill Visit Cowra on May 26th

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby) announces that arrangements are now in hand for a further tour of the Better…

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To the Editor Cowra an Ideal Dairying District

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 1

Mr. E. S. Twigg writes: We have thousands of tons o£ lucerne rotting in the paddocks to-day. All this lucerne should he stored in overhead…

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Pastoral Sheep Numbers State Not Overstocked

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 4

Stockowners will note with a great deal of interest that the Government Statistician estimates there were approximately 48,000,000, sheep and…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 2

N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report under date 2/4/28:— The first series of sales since the regular wool selling season, which…

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