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

Farming & the land, 1908

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A Pastoral Visit

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 3

"I was a little surprised," observed the new minister, "to see your husband get up and walk out of church during my sermon…

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Wool-Buying Losses

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 4

WE think it likely that our Bradford wool letter, published in this issue, will be read with interest by growers in this State, if only for the light it sheds…

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Schute. Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

March 31.—The present condition of the wool market can moat aptly be described as weary, flat, state, and unprofitable. Thera is no indication whatever of…

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Farm pests: Rats

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

Of all animal pests on a farm rats are about the very worst, and if persistent' measures are not taken to keep them in check they are capable of…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Brown Rot In Fruit Trees

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

Brown rot is a very common and widely distributed disease among fruit trees. It occurs among cherries, apples and plums as well as peaches…

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Wool Report

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. report under date Tuesday last : -- The present condition of the wool market can most aptly be described as weary, flat, state, and unprofitable. There is…

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New Butter-making Process

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

Something new in the way of making butter that will keep is advocated by a French chemist named Ehrmann. The process consists of blowing carbonic acid…

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The Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

At the wool sales, which closed yesterday, there were sold to home buyers 74,000 bales, to the Continent 44,000, and to America 5000; 77,000 were held over, of which 60,000 were not…

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At an Ostrich Farm. a Lady's Experience. Habits of the Birds. They Quarrel and Fight

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 5

"Now then, lady, if you want a short cut across the bush to the awstrich farm, I'm your man?" says a smart voice at my elbow, and I turn to see…

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The Dairy. Cost of Milk Production

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

Mr John Speir has entered elaborately into the cost of feeding dairy cows summer and winter in the West and South-West of Scotland. His information has…

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Farm and Field. Potato Blight in New Zealand

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

Potatoes in New Zealand have the season been seriously affected by blight. A large proportion of the crops in the west have been saved from…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] London, Sunday. Preservative in Butter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 4

Hearing rumours that the Government was likely to issue regulations to prevent the use of preservative in butter, Mr. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria,…

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Yass Sheep at Cooma

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 2

Mr. C. C. Hail, of Yass, was very successful at the Cooma show, carrying off a number of first prizes…

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Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 1

April 7.—Cables as to the closing sales of the London series have been somewhat conflicting. Press messages have advised that the impression is gaining ground that…

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Australian Mortgage, Land & Finance Co.'s, Ltd. Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 2

April 9.—There is little change to report since last week. A few transactions have been effected at late rates, but the sales have been on a very restricted basis…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Eggs and Egg Layers

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 3

Expenditure in the poultry yard covers a fairly wide area; incidental expenses have a way of cropping up. The returns (setting aside the sale of…

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Wool Report

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. report under date Tuesday last:--Cables as to the closing sales of the London series have been somewhat conflicting. Press messages have advised that…

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Tanning a Sheep Pelt

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

Sheepskins make fine mats when they are tanned in a proper manner. When the pelt is removed from the sheep it should be thoroughly salted on its flesh…

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The Dairy. Milking Shorthorns

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

During recent years increasing attention has been bestowed by dairy farmers upon the development of the milk yielding capacities of dairy cattle…

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Farm and Field. Crimson Clover

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

Trifolium, or crimson clover, is one of the most useful catch crops any farmer can grow, and it is one of the easiest crops to put in. It requires, of…

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