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

Farming & the land, 1900

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A Big Wheat Return

Western Champion · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 18

Messrs. H. E. A. and V. White, of Belltrees, Scone, in a recent letter to the Department, refer to an enormous yield of wheat obtained by one of…

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Wheat and Other Markets

Forbes Times · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 2

H. R. CARTER, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as under :— Wheat.—Shipping and milling qualities have not changed in value since my last report, but I have…

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Rural Topics. Butter Meters

Western Champion · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 18

The importance to those connected with dairying pursuits, whether for the sale of milk or its manufacture into butter or cheese, or a ready method for…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Thursday, 1St February. Cattle

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 2

831 yarded, including a large number of cows. The quality was mainly inferior and rough, prime yards being scarce. For prime values were much…

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The Real Value of Crop Rotation

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 1

'A bare soil, writes Mr. G. W. McCluer in the American Agriculturist,' must sooner or later become a barren soil, even without the removal…

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Letters to the Editor. The Editor [?] hold himself respe sible for the opinions expressed by correspondents Farmers and the Stock Board. To One Editor of the Forbes Times

Forbes Times · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 4

SIR,—As the annual election of Directors under the “Diseases in Sheep” and “Pastures and Stock Protection Acts” to the Forbes Stock Board takes place on the 20th inst,, and as there is a good deal…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Thursday, 15Th February. Cattle

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 12

863 yarded. The quality was, on the whole, rather above the average. The attendance of buyers was good, and values were, if anything, rather…

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Piney Range Branch Farmers and Graziers' Association

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held at Piney Range on Saturday, 30th December. Present : Messrs.,T. Casey (chair). Cleary (3), T. Beazley, E. H. Lloyd, Leonard (2), J. B. McIntosh, Bristow,…

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The Dairy, Lucerne Hay for Milch Cows. Experiments prove it to increase yield, but decrease the richness of Milk

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 1

We have received from a number of dairy farmers inquiries as to the effects of lucernehay on the quality and quantity of milk. The New York Experiment…

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Farmers Weak Diamonds

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 3

"Its no joke," said the drummer, " the farmers in Kansas wear diamonds. Not nil, of course, but all of those who can afford to do so. More than once I scen a…

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Letters to the Editor. The Editor does not [?] himself [?] for the opinions expressed by correspondents. Farmers and the Stock Board. To the Editor of the Forbes Times

Forbes Times · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 3

SIR,— [?] your footnote to my letter in last issue, I maintain that the bulk of the taxpayers have never been represented. A reference to the polling records will prove that lees than [?] voters have…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Thursday, 22Nd February. Cattle

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 12

1,125 yarded, a large number, being cows, steers, &c. The quality was principally rough and inferior, prime lots being scarce. There was a good…

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Wheat

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 7

Mr. H. R. Carter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows. Feb 20th:— Toe market has scarcely changed at all for prime quality,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 9

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd. John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Dalgetty and Co., Ltd. Goldsbrough, Mort. and Co., Ltd. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd ; Hill, Clark, and Co.; New Zealand…

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Wheat and Other Markets

Forbes Times · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 2

H. R. CARTER, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as under :— The market bas scarcely changed at all for prime quality, and the value [?] ex Darling Harbour or 2s 9d I.o.b…

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Bonanza Wheat Farms

Western Champion · Friday 2 March 1900 · page 18

Sensational reports on the "bonanza" farms of the United States have often appeared in English and Australian papers, setting forth that wheat could…

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Rural Topics. Sheep Sale

Western Champion · Friday 2 March 1900 · page 18

The Tasmanian Woolgrowers' Agency Co., Ltd., Launceston, will hold an important sale of from 1000 to 1500 high-class ewes at Epping,…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Thursday, 22Nd February. Cattle

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 2 March 1900 · page 2

1,125 yarded, a large number being cows, steers, &c. The quality was principally rough and inferior, prime lots being scarce. There was a good…

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Wheat

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 4

Mr. H. R. Carter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows Feb. 27th : Wheat has Dot changed since my last report, A few pales were made at slightly…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 5

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co. Ltd. John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; [?] and Co., Ltd., Goldsborough, Mort and Co., Ltd.; Harrison, [?] and Dev[?] Ltd; Hill, Clark and Co.; New Zealand…

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