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

Farming & the land, 1917

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Conversions Into Homestead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4

The holder of any C.P (includ [?] Homestead Selection, Homestead Grant, Conditional Purchase Lease…

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Woodlands State Farm

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr Grahame, recently referred to the recent decision to cut up the 22,000 acres of Government wheat lands at…

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Dairying. Cream of Inferior Quality. How to Avoid It

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 10

"Regardless of trouble," says the Dairy Expert in commending to the dairy farmers of New South Wales the following points in the care and…

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Poultry. Planning a Poultry Farm. Systematic Arrangement Necessary

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 10

The average poultry farm has been a thing of small beginnings, usually jumbled together without any definite plan or objective beyond keeping as…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Assn. Cowra Branch's Monthly Meeting

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 2

The above took place at the Literary Institute on Saturday, and was attended by Messrs. J. R. McDonald (president), E. S. Twigg, R…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1917. Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 14 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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The Cattle Embargo. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 17

Mr. Hughes stated in Parliament yesterday that the stock embargo on the passage of cattle from Queensland would be lifted under the provisions…

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On the Land Pastoral and Ag Ricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 6

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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Cost of Wheat Growing. (To the Editor.)

Western Champion · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 24

I have a threshing plant at Armatree, valued at over £2000, second to none in Australia, consisting of Fowler Tractor (main wheels 30in wide),…

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Dairying. Inferior Quality Cream. Chiefly Result of Want of Cleanliness on Farms

Western Champion · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 6

In the plainest language and with a great deal of force, the Dairy Expert in the "Agricultural Gazette" tells dairy farmers that three-quarters…

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Goulburn Cattle Sale

Forbes Times · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded 3500 head of cattle on Thursday last, the 8th instant, to a large and representative attendance of buyers…

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Loss in Sheep

Forbes Times · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 5

Last week a drover named Flynn loft Berthong charge of 500 ewes in lamb to Romney Marsh rams. On Tuesday night he arranged for them…

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Sales to Come. Cattle Sale

Forbes Times · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

Friday, February 23rd.—At the Newmarket Saleyards, St. Mary's, commencing at 1 p.m. sharp, 330 choice dairy and, store cattle. Messrs. Weaver and…

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Agricultural. Varieties of Wheat. Changes in Departmental Recommendations

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4

The recommendations of the Depart ment of Agriculture as to the varieties of wheat and other cereals to be used in Now South Wales during the…

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Our District Page Fertile Eugowra. Great Wheat Country. Railway Badly Needed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 6

In travelling around the Eugowra district, there are "pockets," level plains, intersected by creeks, which can average, in ordinary years, quite…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Tyagong Branch

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

A MEETING of the above was held at Mr P. Finn's on Thurs-day last. Mr A. S. Matthews occupied the chair, and the following members were also…

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CORRESPONDENCE. The Wheat Pool. (To the Editor)

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 2

Sir,—A word or two about the scandalous way the Wheat Pool is administered at the present time may not be out of place. Admitting the…

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Dairying. Inferior Quality Cream. Chiefly Result of Want of Cleanliness on Farms

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 6

In the plainest language and with a great deal of force, the Dairy Expert in the "Agricultural Gazette" tells dairy farmers that three quarters…

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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. 302. Agricultural Varieties of Wheat. Changes in Departmental Recommendations

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 6

The recommendations of the Departmental Agriculture as to the varieties of wheat, and other cereals to be used in Now South Wales during the…

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Conversions Into Hombstead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 8

The holder of any C.P. (including a non-[?]entled [?] on C.L. Homestead Selection, Homestead Grant, Conditional Purchase Lease…

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