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

Farming & the land, 1914

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To Farmers and others.—Tallow Up Again

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 6

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

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Wool Report

Forbes Times · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 4

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, report under date 25th instant:—We submitted for the last sale in the wool year (season…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Concerning Organising. Forbes Stockinbingal Line

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the members of the Forbes Farmers and Settlers-Association was held on Saturday afternoon. In attendance were…

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Pastoral. "Black Disease" in Sheep. An Invitation

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 10

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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Local Wool Scouring

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 2

At different times the advantages of getting wool scoured at the local woolwash (John Dill and Sons' has come under our notice. We have…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The wool auctions held in Sydney this week concluded the sales for the statistical year ending…

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Dairying. a North Coast Herd. What the Test Revealed

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 10

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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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? Seasonable Enquiry

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 10

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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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

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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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 4

These Notes are [?] every weet, under tho personal supervision of the Hon. W. 6. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 165…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Poultry. Feeding Chickens. the First Few Weeks

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7

When chickens are taken from the incubator, the require no food for the first 36 or 48 hours, unless, says the Poultry Expert, the hatch has been…

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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. 105. the Orchard. Farm Manure. As a Supplier of Plant Pood

Forbes Times · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

To what extent can farm or stable manure be used in the orchard in the place of commercial fertilisers? The question is a pertinent oxtension…

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Dairying. the Cream Chart. Third Edition

Forbes Times · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

"The third edition of the very useful work, entitled "Testing Milk and Cream, togother with milk and cream charts for dairy factories and farmers,"…

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Farmers to the Front

Forbes Times · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"The farmers are taking a keen interest in the present contest. There are four hundred branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, all…

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The Commonwealth Farmer Beaten

Forbes Times · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"If the English farmer is restricted by his hedgerows and his old-time implements, he can still give lessons in most branches of his calling to his…

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Fur Farming

Forbes Times · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"In other countries all sorts of animals are bred for their fur; why should not we breed foxes, wild cats, and especially 'possums."—Mr. Le Souef, of…

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Farm Labourer's Mistake

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

A farm labourer once spied an escaped parrot sitting on a cottage, roof. It was the first time he had ever seen such a bird, and,…

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