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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 40 of 40

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 6
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

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

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Dry Farming in Reality Payable Crops with 3¾In. Rain

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 1

A STRIKING example of the results to be obtained by good farming under an abnormally low rainfall is supplied by the yields of the farmers' expert plots…

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Parkes Dairy Company

Western Champion · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 16

During the month of November the Parkes Dairy Company received for treatment at their factory 18,202 lbs of cream producing 8,846 lbs of butter…

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Land for Our Farmers' Sons

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 7

"Look here, Mr Advocate," said a farmer with a large family, whom I asked what he thought of share farming, "farming on the shares is all…

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"The Farm Centre of Sydney."

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 3

This is the age of specialising and doctors, barristers, scientists and practitioners generally pay particular attention to a department, or brunch, of…

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Blowflies in Sheep

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 12

The blowflies in sheep are causing the loss of hundreds of thousands sterling every year to the farmers and squatters of New South Wales and Queensland…

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Remedy for Mottled Butter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

If, after standing a few hours, the butter is found to show a mottled appearance, this can be overcome by putting it on the worker and giving it an…

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On the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 7

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land, not…

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Bee Farm Sites

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

A number of applications for bee farm sites and ranges on what is known as the Blue Blocks country were dealt with by a local Land Board at Hamilton, on 9th…

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PLOUGHING 25 Miles a Day. The Work a Farmer Really Does

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 8

The acre is about the most ancient measure in existence. The word means a cultivated field, and all the nations of antiquity had a similar measure. The acre,…

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