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

Farming & the land, 1912

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Mr. G. Porter's Wool Clip

Forbes Times · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

Messrs. W. E. Moore, Brooke and Co., have at their offices some striking samples of the "Marchmont " (Queensland) wool clip. The sale…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 7

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Treflé 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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Wheat Silos. [?]Ulk Handling. Prof. Lowrie's Opinion

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

Australia will sooner or later be compelled to tackle the problem of establishing a more efficient and economical system of handling the wheat crop…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association. West Wyalong Branch. Monthly Meeting

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held at the M. U. Hall on Saturday last. Present—Mr T. King (chair), and Messrs J…

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The Dairy. Fattening Pigs. Value of Coal

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

It is claimed that experiments made at the South-eastern Agricultural College (England) have demonstrated that a mixture of coal in the diet of pigs has…

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

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 7

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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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land Rust in Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

Reports from the State Experiment Farms throughout the State, relative to the liability of the different kinds of wheat to rust are interesting. The…

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Rust in Wheat

Western Champion · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 9

Reports from the State Experiment Farms throughout the State relative to the liability of the different kinds of wheat to rust are interesting…

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On the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 9

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorrya 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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The State's Butter Export Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Butter exported from the State last year was valued at £1,524,358, being an increase of £ 284,719 on the previous year…

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Weakness in Wool Fibre

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 6

The cause of weakness in wool fibre (writes "Woolman" in the "Farmer and Stockbreeder") is usually improper nourishment of the sheep, which may be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 3

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. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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Western Champion and Parkes and Forres Representative. Friday, January 12, 1912. a Farmers' Question

Western Champion · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

The demands formulated by the Rural Workers' Union respecting the wages, hours, and conditions of labor in the agricultural and…

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The Dairy the Dual Purpose Cow

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 6

This is an age of specialisation; not from choice, but from force of circumstances. In this connection, writes John Bower, in "Hoard's Dairy," let us…

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Sydney Wool Market

Forbes Times · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 6

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report under date of 11th inst., that further headway has been made at the sale of the balance of the Australian wool clip in the local…

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No. 36. Rust in Wheat

Forbes Times · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 8

REPORT from the State Experiment Farms throughout the State relative to the Hability of the different kinds or wheat to rust are interesting. The…

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Important to Farmers Is Federation Wheat Deteriorating? MR. G. L. Sutton Says "No."

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 6

Mr. G. L. Sutton, W. A. Wheat Commissioner, writes us as follows in regard to the much vexed question as to the alleged deterioration of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Forbes Times · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 8
Also in Cowra Free Press

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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Parkes Farmers & Settlers

Forbes Times · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

At a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at Parkes on Saturday last, Messrs. Gray, Miller, and Patterson were appointed to…

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