Our Distressed Farmers. To the Editor
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2
Dear Sir,—The high price of wheat and the high prices ruling for horse forage will no doubt be the means of preventing a great deal of sowing this season. This will be a great pity as well…
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The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 6
The resumption of the wool sales was awaited with some interest. There had been an unprecedentedly long recess, as it was held that it would be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Pasture Land
The Burrowa News · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 2
It is a bad practice to now and then lay old pasture land for mowing. Excellent fattening pastures have been half ruined by following, this plan…
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The Burrowa News · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 2
Under suitable conditions, and followed in a proper manner, there are few pursuits more profitable than fish farming. This does not mean that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dairy. the Tuberculin Test
The Young Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 3
The following extract from the "North British Agriculturist" is given for what it is worth. It is much to be feared that the news is too good to be true, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Field. Pasturage and Stall Feeding
The Young Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 3
The comparative effects of stall-feeding and pasturage from the point of view of physiology and breeding formed the subject of two papers read at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Relief of Farmers. To the Editor
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 6
Sir,—I have read the letter of a distressed farmer, and with many others sympathise with all distressed farmers; but I have no hesitation in saying that if the Government agreed to his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Tomato Crop
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 2
Mr. Frank Cutler, of West Kogarah, claims to have grown a record tomato crop. In August last he put out 200 plants, with a few other plants included, as an experiment, on a piece…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report
The Burrowa News · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2
Feb. 4.—Appreciably stronger competition prevailed at our sale last Thursday, and has been maintained thus far in the current week. Whilst it is impossible to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Lima Beans
The Burrowa News · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 4
One of the most profitable crops to grow, Especially for those who have only a small space so devote to the growth of vegetables, is Lima Beans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colonial Butter Booming
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4
There is a great demand for colonial butter, and sellers are making their own prices. Choicest Australian butter is quoted at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bananas for Cattle
The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5
The use of the banana for any other purpose than that of human food would seem, in these days, when the fruit has become such a popular favorite, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairying in Russia
The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5
Siberia is the country which must sooner or later (writes an exchange) carry all before it as the cheapest butter-producer in the world. It is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dairy. Dairying and Fertility
The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5
Any branch of farming which increases the general fertility of the farm land, while paying a living profit, is worth more than another which steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming Made Easy
The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5
The agricultural tractor will yet be hailed as a boon by Australian farmers (writes the "Scientific Australian.") Recently some interesting tests were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Field. Carriage and Hunter Mares
The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5
A carriage brood mare (writes the English "Stockbeeder") should be 16 hands or over, and measure 8½ inches round the smallest part below the knee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Combine Bogey
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 1
Statements were made by Mr. Holman at the Political Labour League Conference on Thursday night about an alleged discovery by some person unnamed of a gigantic effort to start a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report
The Burrowa News · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 3
11th Feb.—We submitted a catalogue of 2064 bales yesterday, distinctly above the average as a whole as regards quality, and including a nice selection of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Article [All Rights Reserved.] Dairy Notes
The Burrowa News · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 2
Long chumings cause more annoyance to the dairymaid in spring and autumn than at other seasons, and the cause of this is that at these two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Beekeeper. Beekeeping for Farmers
The Young Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 3
All farmers ought to keep a few colonies of bees. But the bees must be managed so as to give little trouble. For this I suggest (writes a Californian…
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