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

Farming & the land, 1915

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Country News. (From a Correspondent). Goolagong. the Crops

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 3

Harvesting is in full swing, and the crops are turning out very well indeed, with the exception of those damaged by hail…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Argument Saturday, Dec. 11, 1915. Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 2

Be economical! Save your tallow and kitchen fat, and get 8/- per kerosene tin full at the Cowra Soap Works, Brisbane Street. Don't forget to tell your friends…

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Farmers Conference Resumed

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 2

The delegates met again on Wednesday morning to complete the business set down for consideration. The motion deferred from the previons…

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The Dairyman's Mecca. a Land Free From Drought

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 5

Last season South Australia, in common with practically the whole south-eastern portion of the Commonwealth, passed through one of the most…

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Dairying. the Soiling System. Its Application in Now South Wales

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 4

A timely appeal for the extension of the soiling system in this State was made by Mr. A. G. Garner in the course of a paper that he read before the…

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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. C. Grahams, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 240. the Orchard. Combined Sprays. Their Limitations and Opportunities

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 4

There are many orchardists in New South Wales who are under the impression that all the sprays that from time to time are recommended to them…

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Wool Report

Forbes Times · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 1

The Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report under date 7th instant:— This Company's sale was held…

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Wheat Foe the Hospital

Forbes Times · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

Mr. Os. Elliott, the energetic secretary of the Forbes branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, was in town on Saturday last for the purpose…

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Wheat for the Hospital

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

Mr H. O. Elliott, secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, was in Forbes on Saturday, for the purpose of making arrangements for…

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Grand Wool Returns "John Bridge." Sale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

Looked at generally, the returns of John Bridge & Co.'s last auction sale on the 8th, make most attractive reading, and anyone who troubles to…

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Another Brilliant Sale. "John Bridge'' Wool Prices

Forbes Times · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 4

The sustained run oil prices revealed in the returns of Jolin Bridge and Co's. lust auction sale on the 8th instant shows relatively better than oven their…

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Railway Yard Notes. 32,871 Bags of Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

The different agents at Forbes railway yards will receive donations of wheat on behalf of Forbes hospital. There were any amount of…

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Farming by Night. Present and Past Experiments

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 3

Over near Bobedah, which happens to be nearer to Condobolin than Forbes, there is a farmer who is making the best of that grey-bearded old…

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State Share Farming Government's Scheme, Terms and Conditions

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 4

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) furnishes further details of his scheme for share-farming on Forest Vale estate, situated on the line of…

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"Billabong" Wool

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1915 · page 2

The following good prices were recently obtained at the Melbourne sales by Mr G. H. Dent, of "Billabong Station," Marsden:—…

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The Government Wheat Scheme

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 15 December 1915 · page 2

Messrs. Louis Dreyfus & Co., one of the firms appointed by the Government to handle the wheat of the State, convey the faflowing import,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1915 · page 10

There 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. 240…

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Wheat Scheme. No Advance on 2[?] 6d

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1915 · page 2

Mr Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, told a deputation of parliamentarians last week that he could not grant an increase of 6d…

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Farmers & Settlers Back Creek Branch

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1915 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held at "Fairview," on 4th December. Present—Messrs. J. F. Buttenshaw (chair). L. Fealy, J. Berick,…

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The Dairyman's Mecca. a Land Free From Drought

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1915 · page 3

Last season South Australia, in common with practically the whole south eastern portion of the Commonwealth, passed through one of the most…

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