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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 59 of 61

Farmers and Labor. (To the Editor)

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 2

Sir,—If ever a Government was entitled to credit for a determination to do things that required doing, surely the McGowen-Holman Government is. On…

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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. Tre[?] Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 134. Agricultural. Intertillage of Maize. Should Begin Early

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 4

"Success with maize depends more upon the cultivation which the soil receives both before the crop is sown and while it is growing, than upon any other…

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Soil Fertility. Maintain it by Mixed Farming

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1913 · page 31

Reference is often made to the value of mixed farming as a means of maintaining the fertility of the soil Professor Snyder of the Minnesota…

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Crows As Farmers' Friends

Western Champion · Thursday 4 December 1913 · page 28

The Jerilderie Pastures Protection Board at their last meeting decided, owing to the large number of crows' heads coming in ince they increased…

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Trundle. Heat and Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 7

The temperature has now topped the hundred, and is being keenly felt. Stripping is now nearing the end, and teams are rolling into town, burdened…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Forbes Times · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tro[?]d, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 135. DAIRYING…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. Foe the Man on the Land. Silage-mazing. How to Control Heating

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 3

What is the best method of preventing silage from overheating? The question sometimes arises in the minds of farmers who have found…

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World's Maize Crop for 1899

Forbes Times · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The world's maize crop for 1899 is 2,611,000,000 bushels, of which the United States furnishes 2,200,000,000 bushels; Austria-Hungary furnishes 98,000,000…

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Farm Students. Vacancies at Experiment Farms

Forbes Times · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

There are vacancies at several of the Department's farms for youths of over 15 years of ago who desire practical, training in agriculture…

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Soil Fertility. Maintain [?]T by Mixed Farming

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 3

Reference is often made to the value of mixed farming as a means of maintaining the fertility of the soil. Professor Snyder, of the Minnesota…

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Extensive Stock Sales. 52,970 SHEEP & 2,406 CATTLE

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 4

MESSRS C. E. WALLDER AND CO. report the following sales since last report:- Sheep—6,932 fat wethers and…

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Local Wool. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 4

Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Ltd., submitted to auction yesterday(Thursday) 43/81 bales. Best descriptions are still firm, while burry and faulty…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 6

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefie, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 135. DAIRYING…

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World's Maize Crop for 1899

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 6

The world's maize crop for 1899 is 2,611,000,000 bushels, of which the United States furnishes 2,200,000,000 bushels; Austria-Hungary furnishes 98,000,000…

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Farm Students. Vacancies at Experiment Farms

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 6

There are vacancies at several of the Department's farms for youths of over 15 years of age who desire practical training in agriculture…

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Parkes Farms, Yesterday's Ballot

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, at Parkes, a ballot took place tor four homestead farms, ranging in area from 780 acres to 880 acres, situated in the parishes…

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Sheep Values at Homebush

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 2

Mutton was not quite so deer at Homebush last Thursday, but values were still on a highly satisfactory level from an owner's point of view…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are leaned every week, under the personal supervision at the Hon. J. L. Tref[?] M. Minister Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 135. Dairying. Winter Green Feed. The South Coast Competition

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 4

An interesting competition was conducted in the Dapto district during the past winter and spring, under the auspices of the Dapto A. & H. Society…

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