Farmers' Association
The monthly meeting of the Parkes District Farmers and Graziers Asaociation was held at Tattersalls Hotel on Saturday evening, the President, Mr…
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Farming & the land, 1904
413 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 19 of 21
Among the Crops on Landra
AT the invitation of Mr. John Murray, the manager of the famous Iandra Estate, a party from Grenfell paid n visit to that place on Wednesday, where they wore hospitably…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pumpkins As a Dairy Feed
Very few, if any, experiments seem to have been made to determine the value of pumpkins as food for the dairy cow. However, they are generally regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Cooling Milk on the Farm
IF the shallow or open system as it is sometimes named, is system, as it is milk as soon as it is drawn, first through a wire strainer, and then through a thin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral and Agricultural. New Method of Cleaned Wood
The latest news from Germany give an account of a new method of ridda wool from grease and all other objectionable matter to which it is heir, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Harvest
A very valuable and important circular relating to the late record harvest, as showing the increased yields due to the use of fertilisers has…
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Stripping has commenced in some parts of the district. Owing to the exceedingly dry and hot weather prevailing during the last two or three…
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Right throughput the district the wool clip appears to have been exceptionally be ivy. As an instance Mr. W. McKeown, Senr., of Rosehill…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grasshoppers and the Crops
During the week we were shown a sample head [?]heat by Mr. Umpleby taken from his crop after being subjected to the ravages of grasshoppers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parkes Dairy Company
The local factory is doing really good work just now as the following results of its operations for the past two months, kindly supplied us by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Crop Prospects
Speaking generally the crop prospects during the early part of the week were, to put it mildly, doubtful, and growers were beginning to wonder if, alter all,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Handling Young Chicks
COCKERELS and pullets should be separated the latter part of the summer. When they are about three months old, the cockerels should be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Reports
Messrs Harrison. Jones and Devlin Ltd, report under date of Nov, 15, '04. We submitted on Tuesday a splendid catalogue of 5015 bales which…
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Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin offered a catalogue of 4900 bales from representative growers. The competition was extremely keen, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Crops
Stripping is fairly general throughout the district. A peculiar feature of this year's crops is that although many of them were sown in different months…
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At the present time these are not bright, though at the same time considered much move so than in most of Adjoining districts. The hay yield is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Regulating the Moisture in Butter
The moisture in butter in many cases, especially in that not washed, holds within it a certain proportion of the casein or curd from the buttermilk. It follows, therefore,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Guineas on the Farm
GUINEA FOWLS, both as useful and ornamental birds, should have a place on every farm. The only objection usually made against them is on account of…
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The first lot of the new season's wheat left Condobolin by rail yesterday, It consisted of 83 bags consigned by Mr H. F. Parsons of…
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The Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Company Limited report having received the following cablegram from their London Agents, dated 22nd…
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