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Farming & the land, 1905

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The Dairy Farm

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 4

In the accompanying sketch is shown one of the most useful little dairying implements, on the market, and one which all 1 dairy farmers ought to posses. It is a…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] the Flower Garden

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 4

ANNUALS sown now will soon germinate if the soil is in good condition. It will be an advantage to cover the small seeds with a little fine sifted soil, in large…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Success in Dairy Farming

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 4

IT is sometimes said that the farmer is not forced to exercise so much thought as business men, and occasionally making more money, especially so if the farmer…

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Farm and Dairy. [All Rights Reserved.] Original Articles. Hints to Preserve the Aroma of Butter

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 4

ONE may delay the doing of many things without loss, but to put off churning when the cream is ripe is not one of those things that can be delayed without…

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Stalls for Cattle

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 3

The other evening a countryman brought his sweetheart into the city to hear a performance by a well known opera company. Going up to the ticket-office, the girl…

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Ventilating the Dairy

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 4

The summer will soon be upon us, and the dairy will requite to be given an abundance of ventilation. In winter, when a low temperature prevails, the apertures…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Successful Farming

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 5

RATIONAL farming requires the growing of stook on the farm. The farm grows richer and larger crops are secured if at least a part of the raw material grown…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Essentials for a Hotbed

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 4

EVERY farmer should have a hotbed in the spring of the year. It is a simple device from which emanates an immense amount of pleasure and profit…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Care of Hand Separator

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 4

OVER-AMBITIOUS separator agents, in order to strengthen their argument, have told some buyers that they would not have to deliver their cream but…

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Rural Industries. "The Farmer feedeth all."

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 6

Over 15,000 questions have so far been asked at the Lands Commission. A produce merchant at Orange…

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Cost of Bad Roads to Farmers

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 6

One of the heaviest taxes levied on the farmer of the country is imposed by bad roads They double the cost of hauling to and from market,…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Commercial Asparagus Culture

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 3

AN acre of asparagus is better, it is said, than having five hundred pounds in the bank or out at interest, One can draw on the asparagus bed every…

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The Farm Pig-sty

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 3

In many districts a form of sty prevails which has been found so [?] neighbourhood, and feeders are [?] slow to adopt any improvements suggested…

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Farm and, Dairy. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.] Development of the Electric Plough

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

TO Europe the farmers of the world maybe indebted for the evolution of an electric plough. In Italy an electric plough has been evolved which apparently…

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Salt Farming

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 4

One of the strangest of farms in the country, if not in the whole world, is situated in Southern California, 265 feet below the level of the sea. The place is…

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Rural Industries. "The Farmer feedeth all."

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 6

A close season of six months for the kangaroo, wallaby, bear, platypus, and a few smaller animals, commenced in N.S.W. on August 1…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] When and How to Spray Trees

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 3

THE worst enemy that the orchardist has to fight is the codlin moth. That ia the insect that is responsible for wormy apples. The damage that it causes…

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On the Farm

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 3

This is a busy period in the wheatfields, and nearly all crops require different treatment, Winter-proud fields need grazing off with sheep, hollow ground requires…

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Rural Industries. "The Farmer feedeth all." the Charms of a Country Life

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 6

Oh, happy, if he knew his happy state, The swain who, free from business and debate, Receives his easy food from nature's…

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Streaky Butter

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 6

Streeks in the batter may arise from the cream being exposed to the air too long, a hard skin resulting from evaporation. To overcome this, keep the cream frequently…

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