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

Farming & the land, 1928

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Wheat Growing Sow Only Pure Graded Seed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 10

The complaint is frequently made by farmers that the seed of a variety of wheat that they have been growing for years has "run out," or…

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Wool at Best Point of Season Very Strong Demand The Secretary, Farmers and Grazters' Co-op. Co. writes 20/1/28:—

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 7

Excellent competition, and very satisfactory clearances have been the outstanding features of this week's auction in the Sydney market. Values…

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32½d for Merino At Sydney Wool Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

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

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Wagga's Advanced Farming Standard that Leads the State

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

In a report to the Murrumbidgee (Gagga) P. and A. Association, Mr. L. Judd, judge of the growing crop competition, pays ah[?]igh tribute to…

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Farmer's Death Crushed by Waggon

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

When his team swayed with the strain of pulling a load of wheat from a paddock, the driver was caught between the waggon and a fence and…

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Farm Training Proposal

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 8

Is there a genuine demand by farmers sons for agricultural training on a less comprehensive scale than is provided at Hawkesbury Agricultural…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd. offered at auction on the 25th January a catalogue containing 6071 bales, which included an attractive…

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Australia's Wool

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 2

During the year ended at June 30, 1927, Australia produced 892,3G7,245 lbs of wool. Of this total, New South Wales produced nearly 500,000,000 lbs…

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General News Wool Sales

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report: Taken as a whole last week's sales have been even more satisfactory than the previous week, competition…

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Bone Chewing in Cattle Top Dress the Pastures

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 1

The Department of Agriculture again draws attention to the unsatisfactory condition that are being produced in many dairy herds because of the…

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Local and General Last Season's Wool

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 2

Last season the total value of wool exported from Australia was £53,410,657 for greasy, and £6,642,701 for scoured…

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Fallow and Crop Competition at Tullibigela

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

We have just received the report of the judge, Mr. L. Judd (Manager of the Temora Experimental Farm) of the fallow and crop…

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Trip for Farmers Buttenshaw Not Keen

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 8

"I don't think there is any advantage to be gained by sending Australian farmers to Britain, as Sir Peter Stewart-Bam suggests," said Mr…

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Gundagai Maize Crops

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

The rain has saved some of Gundagai's maize crops but fully 6000 out of 8000 acres of crop have been lost, owing to the dry spe[?]…

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Murrumbidgee Settlers The Readjustment of Civilian Cases Opening More Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 7

Various aspects of the further development of the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas came under review by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr…

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-Poor Wheat Yield. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4

The official estimate of the recent wheat harvest in N.S.W. is 27,111,000. bushels. This is the lowest for nine years. The average per acre is 9.1…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 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. WHEAT GROWING…

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Evenness of Wool Prices Exceptional Stability

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:--It is doubtful if Australia has ever experienced a wool season when values have kept on such an even basis…

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Agricultural Notes Wheat Growing Sow Only Pure Graded Seed

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 2

The complaint is frequently made by farmers that the seed of a variety of wheat has "run out,", or that some variety or other is not yielding as…

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Wool at Best Point of Season. Very Strong Demand

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 9

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes 20118:--Excellent competition and very satisfactory clearances have been the…

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