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

Farming & the land, 1911

791 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 33 of 40

The Farmer. Colour Faddism

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 4

With all pure bred cattle there seems to be a tendency on the part of the breeders to run to faddism, on points of colour, or some other bare…

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Farm Workers' Families

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 5

THE Immigration and Tourist Bureau, Challis House, Sydney, will, be glad to hear from auy pastoralist, farmer, or dairyman who may have n place for a…

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Cold Storage Box. Useful Farm Device

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 10

Where ice cannot be secured on the farm a device such as is illustrated is highly desirable. It is much better that putting butter, eggs, milk, etc. in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Farm and Field. Spraying Potatoes for Blight

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 6

Mr Kirk (Government Biologist for New Zealand) staler that the potato crop in that colony will show a shortage for the season. The havoc this year was in…

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The Dairy. Production of Cold Cream

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 3

Flavor-producing germs multiply rapidly while the milk is warm, It is only by cooling the milk down that it can be saved. If no bacteria had got…

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Fertilisers for Different Crops

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 3

The recently isued 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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26 DAIRYING. Tuberculosis in Dairy Cattle

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 6

THE dairy-farmer would obviate loss in more closely watching for disease among his cattle. He should be parti[?]ularly concerned in having his herds…

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The Prices of Butter Boxes

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 3

In a Sydney daily paper, on the 1st September last, under the heading of the Agricultural Column, an artic[?] was published, dealing with…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J.L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land said production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative. Friday, November 3, 1911 Sydney Wool Sales

Western Champion · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 14

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co wired on Friday as follows:—At yesterday's sale we found keen competition for better…

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On The Land. a New Outlet for Farmers

Western Champion · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 8

At the beginning of next year a new era in intensive farming will be entered upon in New South Wales, when the first areas for irrigation farms…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 8

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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The Farmer. the Curd Test

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 4

A simple and inexpensive way to make curd test of milk would be through the use of the fruit jar and wash tub. Take some pint fruit…

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Selecting a Farm. Advice to BEGINNERS

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 3

An American farmer asked how to go about selecting a farm for money-making, gives sound advice in a happy vein:—…

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No. 27. DAIRYING. Watering Milk

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 8

WHEN prosecuted for selling milk containing what is termed "added water," vendors have sometimes contended, in defence, that the milk must have been…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 2

DALGERY AND COMPANY, LIMITED, Wool Salesmen, Sydney, report under under date of 2nd instant: There have been no wool sales in the Sydney…

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The Pastoralist. Sheep and Blowflies

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 3

The season when the blowflies, commence their raids on the sheep has again come round. This pest has not shown any signs of diminution; and…

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Important to Wheat Growers

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 3

In the House of Representatives on Wednesday, 1st instant, Mr. Thomas Brown asked the Minister of External Affairs, upon notice—…

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