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

Farming & the land, 1912

1,082 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 55

The Markets. the Wool Market

Forbes Times · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report that the wool market is quiet at all the Australian centres, practically all business being suspended until after the holidays…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · 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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 10

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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Alleged Wheat Stealing

Western Champion · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 18

TLomas Bungate and Herbert A. Neave were charged with stealing a quantity of wheat valued at 3s, the property of R S Howard and Sons…

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On the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

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 Partner desire information relevant to his work on the land, not…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land Agriculture. Grasses

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 1

At the Glen Innes State, Experimental Farm some good work has been done in demonstrating how exotic grasses may be introduced and…

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Greene of landra. Object Lessons in Wheat Growing

Western Champion · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 24

Two names loom largely in the history of whentgrowing in New Sonth Wales —Farrer and Greene. The former made two ears of wheat…

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Dairying. Intensive Dairy Farming

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 1

A very interesting experiment was made recently at the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, showing a marked variation in the profits…

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This Wool Market

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

Dalgety and Company, Ltd, report under date of 4th instant that the opening wool sales in the New Year were held at Hobarl on 3rd instant, when 12,810 bales…

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Untrucking Sheep. and a Breach 0F Droving Law

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 4

At the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. J. Jamiesori, P.M., Mr. D. J. Moloney, solicitor for the nnuri cipal Council, announced the with…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 8
Also in Cowra Free Press

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

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The World's Crops. Agricultural Institute's Report

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

The British Board of Agriculture and Fisheries recently received the following telegram from the International Agricultural Institute:—…

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

Forbes Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · 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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The Indifferent Farmer

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

Mr C. C. James, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Ontario, recently gave a notable address on "The Problem of the Indifferent Farmer." "If," he said, "by…

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Desirable Dairy Crosses. Shorthorns and Jerseys

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

A British dairy farmer of considerable experience favors the ShorthornJersey cows in milking cows. In an article on the subject he states:—"The…

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The Dairy. Pig Feeding Tests. Liquid and Solid Foods

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

A bulletin has been issued by the West of Scotland Agricultural College, containing a report on experiments on the feeding of pigs. The experiments…

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"The Father of Share-farming." Death of Hon. G. H. Greene, of Iandra

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

Although to had been ill for some time, the death of the Hon G. H. Greene, M.L.C., which took place at his home at Iandra an Friday, 22nd ult. came as a great…

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Farmer's Bad Luck. Loses £200 Worth of Horse

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

Mr Charles Hodge, of Bedgerabong, had an exceedingly bad turn of the wheel of fortune recently. Through such a trifling inadvertence…

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The Wool wash

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 8

In a district where wool is king the existence of a convenient scouring works is but a natural corollary, for particularly with certain classes of…

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