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

Farming & the land, 1929

1,939 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 30 of 97

Sheep Dipping

Cowra Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 7

The damage effected by the blowfly among the sheep flocks of Australasia is enormous, and a very conservative estimate of the damage…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 7

Messrs Kilpatrick McLollan and Antloness received the following wire rom Messrs Dalgely and Co., Ltd., on the 8th insl.: "We offered 4,400 bales…

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Items of Interest “Cattle King.”

Cowra Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

Sir Sidney Kidman, the Australian cattle king, is 72 this week. He was born near Adelaide, and left home at the age of 13, to seek his fortune…

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Mortality in Sheep Wastage that Might be Prevented

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 8

It is regrettable that stockowners do net pay more attention 10 counter acting the known causes of wastage in Hocks, many of which, points out the…

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Sydney Wool Sales Values Generally Unchanged

Cowra Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 8
Also in The West Wyalong Advocate

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Co. writes under date 7th May 1929: — We offered a catalogue of 6139 bales…

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Management of Wheat Silos (To the Editor)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1

Mr. E. S. Twigg writes: Sir,—Let us consider storage, charges, etc., and try and find out why the wheatgrowers do not rush the ideal asset…

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Wool Classes Established Elsewhere What of Forbes ?

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

The Sydney Technical College recently intimated that it could not accede to the local Chamber of Commerce request that sheep…

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The Markets Brisk Continental Bidding Wool Markets Generally Firm

Cowra Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 5

Winchcombe. Carson Ltd. report: — France, Germany. Italy and Belguim were very strong competitors at our Sydney wool sales on Thursday…

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Use More Wool Compulsory Levy for Campaign £150,000 a Year Wanted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 10

A publicity committee was appointed by the recent anual conference of the New South Wales Graziers' Association to inquire into the…

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20 Sheep to the Acre What the Lachlan Flats Are Capable of Carrying. If Properly Worked and Managed

Cowra Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

The above is the opinion of Mr. George Cooley in regard to a property he purchased from Mr. C. [?] some little time back,…

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Farm Seeds At Special Rates

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 9

This old established firm of Shep-; herd's (over 100 years) whilst net a price cutter, can nevertheless often sell certain kinds of its best quality…

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For Trial Parkes Farmer Charged Alleged Fraud PARKES

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

At the Parkes Police Court, Albert James McKay, who had been a share-farmer near Parkes in 1926, was charged with defrauding…

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Fodder Champion of South Central West Cowra’s Popular Agricultural Society’s [?] Progressive Farmer Wins the Royal Agricultural Society’s Honors

Cowra Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1

In the two divisions of the fodder conservation championships already decided, the educational influences of the movement are apparent. An impetus has not only been given to the building up of…

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Pastoral. Mycotic Dermatitis. a Skin Disease of Sheep

Western Champion · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 2

Attention is drawn in the current "Agricultural Gazette" to a skin disease of sheep which, probably because of its comparative rarity, states…

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Wool Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd report, 8th May:— At our sale yesterday we submitted a catalogue of 6340 bales, drawn from…

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Snakes and Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 2

Mr. E. A. Austen, secretary of the Farmers & Settlers' Association, was very pessimistic when the subject of wheat prices was…

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Wheat Prices Should Be Stabilised Farmers Must Unite S. Australian Tells

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 2

Urging united action in the matter of stabilising wheat prices by the farmers in the grain producing States of Australia, Mr. E. Craig delivered a forceful address to members present at the Forbes F. & S. Association meeting on Saturday…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Western Champion · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 2

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. Should any farmer desire Information relevant to his work on the…

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P. & A. Association Sheep Dog Trial. Bigger Prizes Offered

Western Champion · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 1

One of the attractions of the Jubilee Show in August next, will be the Sheep Dog Trial, for which the Committee have decided to offer bigger…

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