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

Farming & the land, 1917

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Dairying. the Yellow Color. Cows that Store up Carotin

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

Experiments conducted at the Missouri station, U.S.A., have shown that the color of cream and butter due to carotin, a yellow coloring matter that…

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Wool Market

Western Champion · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 19

The Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Company, Limited, report under date January 23rd:—This company's first catalogue under the…

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On the Land Pastoral and Ag Ricultural Notes

Western Champion · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 23

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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Field Wheat Competition. a Remarkable Achievement

Western Champion · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. E. Field, of Marrar, the judge appointed by the Royal Agricultural Society in connection with their Field Wheat Competition, has submitted his…

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Wheat

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

Mr George Ruth, of Rankin-street. Forbes, has been appointed to tolled samples of wheat in forbes district, for the purpose of fixing, the…

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Wheat Cartng

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 6

Most of the farmers have made a start with the wheat carting to the railway. Monday morning there was a constant string of teams to be…

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Wool Report

Forbes Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

The A.M.L. and F. Co., report:- This Company's first catalogue under the appraisement scheme was on view on 11th and 12th instant, and the…

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Wheat Coming In

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 6

A good deal of new wheat is coming in at the local station now Much inconvenience must be caused to wheat cartcrs by the daylight saving…

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Commercial News. Coulburn Sheep Sale

Forbes Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3

Mr. W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded 35,000 sheep on Thursday, 18th instant, to a very large and representative attendance of buyers from…

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Poisoning Sheep Blowflies. a Useful Recipe

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 1

The attention of the Minister for, Agriculture, Hon. W. C. Grahame, U.L.A., has been drawn to the fact that quite a number of letters have…

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Yesterday's Homebush Sales. Sheep Up. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

Owing to the small yarding of sheep at Homebush Sales yesterday, there was a further rise, and some of the carly sales showed an advance of from…

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Sheep-fly Extermination. Invented by Mr. R. J. Higgins

Forbes Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 7

Mr. R. J. Higgins, of Inverell, a well-known landowner, has invented a [?]yexterminator, from which he has go[?] good results. It has been passed on to…

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Pigs and Pork. Feeding Pigs on Damaged Wheat

Forbes Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 7

The Department of Agriculture writes:- It may be accepted as a fair statement that in the production of bacon…

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Forbes Municipal Council. Water for the Meat Works Cattle in the Park

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the aldermen was held on Tuesday night. Those present were Aldermen Saw (Mayor), Reyniond, Dates, Hugo…

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The Farmers' Strike

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 4

" A FARMER who has Unconditionally Surrendered to the Labor Party " writes the EVENING NEWS—There has been some talk lately about…

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Sheep's Trotters

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 2

Clean, scald, and skin four trotters, boil them in salted water until the large bone can be easily removed. Next put them in a saucepan with…

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Field Wheat Competitions. A Remarkable Achievement

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. E Field, of Marrar, the judge appointed by the Royal Agricultural Society in connection with their Field Wheat…

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Aericultural and Pastoral Notes. Pan the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the persona) supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly the experience of the Department. No. 299. Agricultural. Lime on the Farm. Effect of Deficiency of Lime

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 3

In the previous articles in this series the phase of the matter most prominent has been the effect of lime in various forms upon the soil. As has been shown…

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Pigs and Pork. Feeding Pigs on Damaged Wheat. At Hawkesbury Agricultural College

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 3

It may be accepted, as a fair statement that in the production of bacon or pork, under normal market conditions, wheat cannot be decmed an…

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The Farmer. Preparing Show Stock

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 7

The coals of young stock, an experienced herdsman remarks, are important, and he thus explains his practice with young bulls: "About…

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