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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Commercial News. Sydney Wool Sales

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 5

DALGETY and Company, Limited, Sydney, report:—There has been an excellent selection of wool on offer during the past week, many of the…

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Doings in Wheat. Transactions in New Grain

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 32

MESSRS. Lindley, Walker & Co., Sydney, report:—Since we reported the arrivals and sale of the first two trucks of new season's wheat…

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A Local Industry. the Parkes Butter Factory. [Written for the CHAMPION.]

Western Champion · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 13

Away back, prior to the golden era, when the district, of which Parkes now forms the picturesque and thriving centre, was a vaet area of sheep-walk…

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Parkes Dairy Company

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 17

THE month of November forms the record for the Parkes Dairy Company. The total cash paid to suppliers was £1386 8s 3d. These…

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Farm Competitions

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 18

THE following is the Judges' award for the SYDNEY MAIL'S Farm Competitions:—Delanay Bros., Lachlan Valley, Cowra, 1st prize £50; F. C. Rowlands…

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A Word to Farmers

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

In connection with the immigration movement, advices have been received to the effect that good opportunities exist from time to time of inducing…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Lime As a Fertiliser

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 6

THE value of lime as a fertiliser is not fully appreciated. With mere intensive culture lime will be in increasing demand to aid soil renovation and…

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The Pet of the Farm

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 6

OH, I would I were’s chicken playing round her tiny feet, Or the pigeon on her shoulder as he steals her kisses sweet…

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Record Wheat Crop Purchase

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 1

The honour of growing the largest [?] crop in Australia belongs to Mr. C. H. Greene, M.L.C of landen, near Young. This season’s crop, which is estimated to reach…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles[ All Rights Reserved.] Fertilisers for the Soil

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 6

FARMYARD manure is one of the most efficient means at the one of the of the farmer to permanently improve his soil. Probably no other fertiliser possesses to so…

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The Dairy. the Bull's Influence on Milking Breeds

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 3

This subject was referred to in an in­teresting manner by a German scientist, Professor Hanson, of Bonn, on the Rhine, in the course of a…

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