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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 72 of 77

Commercial News. Wool Sales Resume. Shipments for America

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. write:— "Wool appraisements were resumed in Sydney last Monday, and will continue right on to Christmas. Nearly…

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Tick Exterminator. Government Officers Expose 'A Swindle. a Bogus Sheep DIPl

Forbes Times · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 4

The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock has drawn attention to the fact that a mixture is being sold in the south-western part of…

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Among the Farms. Along the Second Section of the Forbes-stockinbingal Railway. (By Our Special Representative). (No. 2)

Forbes Times · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 8

In our issue or last Friday we made general reference to our trip along the second section of the Stockinbingal railway—from Forbes to Caragabal—…

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Conversions Into Home Stead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 6

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

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The Farmer. Cheese From Pasteurised Milk

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 7

For some time in the past experiments on various cheese problems have been conducted by the Wisconsin Experiment Station and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 3

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…

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Cowra Shorn Sheep

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 2

Buyer's requirements were not well catered for at Homebush last Monday, only 8000 sheep were forward. Prices as a result were again on the rise. Mr…

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Farmers!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 5

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

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No. 343. Water on the Farm. The Various Sources

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 3

The uses to which water is put on the farm are classified by the Chemist of the Department of Agriculture under the following headings:…

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Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 1 December 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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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Murrumburrah-harden Branch

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 4

MR. ROBT. GIBSON, Hon. Sec. Harden-Murruniburrah Branch of the F. & S. Association, sends us the following for publication :-At a largely-attended meeting of the…

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What Conscription Offers Farmers. (To the Editor of the Grenfell Record)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 2

SiR,—Farmers in Australia have had one taste of Exemption Courts, but apparently the annoyances they experienced will prove nothing to what the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 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…

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No. 343. Water on the Farm. The Various Sources

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 December 1917 · page 10

The uses to which water is put on the farm are classified by the Chemist of the Department of Agriculture under the following headings:…

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Farmers!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 5 December 1917 · page 2

For Highest Prices and Prompt Returns for your Hay, Chalf, 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 Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1917. Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 5 December 1917 · page 2

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

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Western Wheat

Western Champion · Thursday 6 December 1917 · page 25

Haymaking has commenced in the Wellington district, and the prospects were very bright until thunderstorms destroyed much of the hay that was…

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The Wheat Harvest

Western Champion · Thursday 6 December 1917 · page 13

A protest against the methods adopted for handling the forthcoming wheat crop has been forwarded to the member for Orange by the Secretary…

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To the Farmers, Wool Growers, Dairymen & Orchardists

Forbes Times · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 7

How have you been treated by the Arch Conscriptionist Hughes, the man who asks you to trust him with your lives?…

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The Value of Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 7

Wheat plays an important part in poultry-feeding, and is largely used for both adults and chickens, which would fare badly without this…

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