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

Farming & the land, 1907

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Parkes Dairy Company

Western Champion · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 13

The number of suppliers to the butter factory continues to show an increase, althoug the season is not very favorable. The amount…

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Farm and Field. Mixed Strains for Sheep Breeding

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 7

Many farmers in prchasing rams keep shifting from one breed to another, thinking that they are producing lambs of greater stamina and profit producing…

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A Load of Wool

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 4

Mr Wallace (Boss) White will reach here to-day, Friday, with a load of wool weighing 11½ tons. He comes from Lake Cowal, and this is the…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights RESERVED.]Raising Turkeys

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 6

Turkey hens should be given a good, roomy nest, and then left undisturbed while sitting and hatching. When the poults are old enough the hen will…

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The Dairy. Breeding for Improvement

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 7

The breeding up of the dairy herd is, perhaips, the most vital question in dairying to-day. The milk yield of a cow depends chiefly on her inherent…

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Farm Notes

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 6

Cereals are, or should be, all planted, and in districts where it is the custom to sow small seed after the corn begins to come up, prompt advantage…

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Diseased Cattle

Western Champion · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 22

The prosecution of an auctioneer in a country town who sold nine head of diseased cattle was mentioned at the last meeting of the Board of Health…

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Wool Report

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 16

HILL, CLARK & Co. report:—At last week's sales we submitted the top catalogue of the day, consisting of 3525 bales of wool, and our selection…

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The Wool Season

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 8

THE amount of wool received this season at the three shipping depots, season at the three gripping Darling Harbor, Newcastle and Morpeth, disclose a big increase, as…

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Commercial News. Wool Reports

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 7

MESSRS. Harbison, Jones & DEVLIN, LTD., submitted on Tuesday a catalogue of 3486 bales, which included a number of important and highly attractive wools in the grease…

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Parkes Dairy Company

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 20

FOR the season we are having, the Parkes Dairy Company had a fair turnover for the month past. The amount paid to suppliers was £384…

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Wheat Experiments

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 2

Mr. G. L. Sutton (wheat experimentalist), in an article under the above heading in the October number of the ‘Agricultural Gazette’ says :—…

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Farm and Field. Mixed Strains for Sheep Breeding

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 3

Many farmers in prchasing rams Keep shifting from one breed to another, thinking that they are producing lambs of greater stamina and profit producing…

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Tethering Horses and Cattle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 7

It is often desired to tether a horse, cow, or calf in the field. To keep them from winding the rope about the bar or stake to which they are attached is…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article [All Rights Reserved.] Farm Crops, and Bees

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 6

In all places where bees are kept this subject should receive far more attention than it does. A great many farmers may look upon the value of the…

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The Dairy. Cream Souring Bacteria

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 7

The natural souring of cream in brought about by the action of bacteria which attack the sugar of milk, and change a portion of it into lactic acid…

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Good Advice to Dairymen

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 7

In his address at Egmont Village, New Zealand, under the auspices of the Agricultural Society, Captain Young told his hearers that in his opinion…

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Farm and Field. Uniformity of the Fleece

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 7

Want of uniformity in the fleece is often a defect noticeable even in prize sheep, and one that takes generations of breeding to rectify. The difference in…

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The Dairy. Breeding for Improvement

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 3

The breeding up of the dairy herd is, perhaps, the most vital question in dairying to-day. The milk yield of a cow depends chiefly on her inherent…

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Market Reports. Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report-- For our sale on 14th instant, we submitted a catalogue of 4265 bales, comprised chiefly of clips from the western…

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