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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Markets. Schute, Bell & Co.s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

June 23.—The greater disposition evinced by buyers of late to pick up available parcels by private treaty gives good ground for hope that competition…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Feeding Chickens

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

Some of the earliest chickens are now being hatched, and as in a few weeks many more will be coming along, a few remarks on feeding them will be…

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Cattle-dipping Apparatus

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

Cattle when in low condition are frequently covered with vermin. The apparatus shown below is used for dipping them when in this condition. It is used…

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The Wool Trade

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

The English wool market is still in a depressed condition. On 4th May the English "Farmer and Stockbreeder" wrote:--…

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Adelaide Wheat Combine. Adelaide

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 8

The wheat commission took further evidence today regarding the "honorable understanding" which it has been admitted has been in existence…

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Wheat Improvement. Breeding and Culture. the State’s Helping Hand. (From Daily Telegraph.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

THE biggest and most comprehensive experimental work the Department of Agriculture has in hand appertains to wheat. All the State farms devote more or less…

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Farm Waggon and Cart. a Combination Vehicle

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

The illustration (from "Work") shows a farm waggon and cart combined, the conversion from one to the other being effected by removing the front board…

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Farm and Field. Hungry Farms

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

The following article from an American paper is interesting and informative:-- "Farmers of the right sort feel the…

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The Dairy. Milk Yield of Cows

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

When is a cow at the top of her milk-yielding capacity? It is not the young cow, full of life, that gives the most milk, but the yield increases from calf…

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Experimental Farm for Goulburn. Rossiville Not Suitable

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

Mr. A. James, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following:— "Department of Agriculture, "Sydney, 24th June, 1908…

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Farmer's Original Idea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—Sparrows, parrots, and other birds are visiting the Yarrawonga district in great numbers. Last week a farmer hit upon a novel idea for riding his cultivation paddocks of…

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Sheep Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 2

The annual show of the New South Wales Sheep-breeders' Association was opened on Wednesday. There is a falling-off in the number of entries, particularly in merinos, although some remarkably fine…

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Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 1

June 30.-Last week's auction sales pasted off most satisfactorily, something approaching to the animation in evidence during a normal wool season being once…

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Markets. DALGETY & Co.'s Ltd., Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 2

June 26.-Wool sales were resumed in this market on Tuesday, 23rd instant, and were continued until the 25th. During the three selling days the various brokers…

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Household Recipes. Specially Written for this Column All Rights Reserved. Croquettes of Sheep's Brains

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 3

Ingredients.-Soak the brains in cold water, mixed with a teaspoon of vinegar, for half an hour. Boil in milk, to which a little salt has been…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Re[?]) Manures

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 2

The point to be enforced is that those occupiers who pin their faith only to one manure are working on an unsound basis. To take a case in…

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Sheep Show

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 4

The championship ram in the merino class at the Sheep Show proved to be Sylvana, the Tasmanian representative. Mr. J. S. Horsfall, of Widgiewa, seemed a similar honour for the…

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The Dairy. the Dairy Farmer's Cow. English Expert's Opinion

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 5

Mr. J. F. Blackshaw, principal of the Midland Agricultural and Dairy College, England, gave an interesting address at Cornwall recently, on "The…

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A Dairyman's Knowledge

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 5

A writer in the Jersey "Bulletin" says that every dairyman should know:--The cost at producing a gallon of…

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Farm and Field. Insurance Against Disease

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 5

Cattle affected with tuberculosis are destroyed whenever they are discovered by the stock inspectors. The loss falls on the owner, and in the case of purchases…

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