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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Fresh Milk and Butter Milk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 1

Milk undergoes certain changes when exposed to the air. Of these changes the most common is that it turns sour. This action is due to the development in the…

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Farm and Field. Farmyard Mannre

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 5

In Australia very little attention as a rule is given to the saving of farmyard manure. The farmyard manure produced in Franco is calculated by Mr…

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The Stopping Place in Dairying

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 5

The man who is looking all the time for a stopping-place in dairying is not very likely ever to make very much of a success of it…

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Motor Dust and Growing Crops

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 5

The British farmer has raised an objection to motor cars. At a largely-attended meeting of farmers, recently held at Lancaster, England, men who farmed…

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Wool Report. THE A.M.L. & P. Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 2

Sept. 10.—Anction sales will be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next week, when [?] 12 000 bales will be submitted, and from then so sales will be held in…

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Our Butter Factory. a Few Stray Notes

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 2

A meeting of Shareholders of the Burrown Co-Operative Barter factory was convened on Wednesday evening last for the purpose of considering the…

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Schute, Bell & Co's Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 2

Sept 15.— Although arrivals of wool have been materially delated by the recent heavy rains in parts of the State, there will be about 11.000 bales…

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles [All Rights Reserved] Bedding Plants

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 4

An important point to be observed in using tender plants for the summer decoration of the, flower garden is to sec that they arc all gradually, but…

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Yass Sheep at Cootamundra Show. G. W. Merriman Scoops the Pool

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 2

Sheep.—Farmers’ classes : Merino [?] any age, A. Keith 1. G. W. Merriman 2 ; meri[?] ram 2½ years or over. G. W. Mer[?]man 1 : merio ram [?]nder…

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The Farmer's Pic

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 4

The farmer's pig. generally gets plenty of vegetables, either in an outrun, in the home close, from the vetch cart, the cabbage fields, the clover…

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Farm and Fish. Preparing Wool

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 5

In a paper on the subject of Preparing Small Clips for Market, Mr A. Brown, a South Australian farmer, recently expressed himself in, clear and…

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Wool Report

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 2

[?] and [?] of w[?] by the [?] heavy [?] of [?]…

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The Dairy. Preservatives in Butter. Less Used Than Formerly

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 5

In the course of an interesting article on the subject of preservative in butter, the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" states that complaints formerly heard about…

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Wonderful Wheat. Two Experiments of Vital Interest to Farmers. Earlier Harvest

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

A practical experiment of vital interest to farmers, and indeed, to the country generally, has just reached a most successful conclusion on some of the Norfolk…

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COLONIAL & Intercolonial. Wool Sale. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as [?] sale today found the market slightly [?] with increased…

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Electricity and Plants. Results in Wheat Growing. Some Interesting Experiments

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 5

Sir Oliver Lodge has prepared an account of experiments in the application of electricity to crop growing, carried out by Mr J. E. Newman, of Gloucester,…

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An Irrigation Romance. a One-acre Farm

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

AT the present time, when this State may be considering to be entering upon an irrigation era, an article in a recent number of the CENTURY MAGAZINE is interesting as an…

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Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 6

Sept 22.- Last week's auction sales in Sydney passed off on the whole satisfactorily, but it seems evident that recovery of lost, ground will be slow. Some…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Bees: Notes and Hints

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 4

Now is the time to feed either candy or stimulating syrup, bearing in mind that a few pence spent now will bring a return of shillings later on. Do not…

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Farm and Field Sheep Dipping Hints

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 3

The dipping of sheep now receives general attention in most of the British Agricultural districts. Experience has shown the farmers that as soon as…

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