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

Farming & the land, 1916

1,981 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 55 of 100

Dairying. Cream Quality. Treatment of Cream on the Farm

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 10

Turning from the means by which milk, becomes contaminated, the Instructor whose article has previously been under review offers a few hints…

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Railway Wool Rates Increase of 5% To The Editor

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 11

Sir, The recent announcement by the Railway Commissioners, that they will henceforth decline all responsibility in regard to wool…

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Railway Wool Rates. Increase of 5 Per Cent. (To the Editor " Advocate.")

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 3

Sir,—The recent announcement by the Railway Commissioners, that they will henceforth decline all responsibility in regard to wool…

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Destroying Enemy Crops

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 2

Salonica reports state that a French aeroplane dropped bombs and set fire to enemy crops on the border of Bulgaria…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Word and Hard Arguments Wednesday, July 5, 1916 Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 2

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

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Wool Report

Western Champion · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 24

The Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co., Ltd., report under date July 4th:—Transactions in the local market during the past week have…

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On the Land Pastoral and Aricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 34

These Notes are issued very week, under the personal supervision [?] the Hon. W. G. Ashford, MJLA., 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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Wheat. Sixpence Advance to Be Paid

Western Champion · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 5

The Australian Wheat Board on Friday decided to make a further ad vance of 6d. a bushel on wheat harvested from last season's crop. The…

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The Supply of Humus. a crop to Maintain It

Western Champion · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 34

"The time is Coming when more farmers will undoubtedly turn to cowpeas and clover to be ploughed under, in order to maintain the supply of organic…

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Parkes Dairy Company

Western Champion · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 21

As a result of negotiations which have been in progress for some time the Country Freezing Company whose principal works are at Blayney, has…

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Worms in Sheep. Prevention and Cure

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 7

In looking back over my diaries for some years to find an equal June rainfall to June 1916, I find in the wet seasons of the early nineties, in…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 1

[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…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Forbes Times · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahaame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 270…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man of the Land

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 5

These Notes are issued every weak, 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. 270…

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The Supply of Humus. a crop to Maintain It

Forbes Times · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"The time is coming when more farmers will undoubtedly turn to cowpeas and clover to be ploughed under, in order to maintain the supply of organic…

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Poultry. Duck Farming. Attractions and Drawbacks

Forbes Times · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 2
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The Poultry Expert devotes his notes for the month of July to the subject of ducks, about which, he remarks, there have lately been many enquiries, this…

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Cattle More Plentiful

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 July 1916 · page 5

Supplies in the cattle section at Homebusli indicate that stock suitable for market is becoming more plentiful. Winchcombe, Carson…

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Wheat Agents Meet. An Association Formed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 8 July 1916 · page 4

A meeting of country wheat agents was held at Young on Wednesday last, for the purpose of forming an association for the protection…

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