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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 18 of 75

Pastoral. Ringbarking. Methods of Practical Men

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 4

The varying results obtained in the West by ringbarking has led the Stock Inspector at Cobar to make some inquiries in his district lately, and the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 April 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. 152…

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To Farmers and Others.—Tallow Up Again!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 2

Why sell your tallow for 5s and 6s per tin, when you can get 7s for Kerosene tin full at the Cowra Soap Works, Brisbane Street, for as long as this…

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Ear Marking Sheep

Western Champion · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 12

This system of denoting ownership and sex of sheep has endured for many ages probably in the times of "Laban," but there is nothing in this…

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Wheat Donations

Western Champion · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 19

Mr. F. S. Watts, of The Troffs, Trundle, has very thoughtfully, approached the Trundle district farmers for donations of wheat for the Parkes…

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Sale of Forbes Cattle

Forbes Times · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 2

Mr. J. G. Beddie, who exhibited a number of beef cattle at the Sydney Show this week, has already disposed of some of his stock at the Show…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 9

These Notes are issue every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agricutlure (Hon. J. L. Trefie), 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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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. (Issued by the Department of Agriculture). IRRIGATION. Methods of Other Lands. Impressions Gathered on Tour

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 2

The methods of other lands in the application of water to irrigable land was one of the subjects that interested the Fruit Expert during his…

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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 tho experience of the Department. No. 153. Agricultural. Potatoes and Maize. Some New England Problems

Forbes Times · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 3

Soils, varieties and manures—control of diseases, methods of cultivation, and rotation—these are some of the problems of the potato and maize growers…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 4

The A. M. L. and F. Co, Ltd., report on 31st March:—After an interval of six weeks, the first series of off-season sales…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 6

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. 153…

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Three Homestead Farms To be Made Available

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 5

Three Homestead Farms, in the County of Cooper parish of Yalgogrin, Land District of Narrandera and Bland Shire, will be available…

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Farmers and Settlers. Wyalong District Branch

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held at the M. U. Oddfellows Hall on Saturday afternoon. Present: —Messrs Jas. McFadyen…

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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. 153. Agricultural. Potatoes and Maize. Some New England Problems

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 10

Soils, varieties and manures--control of diseases, methods of cultivation, and rotation--these are some of the problems of the potato and maize growers…

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Cattle

Western Champion · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 26

A shorthorn bull brought £8, one milch cow £11/5-, 1 ditto £6/10-, 1 cow in calf £8/10; bullocks, £7 to £10; bull poddies, 29/-; 1 heifer…

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Sheep

Western Champion · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 26

There was big competition for the sheep. The prime price was 20£ guineas given for a fine wool ram, that took first prize at the last Forbes…

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Show Notes. Sheep and Pasture

Western Champion · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 8

Every sheepman knows that the nature of the pasture has a great deal to do with the nature of the wool produced. The natural pastures of…

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Agricultural. Seed Wheat Competition

Western Champion · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 15

At a meeting of members of the Coradgery Branch of the Agricultural Bureau, on Saturday last the following conditions were adopted, in…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 32

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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Dairying. Herd Testing. What is Revealed About Profits

Western Champion · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 32

The extent to which herd-testing has benefited the dairy industry in Denmark cannot he better expressed than in simple statistics. It was in…

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