Inbreeding of Dairy Cattle
A correspondent lately addressed the following questions to the Department of Agriculture:—How far is inbreeding in cattle…
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Farming & the land, 1918
1,648 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 45 of 83
Sheep Stealing Charges
A number of alleged sheep stealing cases have cropped up at Condobolin. Alfred Bassett is charged with stealing five sheep at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Varieties for the Canowindra District
Tihe lion secretary of the P.A. and H. Association (Mr. H. M. Brown) some time ago applied to the Department of Agriculture for a list of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Forbes Advocate Friday, June 28, 1918. Current Topics. 500 Choice Store Cattle
Messrs Leeds Bros., of Orange, advertise in to-day's "Advocate" the sale of 500 choice store cattle, to be held at the corporation yards,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fixed Price of Meat Big Meeting of Protest. Farmers Called to Action
We have been asked to republish the following extract from the speech of Mr Alexander Biggar, delivered at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Farm Power
An exhibition of great interest to farmers is to be given on Saturday next, at 3 p.m., in Mr J. Besgrove's paddock, Eugowra-road, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field Original Articles Skim-milk for Pigs
Protein, and particularly digestible protein, is the ingredient in which nearly all the common home-grown foodstuffs of the farm are more or less…
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Joseph Bailey, aged about 48, who has been employed on Mr. J. Duke's property, some 14 miles from Forbes, and adjacent to Inchgower, for the…
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Long experience in the manufacture and supplying of all machinery necessary for the complete and effective equipment of cheese and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction. Fumigation
Fumigation is a method of destruction that, if carefully attended to, accounts for many rabbits. The best time or the year to fumigate is the winter,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inbreeding of Dairy Cattle. How Far it is Safe
A correspondent lately addressed the following questions to the Department: How far is inbreeding in cattle safe? A young bull (Durham) served heifers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. It must be distinctly understood that we do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expresed by our correspondents nor neceslarly endorse same. Ideal Farms for Soldiers and Closer Settlement. (To the Editor)
Sir,—These farms, situated be tween Albury and Blayney, are valned at £3000, walk in. Area of land 220-acres, valned with improvements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers!
For Highewt Prices aud Prompt Returns for your Hay, Chaff, Grain, etc., consign to Robert Robiuson & Co., Alexandria, oue of the oldest and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Farmers and Others!
Be economical! Save your tallow and kitchea fat, and get 10/- per kerosene tin full at the Cowra Soap Works, Brisbane Street Don't forget to tell your friends…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying. Lessons in Cow Testing. a Feature of a Fair
That the dairy farmer should know exactly what each cow in his milking nerd is doing in the way of milk and butter production was illustrated in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 bused mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 373. Agricultural Water on the Fasml More Methods of Purification
In addition to the purification of water by filtering and by adding certain chemicals that destroy unfavorable bacteria, etc., there are several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Sheep Sell Well
Mr J. J. Le[?]hy, of Tregalana Station, Forbes, received good prices for a batch of sheep at Homebush on Thursday. Altogother SOS…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool & Produce Reports
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, reports—Wool—The wool season closed this week. [?] has been a remarkably successful one,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Curreht Topics. Annual Sheep Show
A number of Forbes district residents attended the annual sheep show in Sydney, which opened on Thursday, and wound up on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Certificates. Stock Exchange Dealings
"No difficulty will be placed in the way of any farmers who may wish to sell their certificates,' the Minister for Agriculture, in the…
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