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Farming & the land, 1905

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Motor Dust and Growing Crops

The Mountaineer · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 5

The British farmer has raised an objection to motor cars. At a largely-attended meeting of farmers, recently held at Lancaster, England, men who farmed…

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Farm and Field. Farmyard Manure

The Mountaineer · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 5

In Australia very little attentions as a rule is given to the saving of farmyard manure. The farmyard manure produced in France is calculated by Mr…

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The Stopping Place in Dairying

The Mountaineer · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 5

The man who is looking all the time for a stopping-place in dairying is not very likely ever to make very much of a success of it…

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Handling Cream at Butter Factories

The Mountaineer · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 5

C. W. M' Dougall. Guelph, Ontario, Canada, in "Chicago Dairy Produce":-- Have the cream delivered as often as possible…

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Farm and Field. Smut in Cereal Crops

The Mountaineer · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 5

Mr T. W, Kirk, Biologist to the New Zealand Department of Agriculture, has issued a leaflet giving directions for treaties seed grain for the prevention…

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Foot Rot in Sheep

The Mountaineer · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 5

The Royal Agricultural Society of England has recently issued an enlarged edition of a pamphlet on "Contagious Foot Rot of Sheep," by…

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Farm and Field. Making Farming Pay

The Mountaineer · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 5

Mr W. T. Cooper, of Koolunga, South Australia, read a lengthy paper on "Making Small Farms Pay," at a recent meeting of farmers in that State. The…

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Farm and Field. Diseases of the Udder. INFLAMMATION

The Mountaineer · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 5

An inflammation of the glands secreting the milk is one of the most common troubles of the dairy cow. it is generally caused by high feed,…

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"Advance Katoomba." Opening of Witte's New Dairy

The Mountaineer · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 6

Mr G. Witte's new dairy premises were formally opened on Wednesday afternoon fast. Although the weather was bitterly sold --snow falling at intervals --there was…

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Dairy Shorthorns

The Mountaineer · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 5

A copy of the following has been sent to nil members of the British Shorthorn Society:--The great increase during recent…

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Farm and Field. Care of Show Horses

The Mountaineer · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 5

During the show season it may be that some of the show horses may contract colds in the course of their travels are they reach home again. Consequently…

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Farm and Field. Have a Reliable Stable Lantor[?]

The Mountaineer · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 5

Every farmer who is not too anxious to draw his fire insurance money should have the best [?]tern to be obtained. but where a wire is strung from one end…

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Farm and Field[?] Short Weights in Manure And Twine

The Mountaineer · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 3

At a meeting for me South Australian Board of Agriculture, held last week in Adelaide, a letter was read from the secretary of the Port Pirle Agricultural…

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Pigs for Small Farmers

The Mountaineer · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 3

There is one advantage about pigs that make them emphatically the stock for the small farmer, and that is the very quick returns which they afford,…

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Farm and Field. a Good Dairy Cow

The Mountaineer · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 5

The most important element of success in the dairy business is the cow herself Good cows in the dairy herd are, to the success of the dairy business, what good…

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Farm and Field. Sulphate of Copper

The Mountaineer · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 5

In common with many other commodities used by farmers, sulphate of copper has been confronted in the market by a colorable Imitation,…

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Foreign Substances in Wool

The Mountaineer · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 3

The following circular, which has been issued by the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, England, should receive the serious consideration of Australian…

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Lessons in Wool Classing

The Mountaineer · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 3

The"Sydney Mail " reports, a growing tendency on the part of many of the small sheep farmers in New South Wales to become experts in the classing…

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Farm and Field

The Mountaineer · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 3

Competition of Calf Foofls. A leaflet on "Calf Meals" issued by the Irish Department of Agriculture states that samples of these mixture…

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The Dairy. Congestion of the Odder. Disease Described at Its Treatment Hall

The Mountaineer · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 3

The veterinary department experiment station Kansas agricultural [?] issued bulletin signed by F. Schoent[?] leber any Garget" (Congestion of the…

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