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

Farming & the land, 1906

770 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 34 of 39

Wool Report

Western Champion · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 13

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency wire tinder Thursday's date:—At our wool sale yesterday the market was very irregular. Fine…

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Rust and Wheat

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 1

In a work on the "Diseases of Cultivated Plants," Professor Kirchner, in referring to the extensive injury caused to the wheat crop by rust, says that no…

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

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 6

"Alezander [?] (see page 29), bred by Mr. H[?] Hoyle, Cornwall, is by "Fire[?]. She seems well descended for milk; her [?] dam was…

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The Farmer's Friend. (CONTRIBUTED.)

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 7

IN a country having such a large proportion of electors interested in fanning pursuits as in Australia it is only necessary that at election times every…

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Farmers' Association

Western Champion · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 4

The regular meeting of the Parkes branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday afternoon at Freeman's Hotel, the…

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Parkes Dairy Company

Western Champion · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 12

The month just passed proved an exceptional one in the history of the Parkes Butter Factory, the output and the disbursement to suppliers being…

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Humor and Philosophy Farm Ballad

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 3

I remember, I remember Those old days of lone ago When from May to late December It was grub and rake and hoe,…

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Visits to the Government Farms

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 4

A scheme is now being organised by the Intelligence Department, at Sydney, with the object of placing opportunities in the way of city duellers and farmers…

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Misccllaneous. Last Season's Wheat Harvest

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 1

THE argument used by Some of our agriculturist that fertilisers exhaust soil has undoubtedly been upset, it having been clearly demonstrated that prior to the use…

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Wheat Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 4

Lindley, Walker and Co., Mark Lane, Sydney, report:-Buyers of old wheat have been careless during the past week and, even at reductions,…

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Sydney Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 5

Dalgety & Co. Ltd., report:-There has been a marked increase in the wool offerings during the past week, the daily average having been 8,500 bales…

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Milling Qualities of Wheat

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 5

The milling quality of wheat harvested in the dough stage and wheat harvested when quite ripe is an interesting problem. This was one of the questions…

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A Cattle Parasite

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 2

THE Maitland MERCURY says:—Mr. Colefax, of Candong, near Murwillumbah, has lost several calves lately, and on opening one last Sunday, found…

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Wheat Report

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 17

MESSES. Lindley, Walker & Co., Mark Lane, Sydney, report:—Buyers of old wheat hare been careless during the past week and, even at…

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"Bobs" Wheat

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 4

Various opinions have been expressed by millers as to the milling merits of "Bobs" Wheat, and also by growers as to its behaviour in the field…

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Trangie Crops

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 10

THE wheat crops in this district are not going to yield so well as was at first anticipated owing to the prevalence of rust in many of them, says the Advocate. In some…

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A Dairy Item

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 10

DR. BABCOCK says there is on record no analysis of milk which shows more than 9 per cent. of butter fat when the cow was yielding as high or more than 15lb per day…

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The Dairying Industry

Western Champion · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 13

The rapid strides made by the local dairying industry since the establishment of the factory in a central position has attracted attention outside our…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 4

A lecture, illustrated with lantern slides, on the foregoing subject was delivered by Mr. G. L. [?]utton, Manager of the Experimental Farm and Acting Government…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] the Future Hog

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 6

THE substitution of other fats in [?] of lard, and a growing tendency in the consumer to eat more lean meat, is sure to have its effect upon the future of…

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