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

Farming & the land, 1906

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Pure Butter

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 16

The question of pure butter is being widely discussed in agricultural circles in Great Britain. At a recent meeting of the Bucks Chamber of Agriculture…

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Farm and Field. Remarkable Butter Yield

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 16

A most remarkable account of butter production from a Jersey cow is being published in the American papers, to which a few references may be…

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Eugowra Butter Factory

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

The half-yearly general meeting of the sitar-holders of the Eugowra [?]enery Company, Limited, was held in the School of Arts, Eugowra, on the 27th ult. for…

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Local Wheat

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

SINCE the commencement of the wheat season there has been 23,500 bags of wheat landed at the local railway station. This total will he farther increased to the…

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Wheat Market

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 11

MESSRS. G. RAVEN & Co., Wheat Brokers and Agents, 148 Clarence Street, Sydney, under date of Feb. 6th, report as follows:—Since our last…

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New Butter Making Process

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 16

A committee of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, has just made public its report on the Taylor process for butter-making. It is recommended that Mr…

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Wheat Rust Spores

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

Consul-General Guenther, of Frankfort, Germany, reports that according to German papers the most important work with reference to the rust of cereals has…

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The Wheat Season

Western Champion · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 13

0ver 20 000 bags of wheat are now stacked at the railway station, the Parkes Farmers, R S Howard and Sons, and Jas Bell and Co's large…

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Pastoral & Agricultural "A prosperous yeomanry is the backbone of a country."

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

Dingoes are doing heaps of damage in parts of the Carcoar district, especially around Porter's Retreat, where owners have to yard their sheep for protection…

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Farm and Field. Keeping Records of Dairy Cows

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

In keeping the record of the milk, we use a ruled sheet with a split column in which to record the morning and evening milking (writes a practical…

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Dairy Salt

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 16

A good sample of dairy salt contains 97.5 to 99.5 per cent, of sodium chloride; the balance consists of such impurities as lime, calcium chloride, and magnesium…

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Farmers' Association

Western Champion · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 17

The monthly meeting of the Parkes District Farmers' and Graziers' Association was held at Tattersalls hotel on Saturday afternoon, Mr T Hamilton…

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Parkes Dairy Company

Western Champion · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 13

The annual meeting of the shareholders in the Parkes Dairy Company was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon, Mr H W…

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Farm and Field, Moisture in Butter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 7

Professor Dean, Dairy Instructor, West Ontario, Canada, deals in a recent Issue oF the "Canadian Dairyman," with some of the possible sources of loss in…

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Wheat in the Carcoar District

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 7

During the last year the Department of Agriculture made an offer to the farmers to supply samples of seed wheat for experimental purposes…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Management of Brood Sows

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 6

EXERCISE is necessary for brood sows during the whole period of gestation, and especially so during the last three or four weeks, so that they will not be in a…

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Wealth in Wheat. Settlers and the Soil to Get on the Best Land

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

Everybody interested in the supreme question of settlement knows that the available virgin area for agricultural settlement is gradually growing less. Keen competition…

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Wealth in Wheat. Settlers and the Soil How to Get on the Best Land

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 2

Everybody interested in the supreme Question of settlement knows that the available virgin. area for agricultural settlement is gradually growing less. Keen competition…

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Pastoral & Agricultural "A prosperous yeomanry is the backbone of a country." Produce Markets

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 3

Following are the prices ruling in Sydney, viz:— Wheat—New f.a.q., 3s 1½d to 3s 2d per bushel…

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Wool Sales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 1

The offerings at the Sydney wool sales so far this season, exceed those of all previous records, prices throughout being exceptionally high…

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