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

Farming & the land, 1908

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Representative. Friday, October 9 Parkes Dairy Company

Western Champion · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 12

The output of the above Company practically doubled during the month of September, the amount paid to suppliers being £136 18s 3d, compared…

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THE Wyalong Advocate. Saturday, October 10 Wool or Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

ONCE or twice lately we have found ourselves reflecting as to what effect the strict application of a closer settlement policy will…

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Useful Farm Crane

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 7

A convenient crane for loading or unloading heavy articles on or from a a waggon may be made in the manner shown in this illustration. A is a sill…

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Agriculture, Etc. Farm and Field. Agricultural Education

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 7

For some time past a board of inquiry, appointed by the British Board of Agriculture, has been taking evidence in various parts of Great Britain…

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Dairy Notes. Dehorning Calves. Caustic Potash Directions

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 7

In most dairying countries dehorning is now resorted to among the herds. It tends to make the animals more docile. Caustic potash is the chemical used…

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Dairying in Japan

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 7

There was a time when milk was regarded in Japan with the same abhorrence as cheese in China. Recent statistics, however, show that time has…

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Farm Notes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

It does not do milk any good to remain in the udder too many hours after it is secreted, neither does it do the cows any good…

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Useful Farm Crane

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 3

A convenient crane for loading or unloading heavy articles on or from a a waggon may be made in the manner shown in this illustration. A is a sill…

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Dairying in Japan

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 3

There was a time when milk was regarded in Japan with the same abhorrence as cheese in China. Recent statistics, however, show that time has…

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Dairy Notes. Dehorning Calves. Caustic Potash Directions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 3

In most dairying countries dehorning is now resorted to among the herds. It tends to make the animals more docile. Caustic potash is the chemical used…

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Agriculture, Etc. Farm and Field. Agricultural Education

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 3

For some time past a board of inquiry, appointed by the British Board of Agriculture, has been taking evidence in various parts of Great Britain…

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Wheat Market

Western Champion · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 22

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd, report:—Owing to the fact that the London market is depressed, but little business is doing here, either in old or…

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The Markets. Wool Reports

Western Champion · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 22

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited submitted for their opening sale a representative catalogue of 1755 bales, the selection comprising a number of…

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Local Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 4

At the recent Show Mr H Wood, of Bena, took two prizes (champion and reserved champion) with his sheep The other day these two sheep were…

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Molasses As Cattle Feed. a German Experience

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 7

A correspondent to a German paper gives a description of the manner in which molasses is being used as a cattle food. At the present moment the…

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Latest Telegrams [These messages are 16 Hours Later than any information contained in the city papers.) SYDNEY, Saturday. Sheep Stealing

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 4

At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions, Charles King, Stock Inspector, at Carooai, was fouud guilty on a charge of sheep stealing, and was…

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Farm and Field. Scalding a Pig

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 10

Success in scalding a pig depends entirely upon the temperature of the water. A reliable method of determining this is as follows:—Before…

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Boys On the Farm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 10

The question of interesting the boys on the farm is one of universal concern. English paper, dealing with the matter, observes that a considerable…

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The Dairy. Selection and Milking

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 10

There are some useful notes in the leaflet just issued by the English Board of Agriculture concerning the selection and milking of dairy cattle. In the…

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Market Report. Wool Reports

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 7

Goldsbrough, Most and Co, report-- In accordance with roster arrangements we did not hold a sale this week, but are bringing forward a…

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