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

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Dairy. Uniformity in Milk and Cream. Weighing, Grading and Testing

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 3

(Paper read by Mr J. Proud, Korumburra, at the recent Butter Factory Managers Conference held in Melbourne.)…

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Farm and Field. Agriculture in Argentine

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 3

As the reports from the Argentine Republic are at present rulling the European wheat market, the following facts from the latest report of the British…

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Proposed Experimental Farm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Mr. G. Valder visited Goulburn on Friday, having been instructed by the Government to inspect Rossiville as a possible site for the proposed experimental farm at Goulburn. The visit…

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Breeding Sheep for Mutton. (By G. G. M. McKEOWN, Wagga Experimental Farm.) From Agricultural Gazette

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 4

FOR some time at the Wagga Experiment Farm trials of crossbred sheep have been carried out primarily with a view to ascertaining the most profitable sheep for…

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Slav[?] Children in our State. Farming and Dairying Industries

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

IN its Monday’s issue, the DAILY TELEGRAPH has an article in which it points out that recently issued reports of the Department of Public Instruction disclose state of things existing in…

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Strange Sheep Disease

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 3

Wellington.—The minds of sheepowners in the Spicer's Creek and Bodangora districts are being considerably exercised by a strange sheep disease, which has…

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Wet Wool. Pastoralists and Workers in Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 4

Melbourne, Tuesday.—A conference of the Pastoralists and the Australian Workers' Unions was held to consider the question of wet wool and how to detect it. A number of…

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Markets. Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 2

June 16.—There has been no material change in wool values during the past week, business having been on somewhat restricted lines. owning to a tendency to…

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The A.m.l. & F. Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 2

June 18.—The market shows no change since last week. A few private transactions have bean effected at the higher range of values established some few…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Moss on Fruit Trees

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 2

Accumulation of moss on the trunks and branches of fruit trees is not only a bad sign, but is injurious to the trees, as it blocks up the pores of the…

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Breeding Sheep for Mullon. (Continued from last issue.) Crops for Sheep. Rape

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

IN conjunction with the raising of cereals, this crop will be found useful for rotation, the plants being deeply rooted and therefore of value in opening up and sweetening the…

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Sydney Sheep Sales

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 2

Our advertising columns announce that at the 84th annual [?] sheep fair, Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Coy. will offer 2200 pure merino rams and ewes. The sales will be held at the firm’s…

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Dairying in Japan. a Progressive Industry

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 5

There is probably no country in the world that is making greater strides in industrial development than Japan, Concerning the dairying industry a…

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The Dairy. Frozen Milk. a German Suggestion

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 5

The German authorities have come to the conclusion that there is room for much improvement in the methods of transporting milk. An address on the…

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Farm and Field. Steaming Ensilage

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 5

Probably no practice has wrought a greater or more beneficial change in dairy farming than the very generally adopted plan of s[?]oing. A few years…

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Grenfell's First Crop

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 7

Talking about Grenfell being a great wheat growing centre, it may not be generally known that the first sod turned in the Grenfell District was ploughed by William Nealon…

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Farming at Koorawatha

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 7

The area under crop throughout the district will exceed that of previous years. A considerable amount of clearing and netting has been done during the past year. As a…

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Farming at Koorawatha. the Force of Good Example

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH correspondent writes to that journal from Koorawatha. “ The area under crop throughout the district will exceed that of previous years…

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Cattle Shelters

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

It is not often that sheep and cattle are seen daring the small hours of the morning, or a note would be made of the fact that in cold and inclement…

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Market Reports. Rise in Wool

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

Sydney, Thursday afternoon.—At our wool sale yesterday, we submitted an attractive catalogue. Competition was keen and vigorous at an advance of 10…

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