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

Farming & the land, 1917

1,527 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 77

Farm Implement Gate

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 7

This curious gate, located near the community of Tring, in the British Isles, is composed entirely of implements used in farming. The…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Saturday, Feb. 3, 1917. Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 February 1917 · 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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Women and Farmers

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 3

"The time has come when an increasing number of women must be employed on the and if the land is to [?] kept clean and properly cultivated. Women…

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Milga's Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 3

There was delivered on Monday morning from the well-known "Milga" property, lately owned by Mr. G. J. Pettit (situated on tbe…

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Hilltop Station Wool

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 2

Merino hoggets fleece from Eat. Chas. Young, Hilltop, Garland, made 26[?]d per lb at Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson's appraisement sale recently…

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Blowfly Pest. Helping Sheep-owners

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 8

The Premier, in view of the interest taken lately in the blowfly pest, has obtained a report from the Director of Agriculture…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 10

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L..A.. Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 300…

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Wheat Guarantee. Minimum of 3s. per Bushel. Probable Expenditure of £9,000,000

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 2

The State Government has finally decided to guarantee to wheat farmers a minimum price of 3s. per bushel for fair average quality…

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Sterling Threshers for Farmers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 3

Owing to the continued bad weather for stripping operations, we would advise you to save your wheat by taking and then…

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Conversions Into Homestead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 4

The holder ol any G.P. (includ [?] accidential [?] Homestead Selection, Homestead Grant, Conditional Purchase Lease…

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Women and Farmers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 3

"The time has come when an increasing number of women must be employed on the land if the land is to be kept clean and properly cultivated. Women…

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To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 2

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

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Next Wheat Grops. Guarantee to Farmers

Western Champion · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 25

A definite decision has been arrived at by the New South Wales Government in order to encourage the growth of foodstuffs for the Empire,…

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On the Land Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 8

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Graham e.M.L.A., Minister of Africulture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land…

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Wheat. Action in Western Australia

Western Champion · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 24

The Perth Legislative Assembly has passed the Premier's motion for the purchase at a minimum of 3s. per bushel of the 1917-18 harvest, in order…

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Appraising Wool. Bradford Expert Appointed

Western Champion · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 17

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., realising that the conditions under which the value of wool is being arrived at by the appraisement scheme are so…

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Warwick Farm Races

Western Champion · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 5

The weather was dull but there was a fair attendance at these races on Saturday. Results:- Maiden Handicap.—Luxor 1, Hem…

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Fruit Crops Fail

Western Champion · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 26

Orange "Leader" says:—The partial failure of the Orange fruit crop will be a severe blow this year to the growers, who have suffered in the…

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Marquis Wheat

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4
Also in The Forbes Advocate

Tuesday's "Telegraph" contained some remarks by Sir Joseph Carruthers, relative to his wheat-growing experiments at Jindabyne, on the Snowy…

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