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

Farming & the land, 1917

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The Farmer. Molasses in Stockfeeding

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 7

Flavor is an important factor in the feed of stock. A correspondent describes that when feeding a number of pigs with kitchen refuse he…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Saturday, Feb. 17, 1917. Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 17 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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Sales to Come. Cattle Sale

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

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

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Commercial News. Wool Appraisements

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., reports under date February 14 1917:- Sales by appraisement were continued last week, when some very excellent…

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Varieties of Wheat Changes in Departmental Recommendations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

The recommendations of the Department of Agriculture as to the varieties of wheat and other cereals to be used in New…

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Through the District Down the Lachlan. Some Splendid Farms

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

The above heading is not strictly accurate in a geographical sense, but as the expression "on the river" is applied locally to the strip of…

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Late Telegrams. Share Farming. Minister Has Scheme. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. Ashford Minister for Agriculture, stated yesterday that he had a scheme to enable share farmers to acquire land on which they were…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon about thirty members of the Grenfell branch of the above association met at the Masonic Hall to hear an address by…

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Phenomenal Wheat Yield

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 3

Mr. Philip Henry Bolte, West Wyalong, a well-known farmer there writing to Sir Joseph Carruthers, under date of February 7th, says:—…

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The Wool Market

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 3

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd. report on February 15th:— Appraisements have continued satisfactorily during the week, this…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 10

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…

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

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 10

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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Conversions Into Homestead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 4

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

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Wool Report

Western Champion · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 21

The Australian, Mercantile. Land and Finance Company, Limited, report under date 20th February:—Appraisements continued satisfactorily…

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Wool Sales

Western Champion · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 19

The Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Company. Limited, report a very satisfactory sale of a small parcel of scoured wool under the…

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Poisoned Butter. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 19

Pour notives at Gocupelli station, in the Northern Territory, are alleged to have placed strychnine in some butter, which was eaten by the…

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On the Land. Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 33

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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Payment for Wheat. Mr Pigott's Work. Farmers' Representation

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 3

Mr H. P. Elliott, hon, secretary of the Mulyandry branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, has handed us the following letter he has…

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Current Topics. Loss of Sheep

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 4

Mr C. A. Turner, the Forbes buiclier, had a stroke of bad luck a few days ago (says our Bedgerabong correspondent). He pucliased a mob of…

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Commercial News. Wool Report

Forbes Times · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 3

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 21st February, 1917:—Appraisements continued satisfactorilys during last week. This Company's…

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