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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 39 of 55

Bloat in Cattle

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 4

From whatever cause, bloat in cattle is very dangerous, and unless help is soon obtained the animal will die. The most effectual way of relief is to use an…

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The Science of Agriculture. Wheat Raising at Anglesey. Government Experimental Plots

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 3

"All you have to do with the soil in this district is to tickle it with a hoe, and it will laugh a harvest." Thus spoke Mr Thomas Lozell on…

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The Dairy. Training of Bulls

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 4

Without assuming to say (says "Hoard's Dairyman") that our way is the best and moss effective, we man claim that it has been quite satisfactory…

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Cattle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 2

The entries in the cattle sections at the local show have always been limited, and such was the case this year, although there was a slight…

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Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 2

In the sheep sections the competition was very keen, some splendid animals being exhibited. This section has always been well…

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Salt Butter Keeps Best

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 3

Many preservatives of butter and margarine have been tested in Germany in a series of experiments by K. Fischer and O. Gruenert. Common…

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A Trip to Anglesey Farm. Experimental and Other Wheat Plots

Forbes Times · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon last in company with a couple of other gentlemen, a representative from this office accepted an invitation…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Forbes Times · Saturday 5 October 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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Letters to the Editor. Sheep Tick. To the Editor

Forbes Times · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 5

Sir,—Will you permit me through your valuable columns to draw the attention of the powers that be to the necessity of taking action in…

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A Word to Farmers

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

We invite the attention of all interested in dairying to an advertisement in our business columns by the N.S.W. Box Co., Ltd., of Margaret…

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To Farmers and Others. Tallow up Again

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

Why sell your tallow for 5s and 6s per tin when you can get 8s for a kerosene tin "full" at the Cowra Soap Works, Briabane-st., for as long as this notice…

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Wheat Crop Estimates. Big Harvest Expected

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2

"The wheat crops in the Forbes district are looking better this year than I have ever seen them before, and I have been living here for 26…

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A Word to Farmers

Forbes Times · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 2

We invite the attention of al. interested in dairying to an advertisement in the business columns of our last issue by the N.S.W. Box Co…

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Farm Tragedy. Suicide to Avoid Arrest

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 3

An extraordinary story was told at Rushall, near Walsall, on Saturday at an inquest on a farmer named Albert Charles Look, aged 35, at Cartbridge…

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To Farmers and Others. Tallow up Again

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 2

Why sell your tallow for 5s and 6s per tin when you can get 8s for a kerosene tin "full" at the Cowra Soap Works, Brisbane-st., for as long as this notice…

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Grading Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 26

The fact that the Liverpool corn merchants suggested to the Agent-General that, wheat from this State should be graded will provoke lively…

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Pastoral. Hints for Shearing Time

Western Champion · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 33

Mr. W. G. Dowling, Inspector of Stock, has supplied the Forbes Pastures Protection Board with the following important information:—…

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On the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 8

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 expenments of the Department, Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land, not…

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Tichbourne Demonstration Farm

Western Champion · Thursday 10 October 1912 · page 21

The prompt protest lodged by our member, Mr. J. P. Lynch, against the proposed leasing of the unoccupied portion of the Experimental Farm…

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