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

Farming & the land, 1909

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Farmers and Settler Association

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 October 1909 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the bove was held at the School of Arts on Saturday last. Present— Messrs T Kiug (chair) N…

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High Prices for Crossbred Wool

Western Champion · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 18

Advices from New Zealand state that the crossbred wool from Mr. Logan's Estate, Tapanui, recently topped the Dunedin sales at 12½d. per 1b…

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Lustre in Wool. An Important Consideration

Western Champion · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 7

The importance of lustre in wool is very clearly set forth by Mr. S. B. Hollings, the celebrated wool expert of Bradford, in a recent letter to the…

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Coming Wheat Season

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 November 1909 · page 8

Mr Commissioner Richardson, discussing the busy time ahead for the railways last week, stated, that the department were harrying on the…

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Beef Diet in Japan. British Cattle Purchased

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 7

For some time past earnest attention has been devoted by the Japanese Government, under the direct encouragement of the Emperor, to the…

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Wool Report

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 10 November 1909 · page 3

Winchombe Carson and Co Ltd. report on 5th November as follows:— The great area of our Pyrmonth show floors, the largest in Australasia,…

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Sheep on the Farm

Western Champion · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 8

That grain-growing and stock-keeping should go together on the great majority of farms is a truism. Nevertheless, many farmers require to be…

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Farm Notes

Western Champion · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 5

Every dairyman should make it his business to know just how much each cow costs him to keep. A herd of high grade cows, wall fed…

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Orange Cattle Sale

Western Champion · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 15

Messrs J. S. Leeds and Co., report having yarded 1000 head of store cattle on Tuesday last, and selling 600 head. Included in that number were 400 3…

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Wool Report

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 5

Winchoom, Carson and Co. Ltd report on November 17th as follows:— Owing to the difficulties caused by the coal strike and the inability of the…

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Continuous Growing of Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 7

Experiments have been carried out on the Woburn Farm, England, in the continuous growing of wheat and barley on the same ground. Wheat was so raised…

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On the Land Improvement in Wheat

Western Champion · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 16

The current number of the "Journal of Agriculture" gives a photo of Thomas Dart, of Nhill, the original grower of the well-known 'Dart's…

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Pinched Wheat. of Interest to Farmers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

Measri Winchcombe Carson and Co Limited write as follows in connection with the market for pinched wheat…

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Wool Report

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson and Co, Ltd report on November 24 as follows— The tentative re[?]umption of the Sydney wool auctions resulted in…

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American Apple Crop. Below the Average

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 7

Surmises in regard to the American apple crop are now at an end (reported the "National Nurseryman" early last month). It is plain that there will not…

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Mungery Settlement Particulars of Thf Farms

Western Champion · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

We give hereunder particulars of the 62 farms into which the Mungery Estate has been divided for the purpose of closer settlement. The estate…

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Feeding Off Wheat with Sheep

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

Many farmers make it a rule to feed off their early wheat crops. Sheep are admirable for this, for if care is taken not to put them on a field…

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A Bag Of Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

The Secretary of the local hospital has issued an appeal to farmers throughout the district to donate one bag of wheat from their bountiful…

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The World's Wheat Harvest "A Ceaseless Yearly Wonder."

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 3

The world's harvest is a ceaseless yearly wonder, and agriculture, though it is getting buried beneath a manure of Latin and other words, is ever…

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Fertilisers for Different Crops

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

The recently issued journal of the Irish Department of Agriculture contains a full report of the field experiments carried out in recent years in various parts of…

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