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

Farming & the land, 1929

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Condobolin Experiment Farm Interesting Field Day

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 6

Last Thursday afternoon saw about 70 assembled at the Farm, which number really exceeded expectations, in view of the unavoidable short…

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Object Lesson. Sheep Farmers' Foresight

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 5

Last year Mr. G. H. McNaught, of CoHe Camp, in the Coonamble district, sowed 40 acres of Soudan grass, resulting in crop standing…

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Wool Market

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 1

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report: A buoyant tone prevailed at the current Brisbane sales, the trend of values having been slightly…

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Grow More Wheat

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 2

There is nothing so refreshing as a cheery optimist, and if Grenfell farmers need mental stimulant they should find it in the persistent…

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Sydney Wool Auctions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. reports 12th November:— The third series of Sydney…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Western Champion · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 12

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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Pastoral. the Mating Period. Some Seasonable Advice to the Flock-owner

Western Champion · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 12

Except on the tablelands, in, the colder districts where a spring lambing is practised, mating will take place over most of the sheep districts with—…

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Crop Judging. Unexpected Interlude. an Exciting Moment

Western Champion · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 5

The task of the judge in a crop competition is usually a prosaic one, but it may have its exciting moments…

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Parkes Growing Crop Competition Waratah Well Out Ahead Mr. E. J. Johnson takes Pride of Place

Western Champion · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 5

While the general wheat yield for the district will probably not exceed two bags per acre there are a number of crops which are well up to the standard of a normal season, and some which will give an outstanding return, a tribute to the better farming methods and…

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Crop and Fallow Combined Competition. the "Rockvale" Trophy

Western Champion · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 11

Of the blocks which figured in the Parkes P and A. Fallow Competition in the early part of the year only four were submitted to the judge in the…

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Timely Aid for Farmers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 7

Many settlers in the near northwest are making applications under the "relief for farmers' scheme, inaugurated by the Minister for…

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Necessitous Farmers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 7

Mr. E. C. Best, M.L.A., has forwarded the following letter received , by Mr. Thorby, Minister for Agriculture:—…

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Sydney Wool Auctions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 1
Also in The Forbes Advocate, Cowra Free Press

The Secretary Farmers and Grazers Co-operative Coy. reports, 12th November:—The third series of Sydney Auctions…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 4

Messrs Kilpatrick McLellan and Anthoness, district agents for Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd., received the following wire front the firm on…

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Treatment for Sheep and Flies

Cowra Free Press · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 4

At this time of the year all sheepowners have to contend with fly ravages, which if neglected result in serious and often fatal injury to the…

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Too Slow Sheep Owner Fined

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 12

At Forbes Court on Tuesday, R. Ramsay was fined £3, with £19, costs, for failing to travel sheep the required distance per day…

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Good Old Days "About that Sheep"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 9

Writing in the Wellington "Times" of diggers and fossikers in the old gold mining days, a correspondent says:—…

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EUGOWRA Wheat Yield About Five Bags

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 9

A sharp thunderstorm fell here on Sunday morning, the fall ranging from 50 to 150 points. In the town 80 points fell, while 141 were registered at…

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