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

Farming & the land, 1912

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Forbes Times · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2
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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53 Agricultural. Up-to-date Farming. An Example from Riverina

Forbes Times · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

THE irregular and unforeseen attacks of the elements, to which farmers in this State are subject, are largely responsible for a state of mind which makes…

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British Farm Labourers

Forbes Times · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 7
Also in Cowra Free Press

THERE continues to arrive into the State a steady stream of young agricultural labourers from the British Islands. Since the inauguration of the…

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Farm and Station Laborers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

THE Director of the Immigration Bureau advises us of further large shipments of selected agricultural laborers from the rural districts of…

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Moist Facts for Dry Farmers

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 2

Moisture can be stored in the soil. To store moisture, the soil must be able to absorb the rain that falls. Loose soil will absorb 40 per cent of…

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Share Farming Forms

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 3

Share Farming Agreement Forms on Sale at the office of this paper…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Mr Arthur H. Grimm Chosen. To Contest Ashburnham

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 4

A special meeting of the Forbes branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of choosing…

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Train Load of Dead Cattle

Forbes Times · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 2

thing of a record in the way of loss of cattle during transit on the railway took place last week at Penrith. A consignment of 170 bullocks, steers, etc.,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 2

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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The Ashburnham Seat. Discussion by the Farmers and Settlers Association. Mr. Arthur Grimm Selected

Forbes Times · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 4

A special meeting of the members of the Forbes branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Shire Chambers on…

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Farmers' & Settlers' Association

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 3

A meeting of the above was held on Saturday afternoon, the president (Mr J. O'Neil) being in the chair, and there was a good…

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For Wheat or Sheep? Unused Wheat Land. Mr Trefle's Intentions. A Landowner's Reply

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 2

Most people familiar with country conditions are aware that, despite the cry for railways, so that agricultural land can be brought under…

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A Wheat Case. Share-farming Agreements

Western Champion · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 13

In the Small Debts Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. J. Jamiescn, P.M., Henry George Packham sought to recover the sum of £16/9/2 from White…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Pickling Seed Wheat. Strength of the Solution

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 7

In the recent article under this heading on the pickling of seed wheat for smut, it was mentioned that experiments were being conducted in…

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The Wheat Market

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 5

There was a fair amount of wheat offering in Sydney yesterday, but as sellers continued to ask in the neighbourhood of 4/5 per bushel, and…

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Wheat and Superphosphates

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 7

In last month's Victorian "Journal of Agriculture," Professor A. I. Ewart draws attention to some interesting experiments made in the southern…

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On the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 22

These Notes Will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are bised mainly on the experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land, no…

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Worms in Sheep. Two Principal Kinds

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 7

Of the domestic animals that are kept in large numbers to minister to the wants of man, sheep are least subject to attacks of disease. They…

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