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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Wool Report

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. report under date Tuesday last: -- It has been decided to resume auction sales in this centra during the second week in May, the exact sale days and relative…

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An Important Decision. Wet Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

His Honor Judge Edmonds delivered his verdict on Wednesday in a case which vitally affects all pastoralists in the State. This was the matter of Callaghan v…

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Experiments With Wheat

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 4

At the Bathurst Experiental Farm. New South Wales, the manager. Mr. R. W. Peacock, conducts yearly a number of interesting experiments as…

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Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 3

April 14-It has now been decided to resume suction salen in this centre during the second week in May, the exact sale days and relative roster of selling brokers…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Horses: Autumn and Winter Management

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 1

Gripe or colic is a very common, [?]almost natural result from feeding on a new dietary, and many owners of horses do not consider the disorder of…

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Handling the Wheat

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 7

Before the wheat commission at Adelaide on Monday, John Darling, the well-known miller, said his firm's operations in Victoria, where there…

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The Dairy. Selection and Milking

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

There are some useful notes in the leaflet just issued by the English Board of Agriculture concerning the selection and milking of dairy cattle. In the…

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Farm and Field. Scalding a Pig

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

Success in scalding a pig depends entirely upon the temperature of the water. A reliable method of determining this is as follows:--Before…

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Boys On the Farm

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

The question of interesting the boys on the farm is one of universal concern. [?] English paper, dealing with the matter, observes that a considerable…

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Farm Lads From England. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

Dear Sir,—No doubt you are aware of the efforts that the Immigration League of Australasia, 14 Moore-street, Sydney, is making to secure lads for farmers…

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Win for Crookwell Butter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

The awards at the Sydney Show included the following:—Special prizes for box of butter, not less than 561b, no preservative other than salt permitted in its…

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Schute, Bell & Co.'s Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

April 21.-The splendid rains have fallen during the Easter holidays have overshadowed all immediate considerations concerning the wool market…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Silos and Silo Filling

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 1

Silos become each year more common, and progressive dairy men [?]ow possess one or more silos. With suitable machincry to do the work it is…

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Cattle Breeding in Germany

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

An American consular report states that attention is being given to cattle breeding by the several States forming the German Empire. In Bavaria alone…

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Farm and Field. Liquid Manure

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

An American agricultural paper writes: -- "Liquid manure is found to contain a great deal of nitrogen, a little potash, and generally no phosphoric acid at…

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Father of Pianos. Mr. Brinsmead Passes. a Devonshire Farmer

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 4

We regret, writes the "Daily Mail" of February 19th, to announce the death of Mr John Brinsmead, the veteran pianoforte manufacturer, which has taken…

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One Man Keeps 35,000 sheep Dogs

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

Gustav Jovanovitch is known as the Russian mutton king. Jovanovitch's sheep whiten the Siberian plains for hundreds of square miles. They…

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

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 3

April 28.—It has been decided to hold auction sales in this centre on the 6th and 7th prox., when it is anticipated that about 7000 bales in all will…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Farmyard Manure

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 1

It should be the all of all owners of block to preserve as fully as possible the fertilising properties of manure until it is ready to be applied…

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The Dairy. Salt in Butter

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 5

The taste of the English consumer has been trained to prefer butter containing more or less salt. Nearly all that is sold is salted, and the quantity…

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