Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Incubator Turkeys
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4
IT is not now considered remarkable that chicks should be hatched in an incubator. But many people have on idea that turkey eggs most be hatched in some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wyong P. A. H and R. Association Establishment of a Co-operative Butter Factory. Lecture by Mr. C. E. D. MEARS
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 6
The progressive spirit which has aroused the settled community of the Wyong District was strongly evidenced on Tuesday night, 24th ult…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Bights Reserved] Raising Geese
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 3
ON many farms a flock of Toulouse geese may be profitably reared each year, the number depending on range and other facilities, The Toulouse breed are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Excellence of White Wyandottes
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 3
THE rapidity with which white Wyandottes have increased in popularity is impossible to account for by any theory except that of actual merit. While their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Housekeeper. to Keep Butter Cool
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 4
HERE is a very simple arrangement for keeping butter cool, one of the greatest troubles of the housewife in summer, Get a common flower pot and a piece…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wyong District. Butter Factory. New Bank Building. P. A. H. & R. Association. Teddy's Narrow Escape. the Absconding Postmaster Musical and Literary Evening
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 5
A movement for the establishment of a butter factory for Wyong is meeting with great success, and already 500 shares of the value of £1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Diary. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Management of Young Chicks
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 3
ABOUT twenty-four hours after the chickens are hatched they should be removed with the hen to a clean coop, one that has been thoroughly disinfected, so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rural Industries. "The Farmer Feedeth All."
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 6
"The agriculture of the kingdom is the first of all its concerns, and the foundation of all its prosperity in every other matter."—Ed. Burke…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep's Head Broth
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 3
Ingredients:—1 sheep's head, cupful barley, 1 slice bacon, 2 carrots, 1 turnip, 1 onion, salt and pepper to taste, 2 qts water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved] Growing Early Water Melons
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 4
IN order to grow early water melons, the first consideration is the soil, and a warm, responsive sand is beat. If it is not already well supplied with plant food,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Growing Persimmons
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4
PERSIMMON trees may be secured from the nurseryman, or each grower may have a small nursery of his own. Each method has advantages…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Raising Market Fowls
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 4
BREEDING fowis should have some considerable range throughout the year, and they should be separated in small floods of about, ten in number,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Right Reserved.] Marketing Small Fruit
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 3
IN those districts where the local trade consumes all that is produced, and one has a succession of fruit so as to keep up a continuous supply, it is well to establish a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.]. Treatment of Brood Sows
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 4
IN selecting a good brood bow, there are some few points that is desirable to note: She should have a heavy, round ham, well filled down the legs, a long and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rural Industries. "The Farmer Feedeth All.'
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 6
Gympie "Truth" says that a movement is said to be on foot among dairymen, cattle breeders, and others in the North Coast district of New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Facts About Grains of Wheat
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 3
Ideal bread can only be made by condensing in flour all the nutritious elements of wheat, which can be readily assimilated. A grain of wheat has four distinct parts,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Cultivation of Corn
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 4
IT has been clearly demonstrated that any mutilation of corn roots has an injurious effect. Pruning three to four times during the ordinary season on all sides six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rural Industries. "The Farmer feedeth all."
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 6
According to the Bellinger "Courier" the Dorrigo has been shamefully over-boomed. At Brisbane 600 cases of American…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles, [All Rights Reserved.] the Moulting Season of Fowls
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 4
THE greatest drain on the vigor of fowls is during the moulting season. At that period if there is any weakness inherent among the individuals of the flock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bill Beach on Dairying
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 6
The ex-champion sculler of the world was not a success as a dairyman and has sold his farm of 425 acres at Yallah (near Dapto), Mr Jas…
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