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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Farm and Field. Heredity in Breeding

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 3

That the characteristics of parents are transmitted to their offsprings is a fact very well known to all engaged in the breeding of live stock. Everybody knows…

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Wheat Growing. Problems for Riverina Farmers

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 1

AN interesting paper was recently read before a meeting of Corowa farmers by Mr. T. J. Gorman, on wheat growing problems. The author, interatia, and:— “ I don’t intend to refer to wheat statistics, as…

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The Dairy. Dehorning Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 7

The two methods of dehorning usually practised are (1) the removal of the horns after they have reached their growth, by means of a saw or clippers…

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Wool Market

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Sydney, report under date August 6:--Since the last public sales there has been a fair private enquiry, and…

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[?]Gety & Co.'s, Ltd., Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 2

[?]—Since the last public sales [?] has been a fair private enquiry, and [?] sales of withdrawn wool have been [?]ed at prices showing substantial…

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Sohute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 2

August.—The generous rainfall of last week has heartened up pastoralists [?] districts of the Stats, and may be [?] as a most opportune set-off…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Old Orchards Need Fertilisers

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 4

In the case of orchards of some considerable age, or on poor land, the application of fertilisers is considered very necessary. It is similar with…

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Keep the Son on the Farm

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 5

MANY a farmer has driven his son off his farm unintentionally, and unconsciously. The son is sent to school probably, from the age of six until…

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Dairy Notes

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 4

In the majority of dairies it is the neglect of small matters that tell Against the commodity turned out, no matter whether it be cheese, butter…

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Farm and Field. Farmers Should Keep Books

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 7

Every farmer should adopt a system of exact book-keeping, just as men do in other lines of business. A farmer is a manufacturer and a…

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His Crop. a Question of Capacity

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 7

A Kansas man was telling stories with reference to the propensity of farmers to overstate the size of their wheatcrops. He told of an elderly man in…

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The Ladies Column. Homely Farm

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 7

Oatmeal Gems.--Let two cups of rolled oats soak over night in one and one-half cups, of sour milk. In the morning add one cup of white flour, two eggs…

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The Dairy Art of Butter Making. a Prize Essay. the Shed and Yards

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 5

Among the features of the recent winter dairy show at Manawatu, New Zealand, was a competition for a handsome cup presented by Messrs Lovell and…

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Farm and Field. The Potato Boom

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 5

The movement in England and Scotland for raising new seedling potatoes was a most beneficial one, but it went too far, and expanded into a boom which…

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Forecast of the Shortage of Wool for 1907. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 4

Sir,—Owing to the adverse season in the south and the greater part of the west of the State, where the losses in places have been very heavy and the lambing very…

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Wool Market

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 15 August 1907 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report :—Cheering reports continue to reach us of the beneficial effects of the late rains, and growers are in good heart…

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Prospects of a Rise in Wheat

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 15 August 1907 · page 2

“The farmers are going to get good prices for their wheat this season,” said Mr. Carruthcrs at the Country Store keepers’ Convention yesterday. He…

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Some Good Cattle

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 2

We have the pleasure of inspecting a truck of speyed cows, purchased at the Albury sale yards on Tuesday by Mr. W. Bradford…

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The Dairy Art of Butter Making. a Prize Essay. the Shed and Yards

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 7

Among the features of the recent winter dairy show at Manawatu, New Zealand, was a competition for a handsome cup presented by Messrs Lovell and…

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Dalgety & Co.'s, Ltd., Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 2

12th August.—Pending the holding of the next Sydney wool sales, fixed for August 21st and 22nd, buyers are not disposed to operate for small parcels, so that…

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