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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 66 of 85

Violet Butter

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 10

Why do we prefer our butter to be of a yellow colour instead of the milky hue it has when it is freshly churned? Nobody can give any reason for the…

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World's Wheat

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 4

Estimates of the world's wheat harvest have been made as follows, on the authority of the International Institute of Agriculture. as published in the "Bulletin" for July…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. have received the following wire from their Brisbaue office:—"Compared last Brisbane auctions, sales opened…

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High Prices for Locally Bred Sheep

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 2

Included in their sale at Flemington on Thursday last, John Bridge and Company, Ltd., report having sold three trucks of rams and hoggets on account…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 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. 233…

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Agricultural. Practical Irrigation Farming. Varieties of Grapes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 10

Of the States of the Commonwealth only one--South Australia--is free from phylloxera to-day. In the other States it would be folly to plant a…

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Thinning the Crop

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 10

Wherever heavy crops have been set by trees, it is advisable to reduce stone and pome fruits by thinning. A natural drop of fruit occurs when the…

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Poultry. Farmers Bulletin, No. 104. Seventh Annual Conference of Poultry Farmers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 10

The issue of the above bulletin puts before the poultry farmers of the State a report of the conference held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College on…

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Pastoral. Sheep Sheds and Yards. The Design and Construction

Western Champion · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 9

One of the chief requirements of many of the small flock owners of to-day, says the Sheep and Wool Expert in a new bulletin of the…

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Woodlands Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 12

Continuing his account of the Woodlands wheat experiments the special reporter of the "Daily Telegraph" writes: —…

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Wool Markets

Western Champion · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 20

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., report under date October 21st:—The past week has been a quiet one in the local market, owing to the fact that…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 9

These Notes are issued very week, under the personal supervision 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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General News How Will the Crop Be Moved?

Western Champion · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 8

The prospect of a record wheat crop has made all New South Wales glad, but it is not all joy to the men who have to transport the grain. Motor lorries are…

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Homestead Farms. Condobolin Land District

Western Champion · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 28

22,873 acres, in 26 blocks, in areas ranging from 698 acres to 1,373 acres, parish, of Milbee and Pulligal, county of Gipps; from 21 miles to 31 miles…

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Parkes Dairy Company

Western Champion · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 19

The cream supply at the local Butter Factory is increasing, though it is still considerably below the quantity which reached the factory weekly in…

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Pastoral Sheep Sheds and Yards. Their Design and Construction

Forbes Times · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

One of the chief requirements of many of the small flock owners of today, says the Sheep and Wool Expert in a new bulletin of the Agricultural…

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Government Wheat Guarantee

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2

December 1 is the date fixed for farmers who have made application for the government's offer of 4/- per bushel for their wheat to declare…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 6
Also in Forbes Times

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that the Sydney wool sales re-opened on Tuesday. Prices for good merinos and crossbreds held firm at…

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