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

Farming & the land, 1903

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Wool

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 4

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON, & CO., LTD., report, 4th March 1903:--The wool market continues firm on the basis of values current during the last couple…

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Seed Wheat

Western Champion · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 10

Since our worthy Mayor has publicly challenged Mr Kidd's statement that matters in connection with seed wheat destribution were being promptly…

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Wool and Produce

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 3

THE Australian Mortgage Agency Co. Ltd., John Bridge & Co. Ltd., Dalgety & Co. Ltd., Goldsbrough Morton Co. Ltd., Harrison, Jones and Devlin Ltd.,…

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Wool and Produce Report

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Brokers Association report as follows for week ending March 6th [?] WOOL…

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Seed Wheat & Distress. Interview with Ministers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 2

Mr. J. D. Waite, hon sec., of the Candobolin branch of the F. and S. Association of N.S.W. sent us the following letters:-- Sydney, 6th March, 1903…

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Farm and Garden, Original Articles. Cover Crops and Fertilisers

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 6

COVER crops may to a certain extent take the place of fertilisers and manures. They are not, however, a universal panacea for all soil…

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The Jemalong Experiment. a Great Success. More Than 75 Sheep Per Acre

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 4

A PRACTICAL demonstration of exceptional value to pastoralists and others, tending to solve the problem of stock-feeding under adverse conditions, and…

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Farmers' Association

Western Champion · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 5

The regular monthly meeting of the Parkes District Farmers' and Graziers' Association was held at Toohey's Hotel on Saturday afternoon. The chair…

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Orchard Cover Crops

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 6

Beside the fertilising value of a cover crop, the improvement of the soil should be considered and the penetrating character of the roots. These factors, when…

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Government Piecrust Promises. Farmers' and Settlers' Co-Operative Society, Sydney, 6th March, 1903. To Mr John D. Waite, Condobolin

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 2

Dear Sir,--Yours of 2nd instant to hand, and pleased to hear from you in regard to seed wheat. We note most of your farmers are applying to the Government for seed,…

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Railway Accident at Woodstock. Stock Trucks Break Away. a Drover Severely Injured. a Number of Sheep Killed

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

A special train consisting of 37 trucks and brake [?] through Cowra from Yaas junction [?] to Bourke on Thursday evening, and reached Woodstock about,…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Maintaining Soil Fertility

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 6

IT is very generally recognised that it is very essential to have a fertile soil, in which to grow crops, insa-much as success in farming depends…

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Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 6

MESSRS. WINCHCOMBE CARSON & Co. report:--Very little new wool is reaching the market now, the season being practically over. There still remains,…

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Victorian Wheat Rates

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 2

The Victorian Government de-declines to carry at reduced rates wheat sent by the New South Wales Government to the Moama and…

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Wool on Fire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 4

Two trucks of wool, containing about 86 bales, which were attached to a train, caught fire at Comping station between Brewarrina and Byrock,…

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Wool and Produce Report

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Brokers Association report as follows for week ending March 14th 1903. WOOL…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Starters for Ripening Cream

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 6

IN order to state the subject of starters plainly and intelligently, it is necessary to take the fundamental principles of the ripening of cream into…

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Wool and Produce Report

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

The Sydney "Wool Brokers Association report as follows for week ending March 2 let 1903. WOOL,…

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Cost of Growing Wheat. (To the Editor Peak Hill Express.)

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 3

Sir, The farmers have, lately, been hying to separate the cost of growing wheat from the value of land. We have set out to find what shares of the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Sorghum Cane

Canowindra Star and Woodstock Recorder · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 6

ALTHOUGH sorghum has been grown extensively for many years, there has been very little selection of varieties. Early…

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