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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 27 of 77

Goulburn Cattle Sale

Forbes Times · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

W. H. Hheatley reports a very large yarding of cattle at their sale at Goulburn on Thursday, the 26th inst., to a vood attendance of buyers ftycrs from…

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Commercial News. the Wool Position

Forbes Times · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:- The task of dealing with the wool clip under the appraisement scheme has…

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Fire at Glen Innes. Butter Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

A fire destroyed the Glen Innes butter factory. The damage is estimated at £2000. A large portion of the loss is covered by insurance…

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Calare. Mr Greg. M'girr on the Box Conscription, Strikes, Wheat, Wool, Nationals, How Funds are Obtained, and a Side Glance at St. Peter

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

On Saturday night from a box near the soldiers monument, in Lachlan-street, Mr Greg. M'Girr M.L.A., made a speech in support of…

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Farmers' Wants. the Melbourne Conference

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 1

The Australian Farmers' Federal organisation continued its sittings at Melbourne, on Saturday, Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M. L.C. (N.S.W.) presiding. Resolutions…

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Wheat-growing

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 3

"Science, capital, and organisation made it possible for Australia to produce such an enormous quantity of wheat. At one time the growing of…

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Something About Wheat. I

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 3

I do not profess to be a scientific breeder of wheats, nor am I an expert farmer. I leave the breeding of wheats to men like Mr. Pridham, of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 10

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahams, M.L.A., Minister at Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 312…

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Tricking the Farmer P.L.L.'s Little Dodge

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

We understand that certain literature is being distributed by the P.L.L. amongst the farmers, referring to a statement alleged to have…

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Conversions Into Homestead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 4

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

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Dairying. Perfecting the Dairy Cow. The Human Factor

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 10

Can we bring out any finer points in the cow of to-morrow? The question is asked by an American writer in an article in which he…

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Pigs and Pork. Porkers and Baconers. a Farmer's Views

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 10

The value of the different breeds of pigs that arc used in Australia was discussed by Mr. Garner, a member of the Kellyville branch of the…

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Political. the Farmers and the P.l.l

Western Champion · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 7

The farmers who are being especially appealed to by the Labor Senators on the bogus conscription issue, would do well to consider P.L.L. views…

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The Wool Position

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 1

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reports:— The task of dealing with the wool clip under the appraisement scheme…

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A Promising New Wheat

Forbes Times · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 4

A sample of a now wheat called The Minister has been forwarded to the Department of Agriculture by Mr. Hugh Pye, the Victorian Government…

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Wool Market. Outlook for Next Season. Messrs Winchcombe Carson's Review

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 7

Messrs Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., have just issued their wool review for 1917, this being the 28th they have published…

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The Forbes Times. Friday, May, 4, 1917. Local and General. Wool Report

Forbes Times · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 4

This A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., reports: Appraising was continued during last week, the maximum quantity the Central Wool Committee approved of…

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Farm and Held. Original Articles a Substitute for Vetches

Forbes Times · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 7

When vetches cannot be obtained peas make an excellent substitute sown with the cereal; but they should be sown thicker, two bushel of peas…

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Cereal Crop in Germany. Appropriated by Military Authorities. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 5

Germany has decided to appropriate the ceroals before reaping. The military will supervise the threshing…

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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. 313. Agricultural Fallow Oe Non-fallow. What the Farmers' Experiment Plots Showed

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 4

Several experiments to illustrate the value of fallowing as a farm practice wore conducted in connection with the farmers' experiment plots last year,…

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