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Blue Mountains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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The Farmer. Milk Production

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 3

Tho secret of the production of milk is to provide food containing sufficient protein. In feeding, again, the aim should…

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The Farmer. Ailments and Remedies

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 3

Colic makes attacks suddenly. The horse may show every symptom of distress and then got up, begin eating and seem relieved, only to be in…

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The Farmer. Buying a Cow

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 3

Points to remember in buying a cow are primarily that the udder should be long, wide, deep, but not pendulous, firmly attached,…

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What Is a Good Dairy Cow?

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 3

Sometimes we might be asked to define a good dairy cow. Some would dwell long on one point and some on another. The following…

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The Farmer. Training a Young Horse

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 3

There is nothing more important in the education of young harness horses, says "Argus" in "Farm and Home," than that they should be…

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The Farmer. Sugar Beet and Winter Milk

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 3

There is no reason why the milk output should fall away to nothing in winter. It is all a matter of feeding, except in the high lands, where…

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The Farmer. a Mechanical "Milkmaid."

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 3

Apparatus for milking cows by means of a partial vacuum have been used for a number of years. In a new form of milking machine…

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The Farmer. the Curd Test

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 3

A simple and inexpensive way to make curd tost of milk would be through the use of the fruit, jar and wash tub. Take some pint fruit…

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Seed for Farmers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 5

Mr Chas. Wooller, hon. Sec. of the local Agricultural Bureau, lias for distribution amongst members, small samples of seed maize (4 varieties), oats…

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Cattle Straying

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 4

During the week, no less than five complaints have reached this office about cattle being allowed to wander through the streets, not only during the…

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