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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 70 of 100

Bulk Handling of Wheat

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 7

Mr. H. C. Stewart, of Inveralochy, writing for the "Daily Telegraph," on the 28th instant, brands himself as being either a miller, jute…

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Dairying. Machine Milking. The Problem of Difficult Cows

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 3

Milking machines have a wide range of adaptability to unevenly shaped udders, and to teats of different sizes, but in most ordinary herds there are…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Saturday, Sept. 2, 1916 Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 2 September 1916 · 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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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. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 278. Agricultural. Maize Under Irrigation. On the Murrumbidgee Area

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 3

"Although maize has been more or less of a minor crop on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area up to the present, there is every reason to…

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Wheat Dividend

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

Mr Arthur Grimm writes to say that the second instalment of 6d per bushel from the wheat pool will be available for payment about…

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Sheep Which Chew Tobacco

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

Mr Ernie Cook, head penner-up at Forbes Freezing Works, is a busy man those days. He has the job of "shooing" the sheep from the yards…

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The Price of Butter. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 3

The Sussex Street merchants yesterday lodged an application with Mr. Ackerman for permission to advance the price of butter by apenny a…

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A Wheat Case. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 3

Ockerby and Co., millers, sued Francis Murdock, farmer, in the Supreme Court, Perth, to recover £117 damages for failure to deliver wheat according…

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Local and General. the 6d Advance to Farmers

Forbes Times · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Grimm writes to say that the second instalment of 6d per bushel from the wheat pool will be available for payment about Thursday or Friday…

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Farmer Soldiers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 3

IN the Assembly, Mr. Burgess : I wish to ask the Minister for Agriculture whether, in view of the fact that a number of…

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The Reaper and Binder. On the Wheat Farm

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 10

The oft-discussed claims of the reaper and binder as against the combined harvester were before the Little Plain branch of the Agricultural…

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Dairying. Machine Milking. The Problem of Difficult Cows

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 10

Milking machines have a wide range of adaptability to unevenly shaped udders, and to teats of different sizes, but in most ordinary herds there are…

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When to Cut Lucerne. Effect on Next Crop

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 10

The Wisconsin experiment station, U.S.A., has shown, by actual trial, that where lucerne was cut on 2nd September, 1914, the stand on 12th May…

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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. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 278. Agricultural. Maize Under Irrigation. On the Murrumbidgee Area

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 10

"Although maize has been more or less of a minor crop on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area up to the present, there is every reason to…

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Wheat Pool

Western Champion · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 3

Mr. Hughes, Prim Minister, announced on Saturday that the Commonwealth Government had been able to make financial arrangements which…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 29

These Notes are issued very week, 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 informa tion relevant to his work on the land,…

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Of Interest to Farmers

Western Champion · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 19

Mr. Arthur Grimm writes to say that the second instalment of 6d. per bushel from the wheat pool will be available for payment about Thursday…

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Sheep

Forbes Times · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 3

Best Merino Ram, over 2 yours.—J. O. Nash. Best Merino Ewe, over 2 years.—J. O. Nash…

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Wool Classing

Forbes Times · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 4

The addition of wool classing to the list of subjects taught at the Wolaroi Grammar School, Orange, demonstrates that the managen ent does not draw the…

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Commercial News. Brisbane Wool Sales

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., have received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—Sales opened, good fleece wools and bulky skirtings…

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