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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 36 of 94

Sheep Fly Pest

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

Mr. Arthur Newport, well-known to farmers and pastoralists in this and other, surrounding districts, is now paying a visit to West Wyalong from…

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Ungarie-naradhan Railway Haulage for Wheat Season

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 5

The Hon. E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A. has been advised by the Railway Department that it is intended to have the line to Naradhan ready for…

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Sheep Classing An-lmportant Operation with Even the Smallest Flock

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 11

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

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Wheat Pool New Zealand in Favor (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 1

A conference of New Zealand whea[?] growers approved of the formation of a co-operativo wheat pool with a capital £50;000…

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Sydney Stock Market The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. wired us on Thursday afternoon:—

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

"The sheep market at Homebush to-day opened very firm. Cattle Were 10/- lower"…

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Better Farming Train Visit to Country Centres

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

Mr E. A. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., has been advised by his colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, that arrangements are now being made for…

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The Case for the Homestead Farmer (To the Editor "Advocate")

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

Sir,—Kindly grant me space to publish this letter in reference to the above class of settler and other aspects of Crown tenure, as matters (in…

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The Better Farming Train Pasture Improvement [L. McLENNAN]

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 8

An address on this subject was delivered by Mr. L. McLennan, Assistant Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture, at the Better Farming…

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Sheep Stealing Statements From Graziers "License Skin and Wool Buyers."

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 2

Mr. D. T. Herbert, President of the Graziers' Association, told at the last meeting that two bales of wool and several sheep were stolen from his…

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First Sheep Show

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 2

In an endeavor to make Forbes the greatest sheep—selling area in the west, the municipal council proposes to build stock sale yards, at an…

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Wool Sales

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:— The final action of sales of wool in the Sydney market for the statistical year will be held the middle of…

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Better Farming Train

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 2

"The Better Farming Train should be cut right out, and the money spent on it and other such ventures, given to subsidising wheat farmers in the…

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Forbes Sheep Show

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 1

Forbes.—In an endeavor to make Forbes the greatest sheep selling area in the west, the Municipal Council promises to build stock sale yards,…

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Commercial Wool Report

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report under date 31st May:— Preparations for the concluding sales of the year, to be held on 18th…

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"Abandoning Farms" Temora Growers' Losses Compulsory Pool Favored

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 1

The proposed compuslory wheat pool was unanimously favored by a representative meeting of Temora farmers last week, after a lengthy discussion…

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Sheep Die May Be Cyanide Baits

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 7

There has been heavy mortality among sheep in the P.P. Board district, thought to be due to the laying of poisonous cyanide baits…

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Sheep Bridge Wanted to Cross Lagoon

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 4

"On the stock route on the Orange route to the trucking yards, at Forbes, there is a lagoon which is at least a foot deep. The P.P. Board should be…

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Current Topics Damage to Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 4

Replying to Mr. Flannery in the Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, said he was aware that a plague of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 June 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. THE ORCHARD. PRUNING…

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Dairying Silage for Dairy Cows. Some Suitable Rations

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 8

The system of feeding silage to be adopted must be decided by the farmer, but once the reserve is opened up a little should be taken off the whole of the…

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