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

Farming & the land, 1913

1,216 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 61

Farmers and Settlers. Meeting in Orange

Forbes Times · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 8

A special meeting of delegates from the various branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in the Calare electorate was held in…

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Live Stock on the Farm. Necessary to Future Fertility

Forbes Times · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2
Also in Cowra Free Press

"The future prosperity of Western Canada depends entirely upon the adeption of proper methods of agriculture, among which exclusive grain growing…

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A Heavy Crop

Forbes Times · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 4

On Tuesday evening last a representative of this journal was driving into Canowindra, and wlien within half-a-mile of the town…

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Station and Farm Supplies

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 4
Also in Cowra Free Press

DURING the five years that Messrs Badgery Brothers have been in business, the number of their clients has increased rapidly each year…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Cowra branch of the above body was held at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon, there being present Messrs. J. O'Neil…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments. Saturday, February 22, 191[?] Local and General. To Farmers and Others. Tallow up Again

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 22 February 1913 · 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, Brisbane st., for as long as this notice…

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Sydney Wheat Market. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

A very firm market existed yesterday for prompt wheat; 3/8½ was asked, and 3/8 paid. In the country the quotation remained unchanged…

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[?]M South Australia. Farm Buyers at Forbes. World's Champion Dry Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 3

During the past week a number of farmers from South Australia visited Forbes district with the object of inspecting some of the wheat farms, and…

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A Feeding Rack. for Sheep and Lambs

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 9

The rack illustrated has proved very successful in feeding hay and grain to lambs. The width is 2ft., outside measure, the length is what one pleases. If,…

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£1,666 From £8. Record Wheat Yield

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 3

From the produce of a quarter of seed, for which he gave £8 8s. in 1910 (says the London "Daily Mail"), Mr W. R. Elgar, a member of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. 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 experiment of the Department. No. 94. Agricultural. Bunt in Wheat. When to Treat, and Why

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 10

Already the treatment of wheat seed for the prevention of bunt in next crop is beginning to interest farmers. The operation should be regarded as an…

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Free Farms. Offers in the Territory

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

ARRANGEMENTS have now been completed for making available 20 free farms in the Northern Territory, with the object of…

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Live Stock on the Farm. Necessary to Future Fertility

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 10

"The future prosperity of Western Canada depends entirely upon the adoption of proper methods of agriculture, among which exclusive grain growing…

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Station & Farm Supplies

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 8

During the five years that Messrs Badgery Brothers have been in business, the number of their clients has increased rapidly each year. There…

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The Dairy. the Milking Cow. Points of Excellence

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 9

The characteristics of a good dairy cow are not understood, by all--not even by men who have kept dairy cows for years, hence they are not good…

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Local and General. To Farmers and Others. Tallow up Again

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · 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 at., for as long as this notice…

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Big Fall in Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 25

Early on Wednesday morning (says the "Advocate") there was a big fall in wheat at the Forbes railway yard. It was not a fall in the price per…

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On the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 31

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

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