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

Farming & the land, 1913

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PASTORAL. Worms in Sheep. Experiments with Various Treatments

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

The officers of the veterinary branch of this department have been carrying on experiments in connection with infestation of sheep by worms, for some…

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Improvement of Wheat-

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

During the course of a lengthy paper at the Science Congress on the subject of the improvement of wheat, Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, M.A., B.Sc, said…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Growing Crop Competition. a Fine Yield

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

Though the competition held at Cowra during the past harvest was gradually reduced by one defection and another to one grower, that one…

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Mating the Sheep. Some Necessary Precautions

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

Discussing the subject of mating sheep, in recent correspondence the sheep and wool expert advised [?] masters to leave rams with the…

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The Sheep Maggot Fly. Attacks on Rams' Horns

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

In very hot districts the sheep maggot fly is apt to be particularly busy when thunderstorms are threatening, and it is not the ewes alone that the…

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Wheat Stacked. 137,000 Bags at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon it was estimated that there were 70,000 bags of wheat stacked at the Forbes railway yards, which means that since…

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Fertilisers for Different Crops

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 5

The recently isued journal of the Irish Department of Agriculture contains a full report of the field experiments carried out in recent years in various parts of…

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The Dairy. Production of Colb Cream

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 5

Flavor producing germs multiply rapidly while the milk is warm, It is only by cooling the milk down that it can be saved. If no bacteria had got…

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Wheat. Wheat

Forbes Times · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

The splendid wheat season we are experiencing is certainly pleasing to the Forbes farmers. Let the future seasons be more beneficial…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Forbes Times · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

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

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. No. 91. Agricultural. Maize-growing. Methods worth Practising

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 6

Early Learning is the variety of maize most favored on the Grafton experiment farm for the early crops, and Yellow Dent for the late ones. Early Learning is…

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Growing-crop Competition. a Fine Yield

Forbes Times · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2
Also in Cowra Free Press

Though the competition held at Cowra during the past harvest was gradually reduced by one defection and another to one grower, that one was able to show…

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Farmers. Farmers

Forbes Times · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

Forbes to the front. Wheat is pouring into Forbes. E. Patterson and Son, Massey Harris Co., are buyers for Bell and Co., Sydney,…

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Farming Under Water

Forbes Times · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 7
Also in Cowra Free Press

Farming under forty feet of water would seem to be rather difficult. It is both difficult and expensive work, and is done upon a vast scale. There…

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Wheat. Wheat

Forbes Times · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 2

The splendid wheat season we are experiencing is certainly pleasing to the Forbes farmers. Let the future seasons be more beneficial…

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The Markets. the Wool Market

Forbes Times · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

The Pastoral Finance Association reports under date 30th January:—At our sale yesterday we submitted an attractive catalogue of over…

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Farming Under Water

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 9

Farming under forty feet of water would seem to be rather difficult. It is both difficult and expensive work, and is done upon a vast scale. There…

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Growing-crop Competition. a Fine Yield

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

Though the competition held at Cowra during the past harvest was gradually reduced by one defection and another to one grower, that one was able to show…

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