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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 34 of 75

An Eight-hour Day Farmer

Western Champion · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 26

It has always been an objective with Mr. E. S. Twigg, the well-known Cowra farmer and F. and S. man, to institute a 48-hour week on the farm…

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Farmers and Settlers

Western Champion · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 19

At a largely attended meeting of the Peak Hill branch of the F. and S. Association ac scheme was submitted for forwarding the organising of the…

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Pastoral. "Black Disease" in Sheep. An Invitation

Forbes Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The veterinary officers of the Department of Agriculture have latoly boon investigating a few cases of "black disease" in sheep which have…

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Historic Importance of Wheat

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 3

Wheat, since the earliest period to which history reaches, has always been accounted the most valuable grain of the culmiferous tribe, hence all…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 3

There Notes are issued avory Wook, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Ministrr for Agriculture, end are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Crop Statistics. Important to Farmers

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 7

Mr John B. Trivett, Government Statistician, writes: —The police officers throughout the wheat belt will shortly be engaged in…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. (Issued by the Department of Agriculture). AGRICULTURAL. Are You Going to Fallow? a Seasonable Inquiry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2

For wheat growers there is no subject of such immediate importance as the one we have set at the head of this article. Upon the reply must…

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Dairying. a North Coast Herd. What the Test Revealed

Forbes Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

Valuable testimony on the subject of hord-testing is given by Mr. J. T. Young, of Bangalow, the owner of the herd that won first prize in the Tweed…

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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. 164. Agricultural. Are You Going to Fallow? a Seasonable Enquiry

Forbes Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2

For wheatgrowers there is no subject of such immediate importance as the one we have set at the head of this article. Upon the reply must largely…

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Pastoral "Black Disease" in Sheep. An Invitation

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 8

The veterinary officers of the Department of Agriculture have lately been investigating a few cases of "black disease" in sheep which have…

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The Wheat Market

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

Messrs Lindley Walker and Co. write as follows:—Despite the uncertain market that has prevailed oversea, confidence is…

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Sheep With a Valuable Tall

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 2

An extremely curious variety of fattailed sheep, native to Afghanistan, is characterised by the immense weight of its tail, caused by development of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 June 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. 164…

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Agricultural Notes. Harrowing Growing Crops. A Farmer's Opinion

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

"The main object in harrowing growing crops is to prevent evaporation of the moisture in the soil, and it also has a tendency to cause…

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Farms Available

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

Lithos and slips are now available a[?] the Crown Lands Agent's Office, Wyalong, and the C.P.S. Office, West Wyalong, for 18…

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Farmers and Settlers'. Wyalong Branch

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

A special meeting of members of the above branch was held on Wednesday last. The President, Mr. John Jones,…

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An Appreciation of the Great Dairying Industry

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 3

The strides made by the dairying industry in this State during the past quarter of a century have been simply wonderful, and nobody twenty five…

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Dairying. a North Coast Herd. What the Test Revealed

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 8

Valuable testimony on the subject of herd-testing is given by Mr. J. T. Young, of Bangalow, the owner of the herd that won first prize in the Tweed…

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