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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 73 of 77

Wool for the Army

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4

Some interesting statistics have recently been made public (write Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd.), which show how essential good…

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The Wheat Harvest. Arrangements for Handling

Forbes Times · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 5

The question of handling the [?] [?] wheat crop, which is expected to total 12,000,000 bags, was this week explained by Mr. R. S. Drummond,…

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Wool for the Army. Appraisements Progressing

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write: — "Some interesting statistics have recently been made public, which show, how essential good suppleis of wool…

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Commercial News. Wool for the Army

Forbes Times · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—"Some interesting statistics have recently been made public which show how essential good supplies of wool…

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Charge of Disorder~ liness. Wheat Lumper's Dispute

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4

At the West Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Chippendall, P.M.,— Herbert Haar was charged that…

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District Wheat. Reported New Disease. Expert Says None Exists

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4

Some little time ago a report gained currency that a new type of disease was attacking the wheat crops in the country between Forbes and…

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Disease in Wheat. the Reported Trouble in Forbes District. a Junee Man's Opinion

Forbes Times · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 4

The following appeared in Monday's "S.M. Herald":- Mr E. D. Hammond, Old June'e, writes with regard to the report of…

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TRUNDLE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Getting Off the Crop

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 6

The week's fine weather we have had is just what was wanted to make the crops ready for harvest. On the farms the strippers can be…

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Conversions Into Home Stead Farms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 6

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

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The Farmer. SALT

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

The best sanitary and hygienic agent we possess at the present day is common salt. Possibly its cheapness causes many to overlook its…

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Dairying Feeding the Calf

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 7

The present live stock position [?]es the rearing of as many calves [?] possible something of a national [?]. The requirements of the…

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Farmers!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 2

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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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Saturday, Dec. 8, 1917. Local and General To Farmers and Others!

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 8 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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Agricultural. Water on the Farm. Varying Composition of Spring Water

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 3

The difference in the composition of the water in springs or wells depends upon the welvent' action of the…

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Dairying. Feeding the Calf. Nature's Way Versus Hand Feeding

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 3

The present live stock position makes the rearing of as many calves as possible something of a national necessity. The requirements of the butcher are…

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Wheat

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 11 December 1917 · page 3

Senator Russell states that under the Austsaltan Wheat Board just over £60,000,000 have been paid to the farmers of the…

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The Great Wheat Area of the State. Again a Sheep Walk

Forbes Times · Tuesday 11 December 1917 · page 4

Take your memory back a few years to the time when your district produced nothing but wool. The rur al population consisted of the…

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Wheat and Barley

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1917 · page 2

Mr F. Loxley, of Wongajong, is stripping a crop of malting bar[?]ey which is going six and seven bags to the acre. Providing the color of the…

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The Wool Market

Forbes Times · Tuesday 11 December 1917 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, under date of December 5 reports:- Our second appraisement of the sea…

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To Wheat Farmers, Wool Growers, Dairymen and Orchardists

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 December 1917 · page 6

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

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