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

Farming & the land, 1914

1,494 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 15 of 75

Country Wheat Carriers. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 3

A wages board, with power to deal with the conditions of country wheat carriers, will shortly tour the-rural districts…

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The Forbes Advocate, Tuesday, March 24, 1914. WHEAT

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

The Government Statistician has issued an amended statement in connection with the wheat yield of 1913. In December last he estimated the…

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A Farmers Market Day

Forbes Times · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. W. McComiskey advertises in this issue that he intends holding a Farmers' Market Day every Saturday at his auction mart next the…

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Farmers' Market Day

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

In to-day's issue, Mr W. M'Comiskey, of the Hotel Victoria, Forbes, advertises that ho is about to commence a Farmers' Market Day in Forbes…

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114 Cattle Succumb. During Cruel Train Journey in New South Wales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2

Says a Melbourne message: —"Owing to the treatment meted out to 850 head of cattle purchased at Armidale, New South Wales, by…

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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. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 150. Agricultural. Pickling Seed Wheat. Recommendations for the Season

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 4

Bunt, or sti[?]ing smut, is the commonest trouble that the wheat farmer has to contend against, and the adoption of some method of prevention or…

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Farmers and Bulk Handling

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 3

Recently a meeting of the Young branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association decided that the inauguration of bulk handling should,…

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Farming in the East. Ii

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 4

When the rice crop in Japan fails, suicides greatly increase. By the way, some time ago, one of the great daily, papers of Japan, alarmed at the moral…

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A Farmer's Question. Wetting Hay Before Chaffing

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 4

A Riverina farmer, having read the articles from the Manager of Coonamble experiment farm on the growing and chaffing of wheaten hay, wrote…

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Poultry Farming for Women If Fowls Catch Cold. Wheeziness and Rattling in Throat

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 10

With changeable weather ailments are apt to appear in one's poultry yard, and a watchful eye should be kept upon the stock, so that timely remedies may be applied…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Annual Meeting of Cowra Branch

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Cowra Branch of the F. and S. Assn. on Saturday, last there were present Messrs. L. McInnes (president), J…

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Position of Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 28

"The international wheat markets have not been of a responsive nature this week," comment Messrs. Lindley Walker and Co., in their weekly…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 30

These Notes are issue every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agricutlure (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based, mainly on the experiments of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land,…

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Parkes Dairy Company

Western Champion · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 18

At a special meeting of the Directors of the Parkes Dairy Company on Monday evening it was decided to proceed with the erection of a new…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Forbes Times · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., have received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—Brisbane March wool sales opened yesterday…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 151…

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AGRICULTURAL. Superphosphate for Wheat. Where to Use It

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 7

Whether or not fertilisers are to be used with the ensuing wheat crop will have to be determined by farmers within the next few weeks, and…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Live Stock. The Effect of Heat. Laminitis in a Foal

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 7

A farmer wrote to the Department recently that a three weeks' old filly foal that previously had been growing well, became very distressed with the…

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Farming in the East. Iii

Forbes Times · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 2
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Like the Athenians of old, the Japs are very religious. They have tried about everything that came along. Every nation has struggled for the…

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