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

Farming & the land, 1907

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Farm and Dairy. ORIGINAL ARTlCLES [All Rights Reserved.]growing Cowpeas

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 2

The increasing popularity of the cowpea is due to the fact that it gives A heavy yield of the very finest hay for stock feeding that can be produced…

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Work on the Farm

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 2

Wheat sowing is pretty well over now for the present season, but the majority of fields planted require something or other doing to them, and on that…

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Poetry. If I Were Not a Farmer

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 2

It I were not a farmer man, Who labours in the dirt With pant-legs tucked in boot tops high…

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Farm and Field. Report on Fertilisers

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 7

In the report which the chemist of the Highland and Agricultural Society submitted to the last mooting of the committee there are some remarks on…

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Dairy Science

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 7

During the past 25 years-progress in the knowledge of the dairy industry has grown extensively. There is now beginning to be formulated what might be…

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Wool Report

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd. report under date Tuesday last:--Indications point to an early wool season, supplies coming to hand much more freely than this time last…

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A Big Price For Wool

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, & Co. Ltd., report under date of August 27th : “We told to-day by private treaty a parcel of scoured wool at 25d per lb. on account of Mr. J. F. Mannsell of Brisbane. This…

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Barley as a Paying Crop. for Ensilage and Malt. Results at Wagga Farm. (From Daily Telegraph.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 3

THE barley crops at the Wagga Experimental Farm look better than any of the other growing cereals in the district. Though, in common with the general experience in the Riverina, they are…

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The Dairy Thickness of Cream

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 5

It is well understood, both by the dairy farmer and the public, that the quality of cream is extremely variable. This, to a large extent, depends on the manner…

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Farm Labor in New Zealand

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 5

There is a very unsettled feeling amongst the farmers in some parts of New Zealand regarding the formation of Farm Laborers' Unions. The "New…

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Farm and Field. Decline of the Leicester in Britain

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 5

The old Leicester sheep, according to "The Field," now occupies an insignificant position to Great Britain. In the showyard it is represented by exhibits…

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Now and Then. Mr. Nielsen on the Farmers. As Told by “Hansard.”

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 September 1907 · page 2

The following is taken from “Hansard, November 28, 1906, page 1689, during the debate on the Careless Use of Fire bill…

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The Dairy. Dehorning Cattle

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 4

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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Grading of Butter. London, Aug. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 4

Weddel and Company, produce salesmen, in their annual review of the dairy produce market, insist, on the necessity for compulsory grading of Australian butter. The…

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Local and General Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Annual Meeting

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Yass P. [?] A. Association was held on Tuesday afternoon last. Present, Messrs. J. D. Hill (president), Whytt…

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Dairying on Shares. a Demand for Farms

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 4

THE Intelligence Department reports that the weekly batches of immigrants from the Old Country contain a fair proportion of men with growing…

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Farm Notes

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 1

The common sunflower, a native of Peru and Mexico, is gaining favor in parts of Europe as a febrifuge. In Russia, where the plant is extensively…

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Yass Electorate. Mr. Nielsen at Greenfield Farm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 2

Mr. Nielsen came duly to hand on Friday afternoon when a large crowd was in waiting at the residence of Mr. John Leary. Mr. R. Webster presided…

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The Wool Season

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 2

It is not anticipated that the wool clip this season will be greater than that of last season. The returns of receipts at Darling Harbor and Newcastle indicate,…

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Fodder Crops for Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 2

A very instructive paper--"Fodder Crops for Sheep"--was read at a recent meeting of the local Farmers' Association at Bute, South Australia, by Mr D…

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