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

Farming & the land, 1907

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Farm and Field. British Market Prospects for 1907

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 7

Writing on the market prospects for 1907, "Weddell's Annual Report" says that the general trade of the United Kingdom Is unusually active, and the…

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The Dairy. Grading Home Separator Cream

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4

What to do to improve the quality of hand separator cream is one of the most perplexing problems with which the butter makers of to-day are confronted…

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Farmyard Manure and Its Application

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4

It has been said that tillage is manure," end undoubtedly the fertility of our soils depends very largely upon the cultivation they receive; but to obtain…

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The Dairy. Purchasing a Dairy Cow

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 3

In buying a dairy cow one has to depend largely upon judgment, but there are a few points that it is well to look to. It is not always possible to…

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The Dry Farming System

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 8

The arrestive reports of the successful application of Professor Campbell's dry farming system to the belts of arid country in America are arousing much…

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Closer Settlement. Subdivision of the Famous Cowabee Estate Farm Blocks. Agricultural & Grazing Lands. Well Improved. Rich Chocolate Soil

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 10

The following description of the 34 blocks on Cowabee will give men on the look but for land a good idea of what is being offered them:—…

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Wool

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 14

THE busy wool season in the Sydney market is now practically concluded. One of the features of the closing was the buoyancy which characterised…

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Sheep Eat Rabbits

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 19

A CURIOUS-LOOKING object reposed on the table in the office of the Director of Agriculture on Saturday morning. In appearance it was not unlike a…

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Sheep Dog Trials

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 20

SAYS the NEWSLETTER :—The representative of this paper was sitting in a pub. on the outskirts of Bathurst last Friday night after the sheep-dog trials…

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Wheat Experiments

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 13

MR. J. R. ATKINSON, of Galamine, Slosher's Flat is one of the most successful wheat-growers in the Mudgee district. For years he has been…

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Wheat Freights

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 13

THE following new freight rate has been adopted for the carriage of wheat on the railways :—Wheat consigned to country mills to be milled…

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Wheat Stacked

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 10

AT Parkes there are 43,800 bags of wheat stacked at the railway station, Bogan Gate 4,650, Narromine 36,000, Grenfell 12,400, Forbes 4000…

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Wheat Sale

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 8

THE following resolution is to be submitted to the next annual conference of the F. and S. Association, at the instigation of the Gilgandra branch:…

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Seed Wheat Repayments

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 8

THE present should be the opportune time to refer to the question of seed wheat distribution. It is quite conceivable that not a few farmers who…

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Dressing for Fly-blown sheep

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 16

WRITTING on the above subject, Professor McConnel, the well-known author of the "Agricultural Note Book" and other classical works on…

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Wrinkles and Folds on Merino Sheep

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

For years past," writes Mr W. H. Webb in the "Sydney Mail," "it has been shown that the best sheep are the most wrinkly. They win the prizes under our…

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Parkes Dairy Co

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 17

THE Parkes Dairy Company has been established seven years. In 1901 £738 was paid to suppliers ; in 1902 the factory only worked four months…

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The Buckscraper. a Useful Implement in Farm, Orchard, and Other Work

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 3

I HAVE been struck in the course of my visits to many parts of the State by the absence of good scoops for levelling land for orchard and other purposes, and I have had many inquiries as to where such an implement could be obtained. The several sketches which I herewith give will servo to illustrate…

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Farm and Field. Early Maturity

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

"Early maturity" was very much to the fore at the Chicago fat stock show last December. Not only was the championship awarded to a bullock only 11…

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Seed Wheat Repayments

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2

The present should be an opportune time to refer to the question of seen wheat distribution. It is quite [?] that not a few farmers' who have…

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