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

Farming & the land, 1915

1,686 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 48 of 85

(From Our Own Correspondent). Weather and Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 6

The rain last week caused a big rise in the Lachlan. The Horseshoe Lagoon, which has been dry for several years, is full again…

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Our District Page Tullamore. (From Our Own Correspondent). Weather and Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 6

Since the 143 points of rain that we have had recently, the crops and grass have made wonderful progress. Good reports came from around the…

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TRUNDLE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Weather and Crops

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 6

On Monday last, 19th inst., Trundle and district was again favored with a good fall of rain. During the early hours of the morning, it set in,…

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Homestead Farms. Dubbo Land District

Western Champion · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 29

4,343 acres in six blocks, ranging from 609¼ acres to 801 acres, being portions 4, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28, parish of Drillwarrma, county of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 3

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 221…

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Agricultural. the Tobacco Crop. Stripping and Bulking

Forbes Times · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

So much time and labor has been expended by growers before the tobacco leaf is ready for the last stage in its treatment on the farm, that the…

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Irrigation Farming. The Choice of Site and Soil

Forbes Times · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser, Cowra Free Press

Indicating the considerations that should govern the choice of site and soil for irrigation farming, the Inspector organising the Agricultural Bureau…

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Agricultural the Tobacco Crop. Stripping and Bulking

Cowra Free Press · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 3

So much time and labor has been expended by growers before the tobacco leaf is ready for the last stage in its treatment on the farm, that the…

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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. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 221. the Orchard. Brown Rot. Fungus Disease of Stone Fruit

Cowra Free Press · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 3

During the past few weeks we have been urging growers of apples to adopt a vigorous policy for the control of Woolly Aphis, but there is something…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 10

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 221…

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Agricultural the Tobacco Crop. Stripping and Bulking

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 10

So much time and labor has been expended by growers. before the tobacco leaf is ready for the last stage in its treatment on the farm, that the…

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Irrigation Farming. The Choice of Site and Soil

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 10

Indicating the considerations that should govern the choice of site and soil for irrigation farming, the Inspector organising the Agricultural Bureau…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricuttural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 5 August 1915 · page 6

These Notes are issued very weak, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, 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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Our Ladies' Letter. Australia Day Scenes in Sydney.—Comical Visitor to the Hotel Metropole.—Scarcity of Knitting Wool

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 1

"For our wounded heroes." Such was the device on every flag, shop window, flower stall, and on every lip of the thousand fair collectors…

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Agricultural. Irrigation Farming. Grades and Levels of the Land

Forbes Times · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 2

Continuing our review of the article on the above subject by the Inspector organising the Agricultural Bureau, we note, as one of the chief points to be…

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The Farmer's Burden

Forbes Times · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"Farm produce casts more than it used to." "Yes," replied the farmer. "When a farmer is supposed to know the…

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