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

Farming & the land, 1908

409 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 21

The Dairy. Salt in Butter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 3

The taste of the English consumer has been trained to prefer butter containing more or less salt. Nearly all that is sold is salted, and the. quantity…

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Pickling Wheat

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 4

A discovery in the matter of pickling seed wheat comes from Lismore For several years past it has been noticed that some farmers having land…

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Market Reports Wool Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report. A Transactions during the past week have been on a very limited scale…

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Farm and Field. High Prices for Grass Seed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 3

The prices at present being realised for grass seed in New Zealand are unprecedented. The autumn sowing is nearly completed, but there is no…

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Farm Prize

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 7

As we stated in a recent issue the Condobolin P. and A. Society had under serious consideration the suggestion to offer a prize for the best…

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Wheat Exhibits

Western Champion · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 9

The wheat section was one of the most interesting and educative at the Royal Show, and the system adopted this year should prove of great value…

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Experiment Farms

Western Champion · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 13

The secretary of the local branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association is in receipt of the following circular from the Department of Agriculture:…

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The Dairy. Salt in Butter

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 7

The taste of the English consumer has been trained to prefer butter containing more or less salt. Nearly all that is sold is salted, and the quantity…

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Cattle Section. The Dairy Breeds

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 1

The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales has once more closed its gates, and its 1908 Show is now past history. Considering the adverse…

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The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 6

Visitors to Sydney in their travels must notice the many fine buildings belonging to the pastoral Finance. Association, Ltd., that giant organisation which handle so large a…

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Electrification. Interesting Experiments. Seed Wheat Treated

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 3

The system of using electricity in agriculture has not yet even passed into the stage of systematic experiment; it has been mentioned, and has been tried…

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Rich Dairy Farms

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 8

When one reads day by day in the press of the dire straits farmers in so many parts of New South Wales are being put to in saving their stock from…

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Farm and Field. High Prices for Grass Seed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 7

The prices at present being realised for grass seed in New Zealand are unprecedented. The autumn sowing is nearly completed, but there, is no…

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INDUSTRIAL. Farmer's Sanitary Pan

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 7

The sewerage system of the great up-to-date cities, taking Sydney for example, must rank as one of the wonders of civilisation. Visitors from the country cannot but feel…

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Wheat Experiments. in Condobolin District

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 2

Mr Gordon Bennett, secretary of the Condobolin P. and A. Society, has received the following circular letter from the Director of…

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Successful Dairying

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

"Success in dairying depends largely upon the proper feeding of the herd. There are two questions" (writes an American dairyman) that the dairy…

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The Dairy. AuTOMATIC MiLK SELLER

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

In educational and sanitary matters German authorities lead all others. A very commendable feature has been introduced in several schools in Berlin…

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Farm and Field. Testing Soils

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

The officials of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture have, in the last few years, tried to improve and simplify the pot method…

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Share Farming

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4

A contributor to the Tamworth "News" writes as follows "Talking of share fanning, a boy aged 16 has put up a little record, which he has every reason to be proud of,…

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The Wool Market

Western Champion · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 12

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company wired us yesterday as follows:—At our sales yesterday the market declined 10 to…

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