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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 13 of 61

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Forbes Times · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tr[?]d Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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No. 96. Agricultural. Green Fodder Trials. South Coast Farmers' Experiment Plots

Forbes Times · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 2

Reporting on the trials of green fodders which were made on the farmers' plots on the South Coast last year, the inspector for the district…

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Farmers' Water Supply Company

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

The above company, which started under somewhat disheartening circumstances and conditions, but which subsequently fulfilled the sanguine…

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Pastoral Sheep on the Clarence. An Experiment

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 10

A good deal of interest is being taken in North Coast districts, in the experiments with sheep which are being conducted at Grafton experiment farm…

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Hand-feeding Sheep. Alternatives in a. Dry Season

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 10

The problem of feeding the sheep at Wagga experiment farm is a frequently recurrent one, and during the past ten. years hand-feeding has had to be…

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The Dairy. Pig Raising. Methods of Feeding. Place of Lucerne

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 9

Some years ago the Principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales, specifically indicated in a pacer the influence of lucerne in the…

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Transmission. Dairy Qualities

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 9

It has long been recognised that the bull is half the herd. Some breeders now contend that he is more than half; but be that as it may the importance…

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Trap for Flies. Useful on the Farm

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 9

This fly trap is designed to eaten flies but of doors, and is particularly of service near stables and milking sheds…

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Bendick Morrell. What Share Farming Does

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 2

W. Gilbert writes to the "S.M. Herald":—Passing through Bendick Morrell a few years ago, I pulled up at the railway platform, and wondered where the…

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To Farmers and Others. Tallow up Again

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 12 March 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., or as long as this notice…

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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. Tro[?], Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 96. Agricultural. Green Fodder Trials

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 10

South Coast Farmers' Experiment Plots. Reporting on the trials of green loaders which were made on the farmers' plots on the South Coast last…

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Adulterated Butter

Western Champion · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 14

During February no fewer than 53 cases were tried under the Customs Act, and fines inflicted, for the export of butter which was below the…

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Parkes Butter Factory

Western Champion · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 18

During the month of February the Parkes Dairy Company received and treated at their factory 8461 lbs. of butter. Suppliers were paid at the…

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Where the Wool Went

Western Champion · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 19

In view of the high prices which obtained for wool on the Sydney market during the past season, it is interesting to note which of our…

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Alleged Sheep Killing. the Gunningbland Case

Western Champion · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 6

At the Forbes Quarter Sessions on Thursday last, before his Honor Judge Scholes, Ernest Asgill, William Asgill, and Archibald Bain were charged with…

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Seed Wheat. The Demands on the Department

Western Champion · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 7

During the recent conference of Departmental officers, discussion took place on the increasing demand for the Department's seed wheat…

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20,000 Sheep, 500 Cattle

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

Messrs Bedford, Taylor, and Weston, Orange, in conjunction with Messrs Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., Sydney, announce a big special stock sale…

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The Dairy. Water for Butter Factory Use

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 5

Bulletin No. 138, issued by the Agricultural College in Kansas, U.S.A., deals with the effect of bacteria in the water used at butter factories for washing…

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The Wheat Country

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

A journey through the wheat country from Narromine across to Grenfell and one ceases to wonder at the complaints so frequently and constantly…

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PROGRESS m WHEAT

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 6

Speaking at a recent meeting of tho Farmers' Bureau at Georgetown, South Australia, Professor Custance said that a great improvement had been made in…

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