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

Farming & the land, 1914

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Billimari. (From our Correspondent.) Farmers and Settlers' Association

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the above was held on the 6th inst., and there was a good attendance. Cr. J. Mc Carron presided…

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Agriculture and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Those 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. Demonstration Areas. Last Year's Accounts

Forbes Times · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 2

The April issue of the "Agricultural Gazette" publishes the annual report of the demonstration area of three of the Department's experiment farms,…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 5

Referring to the subject of the bulk handling of wheat, the Minister for lands (Mr. Trefle) said that he had gone into the matter…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 8

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.158…

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To Farmers and Others.—Tallow Up Again!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 3

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

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Big Rise in Sheep Values

Forbes Times · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

Extreme rates ruled at last Thursday's Homebush sheep sales Values rose 2s 6d per head. Short supplies were mainly responsible…

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The Stock Market. Goulburn Cattle Sale

Forbes Times · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded on Thursday last 1,950 head of eattle to a small attendance of buyers, which was no doubt…

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Forbes Railway Wants. Some Suggestions. Shocking Waste of Wheat. Better Accommodation Desired

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

For the past couple of months a number of local bodies in Forbes have been waiting the arrival of the Railway Commissioners. As stated in…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. District Council Meeting. Resolutions for Conference

Forbes Times · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 4

A meeting of the Ashburnham District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Parkes on Saturday last for the…

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Farmers and Settlers. Conference at Parkes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 4

A conference of members of the Farmers and Settlers' Associations in Ashburnham electorate was held at Parkes on Saturday last. Only three…

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Pastoral Notes. The Dipping of Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 3

The decision of the Executive Council declaring that infestations of sheep with sheep lice and sheep ticks are diseases under section 3 of…

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Farmers Must Organise

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 4

English agriculture must organise to meet modern competition; that is the chief moral of a series of interviews which the "Morning Post" has published…

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House Farming. Blot on Crowded London

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 9

Dr. Christopher Addison, M.P., declares in. the "Daily Chronicle" that "the chief blot on the housing conditions in the crowded districts of London is undoubtedly the tenement…

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Fences and Fencing. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 74

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 10

Another of the Department's bulletins has become available, under the title "Fences and Fencing." It does not pretend to be a complete treatise…

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Farmers and Settlers' District Council

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 2

Delegates representing the Lyndhurst District Council, under the presidency of Mr. L. McInnes, to the number of sixteen, met at the Shire…

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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. 158. Agricultural. Demonstration Areas. Last Year's Accounts

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 10

The April issue of the "Agricultural Gazette" publishes the annual report of the demonstration area of three of the Department's experiment farms,…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 29

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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Supeer Tax. Effect on Sheep Studs

Western Champion · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 32

Speaking at the show settling held here on Thursday evening (says a Coonamble wire) the Minister for Lands (Mr. Trefle) said that certain…

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Bulk Handling. Sea-Carriage of Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 29

Farmers' Bulletin, No, 81, entitled "The Sea Carriage of Wheat," which is now available for distribution, is intended to provide briefly the…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Pastoral. Dipping Sheep. When and How

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 7

Were it possible to effectively dip sheep immediately after shearing, there is no doubt it would greatly simplify the operation, and save a…

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