Fences and Fencing. Farmer's Bulletin. No. 74
Another of the Department's bulletins has become available, under, the title "Fences and Fencing". It does not pretend to be a complete treatise on the subject, but it…
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Farming & the land, 1914
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General Agriculture. a Few Hints to the Young or Inexperienced Farmer
Paper read by Mr. R. Lowe, President of the Lower Portland branch of the Agricultural Bureau, at the monthly meeting on April 22nd:—…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairying. Winter Care of Cows
With the cold weather setting in, consideration might well be devoted by dairymen in cool districts to the question of rugging or sheltering milking cattle. The owners…
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Valuable testimony on the subject of herdtesting is given by Mr. J. T. Young, of Bangalow, the owner of the herd that won first prize in the Tweed River Agricultural…
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Cases of "foot-rot" in dairy cattle have been reported from several of the southern districts during the past few weeks, and at least one branch of the Agricultural Bureau…
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The "Queensland Agricultural Journal," published at the Government Printing Office, is hardly the place one would expect to find anything but unconscious humor. Yet in…
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Is not the time ripe for some change? The question is asked in the current "Agricultural Gazette" by the dairy instructor in the Richmond River district, which is mainly…
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What a blessing the oil engine has proved to the "Man on the Land," with the numberous duties to which he can put his engine, and what a labor-saver it has proved. The…
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Some useful hints on butter making were given by Mr. J. Baldwin at a meeting of the the Canadian branch of the Agricultural Bureau, the most interesting feature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Fruit Preserving." Farmers' Bulletin, No. 88
Canning. bottling jam-making, jelly-making, and candying peel—these are some of the methods of preserving fruit dealt with in this new publication. The increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →DAIRYING. The Coloring of Margarine
"The Margarine-Butter conflict in Australia narrows itself down to a question of color. Margarine makers claim that they should be allowed to present that substance…
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This is the age of practical education, and the school that subordinates the practical to the theoretical work is not marching abreast of the times. The Windsor Superior Public…
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Experiments carried out by the United Slates Department of Agriculture, indicate that in summer calves make as rapid gains on sour skimmilk as on sweet, though in…
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The fifth annual report of the demonstration area at Bathurst experiment farm discloses a substantial profit of £2 4d per [?] for the year 1913. The figure is the highest…
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We take the following letter, written by Mr. D. McDonald, from the "Nepean Times." It contains a lot of sound sense, and should interest local dairymen :—…
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Some interesting results of the individual tests conducted under the United Pure-bred Cattle Breeders' Association scheme, were given by the Dairy Expert at the recent…
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At the above lads from 14 to 18 years, (and in approved cases beyond that age) are accepted as students and placed under the care of experienced instructors, who…
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In the proposal of the Govenment to confiscate the wheat crop the farmers of the country have a sample of the kind of sympathy they may expect from the Labor…
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"Three out of every four failures which took place in dairying were caused by the fact of a man beginning with bad cows." So the Dairy Expert is reported to have said…
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A circular published by the Iowa experiment station (U.S.A.), fouches so closely a subject mentioned recently by the Dairy Expert of New South Wales, that a reference…
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