Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

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

Farming & the land, 1908

409 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 21

Farm and Field. Progress in Wheat-Growing

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 3

Speaking at a recent meeting of farmers at Georgetown, South Australia, Professor Custance said that a great Improvement had been made in the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Come-back Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 7

Experiments made this season at the Cowra State Farm, New South Wales, go to show that the Come-back variety of wheat is going to establish a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Farm and Field. New Varieties, of Wheat and Lucerne

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 7

It is reported that the Botanical branch of the Department of Agriculture at Washington (U.S.A.) has discovered a new type of wheat which will…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Dairy. Milk Fermentations

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 7

It is not unusual to find persons connected with dairy work whose sole knowledge of fermentative processes is limited to the lactic acid fermentation—…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Tillage and Rotation of Crops

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 7

Professor W. H. Day, of the Ontario Agricultural College, Canada, has recently issued an important bulletin dealing with the tillage and rotation of…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Dairy. the Cake of Milk

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 3

The American Department of Agriculture has issued a set of rules for posting in cow-sheds and dairies. The following rules, which briefly summarise…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wool Sales

Western Champion · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 12

The Co-Operative Company wired us on Wednesday as follows:—Offered 2,000 bales The tone of the market was rather better that yesterday The…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Our Sydney Letter Wool

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

THE resumption of the wool sales was awaited with some interest. There had been an unprecedentedly long recess, as it was hold that it would be…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Of Importance to Farmers

Western Champion · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 13

The Secretary of the P and A Association has handed us the following for publication:—Department of Agriculture, Sydney, 22nd January, 1908.—…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

The Pick of the Wheat Belt for Closer Settlement. Wyoming Estate Suitable for Wheat, Lucerne, Fruit, Lamb Raising, Dairying

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 3

It would be hard to conceive an estate better suited for sub-division than the Wyoming Estate. It is endowed with every facility for…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Farm and Field. Pasturage and Stall Feeding

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 7

The comparative effects of stall-feeding and pasturage from the point of view of physiology and breeding formed the subject of two papers read at the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Dairy. the Tuberculin Test

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 7

The following extract from the "North British Agriculturist" is given tor what it is worth. It is much to be feared that the news is too good to be true, but…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Federation Wheat a Record

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

Mr Prod Coleman, of Saddlsworth (S.A) in 1900, received from the late Mr'Farrer, a small quantity of Faderation seed wheat, which he has since…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

South Australian Wheat Yield

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 7

Last year's figures for the production of cereals in South Australia establish a record, and easily head the list among the years of abundance. From…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Wool Wash. a Local Industry

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 5

It is considerably over twelve months since a LACHLANDER reporter first described the Condobolin Wool Wash, and in the intervening period, the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Parkes Dairy Co

Western Champion · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 17

The annual meeting of the shareholders in the Parkes Dairy Company, Ltd., was held in the Council Chambers on Friday…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Bananas for Cattle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 7

The use of the banana for any other purpose than that of human food would seem, in these days, when the fruit has become such a popular favorite, to…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

What Science Has Done for Farm Crops

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 10

Modern science has done much to improve the lot of man through a better understanding of life process. A factor in the further ^betterment of the…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

The Dasry. Dairying and Fertility

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 7

Any branch of farming which increases the general fertility of the farm land, while paying a living profit, is worth more than another which steadily…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Dairying in Russia

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 7

Siberia is the country which must sooner or later (writes an exchange) carry all before it as the cheapest butter-producer in the world. It is a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →