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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Farm and Field. Wastes on the Farm

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 6

On all farms there is produced a quantity, of waste material which should be utilised for fertilising: purposes. The British Board of Agriculture, in a recent…

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Parkes Dairy Co

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 3

FOR the past month, the Parkes Dairy Company has distributed to cream and milk suppliers a total of £937 15s. The quautity of butter produced was…

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Our Farmers

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 7

"Agriculture is the most noble, the most useful, and the most elevating employment of mankind." Farmers are the landed nobility of…

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Experimental Farm

Western Champion · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 23

At the September meeting of the local branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association it was decided to urge the establishment of an…

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Farmer and Company Limited

Western Champion · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 15

Farmer and Company's traveller, Mr H J Fletcher, will open up samples from all departments, at Tattersalls Hotel, on Wednesday and Thursday…

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Butter Factory

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 2

THE MEETING in reference to the above matter (called by requisition) was opened by the Mayor at the close of Mr Peacock's lecture…

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Facts About Grains of Wheat

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 3

Ideal bread can only be made by condensing in flour all the nutritious elements of wheat, which can be readily assimilated. A grain of wheat has four distinct parts,…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved,] Cultivation of Corn

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 6

IT has been clearly demonstrated that any mutilation of corn roots has an injurious effect. Pruning three to four times during the ordinary season op all sides six…

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The French Farmer. Why He Prospers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 5

Professor James Long writes in the " Daily Mail" as follows :— It is quite easy to compare the approximate figures there are in…

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Wool

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 5

The wool market is still strong, and a fresh record has been made for greasy viz. 12¾d…

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Damaging Marketable Sheep

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 7

Exporters have been complaing of the large number of sheep that show bruises on various parts of the carcase when it is skinned and made ready for…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 5

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report :-- Another, satisfactory week's business has been transacted in the wool market, each day's sales having passed off with…

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The Wool Market

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 2

Dalgety & Company, Limited, report for last week:— Another satisfactory week's business has been transacted in the wool market, each day's sales having…

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The Improvement of New South Wales Dairy Cattle. State Dairy Expert. the Shorthorn. (Continued.)

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 6

Figure 6,—The bull "Cornish Boy" was, perhaps, the least liked by South Coast Dairy farmers of the four Shorthorn bulls imported by the Government…

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Farm and Field. Horses that are Shy Feeders

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 16

When a shy feeder happens to go completely off its corn without apparent cause, the best plan to adopt is to miss out one or even two feeds…

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School Farms

Western Champion · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 21

The agitation for the establishment of an experimental farm on the land reserved near Tichbourne has grown more pronounced of late, and the course…

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SHARE-FARMING. Some Details of the System. How it works in New South Wales

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 4

In connection with the advancement of closer settlement, which is now recognised as such a vital factor in the progress and prosperity, and even the…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] the Moulting Season of Fowls

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 7

THE greatest drain on the vigor of fowls is during the moulting season. At that period if there is any weakness inherent among the individuals of the flook…

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The Dairy.. the Cow As a Machine

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 9

Some of the machines found on a dairy farm are used only during certain seasons, while others are in operation but a short time each day. The majority…

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Forbes Cattle Sale

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 October 1906 · page 7

On Wednesday last the 17th inst., Messrs Edward Weaver and Co. and W. H. Wheatley (in conjunction), conducted a sale of store cattle at Weaver's…

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