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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 61 of 77

Wool Clip 10 p.c. Dividend

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 2

The Prime Minister stated last week that the Central Wool Committee had resolved to declare a dividend, payable on the 23rd inst., of 10 per cent…

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Wheat. Big Decrease in Acreage. The Western Figures

Forbes Times · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 3

The estimates supplied by Mr. H. A. Smith, Acting Government Statistician of the areas of wheal sown this season in the various police patrol…

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Farmers' Co-operative Grain Company. Mr. Gorman in Canowindra

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 5

One of t he directors of the Farmers' Co-operative Grain Co., in the person of Mr. Gorman, addressed a meeting in Messrs. Caleb Parker's machinery…

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Wool Stocks in England

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— "The Advisory Committee in England recently recommended that a minimum stock of 500,000 bales of…

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Money for the War Loan Mr. W. Cattle's Proposition

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 5

Mr. W. Cattle called at this office this morning, and informed us that he desired to make the following proposition to residents of the…

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Conversions Into Home Stead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 6

The holder of any [?] (including a [?] Homestead Selection, Homestead Grant, Conditional Purchase Lease…

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The Farmer. Shall We Sow Grain Thick or Thin?

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 7

One often sees the question raised in the agricultural press whether better results are obtained by sowing cereals thick or thin, and both…

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Edinburgh' S Potato Crops. Crop of 1300 Tons Expected

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 4

Thanks to the energies of the Parks Committee, the total number of allotments provided by the Corporation up to date is 1716, representing an area of…

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Farmers!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 2

For Highest Prices and Prompt Returns for yoar Hay, Chaff, Grain, etc., consign to Robert Robinson & Co., Alexandria, one of the oldest and…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Saturday, Oct, 20, 1917 Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 2

Be economical! Save your tallow and kitchen fat, and get 9/- per kerosene tin full at the Cowra Soap Works, Brisbane Street Don't forget to tell your friends…

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Dairying. the Breeding Herd And Its Improvement

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 4

Professor C. H. Eckles, of the University of Missouri, U.S.A., recently made a plea for better breeding operations, declaring to a gathering of…

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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 experienced the Department. No. 337. Agricultural. Offal Manure and Dried Blood. Their Economical and Profitable Use

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 4

The offal manure from the abattoirs is the residue that has been steamed in the digestors to remove the grease and then steam-dried (with constant…

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Commercial News. Wool & Produce Reports

Forbes Times · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reports- Wool.—Although no actual dates haveh yet been announced for he:…

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After the Harvest. Millions of Tons of Wheat. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

It is estimated that after the next harvest there will be, between five and six million tons of wheat in Australia…

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Farmer's Co-operative Grain Company. Address by Mr. J. Fitz Patrick at Forbes

Forbes Times · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 4

Last Saturday afternoon in the Forbes Town Hail, Mr. J. Fitzpatrick (vice-president of the Farmers and Settlers Association in Sydney)…

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Wool Report

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 2

The announcement by the Central Wool Committee of the opening date of appraisements is now awaited with considerable interest…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 10

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister o Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 337…

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The Days of the Horse Are Numbered on the Farm, As Well As on the Battlefield

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 4

There is every evidence of a conspiracy on the part of fate against the horse. On the furrowed battle fronts, the average equine li[?] has been reduced to a period of eight days,…

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Edinburgh's Potato Crops. Crop of 1300 Tons Expected

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 10

Thanks to the energies of the Parks Committee, the total number of allotments provided by the Corporation up to date .is 1716, representing an area of…

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Dairying. the Breeding Herd And Its Improvement

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 10

Professor C. H. Eckles, of the University of. Missouri, U.S.A., recently made a plea for better breeding operations, declaring to a gathering of…

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