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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Local Wheat

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

THE enormous quantity of wheat grown in this and the Temora district has now been pretty well all despatched to either Sydney markets, and the remainder is…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 11

NEW SOUTH WALES has had a narrow escape of heading the list of Australian wheat producing States. Victoria reaped the biggest crop, 23 1/2 million…

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Wheat Available for Distribution

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 18

PARCELS of the following wheats will, as far as the stocks which are available allow, be distributed in trial parcels to farmers of this State who may apply…

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Worms in Sheep. To the Editor of the EXPRESS

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 11

SIR,—We have been asked by some of your readers visiting Sydney if we could advise them how to act with sheep that they wish to keep free from…

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Farm and Field. Farm Weeds and How to Fight Them

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 15

Philosophers tell us that weeds are only "plants out of place." The husbandman admits it, end finds the work of getting them into their place and…

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Open Letter. To the Farmers, Settlers, and Public of Peak Hill District

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 8

GENTLEMEN,—A few weeks ago, a public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held at which it was decided to resuscitate the local branch of…

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Crops and Prospects

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 10

THE season just at present is exceptionally promising, and farmers are speeding the plough in all directions. As a result of the recent rains there is…

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Active Farm Horses. (To the Editor.)

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

SIR,—I see by your last issue of the CANOWINDRA STAR that Mr. Dwyer wants to enter into an argument with me through your valuable paper about the…

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The Wool and Wheat Figures

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 8

The returns of wool from the three receiving stations of Darling Harbour, Morpeth, and Newcastle have been obtained by the Railway Commissioners…

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Broomhall's Australasian Wheat Ready Reckoner

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 8

This book, compiled by Mr. L. F, Broom-hall of 18 Bridge Street, Sydney, the compiler of the Grain Merchants Ready Reckoner, conjointly with Mr. G. K. Gregson has been…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles.[all Rights Reserved.] Pullets Laying During Winter

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 6

IN order to make good progress in the production of eggs daring cold weather it is essential that every egg-farmer should build up his own strain of winter-laying…

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Farm and Field. Nitrate of Soda—Position and Statistics

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 3

The annual circulars of the nitrate of soda experts were looked forward to this year in London, writes the "Mark Lane Express," with more than usual…

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Wool Market

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

DALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD., Wool and produce Brokers, Sydney, report:-- There is a keen inquiry for all…

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Large Importing Wheat Ports

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

Antwerp is the greatest wheat importing port in the world, according to a London milling journal. Rotterdam comes next, Liverpool is third on the…

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Sheep Brands

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 10

THE following owners in this district registered their sheep brands and marks last quarter:—Thomas Hand, Lockinvar, Peak Hill; E. L. Jones…

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Wheat for Pigs

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 4

There are one or two facts in connection with the feeding of pigs which most pig-breeders accept as general rules First, a young, growing pig requires…

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Wheat Available for Distribution

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 6

Parcels of the following wheats will, as far as the stocks which are available allow, be distributed in trial parcels to farmers of this State who may apply to…

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Farm and Field. Farm Yard Manure

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 15

Writing on the value of farmyard manure, Mr Shortt, chemist to the, Experimental Farms, Canada, makes the following remarks in a recent…

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Pupils For Farmers

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 9

ONE of the branches of the Immigration League of Australia's business is a provision for placing the city youths on the soil to suable them to learn…

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Parkes Dairy Company

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 20

WITH the copious falls of rain, the milk supply lias increased, after the long dry spell, and the local factory is fairly busy. The turnover for the…

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