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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Commercial. WOOL

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 1

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool, Grain and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report:—The first wool auctions in the Sydney wool market for…

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Tax on Greasy Wool

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 1

Speaking at a meeting recently, Mr. J. G. Watson, the leader of the Labor Party, said that he was not inclined to put an export tax on greasy wool. It…

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The Socialist Farmer. [CONTRIBUTED.]

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 9

OF all classes in N.S.W. the strongest and most inveterate antagonist of the Labor Party is the man on the land, the farmer. The possession of a farm…

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The Dairy. Direct Absorption of Taints

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 6

It is a well-known fact that milk readily absorbs many volatile substances with which it may come in contact, and it is generally believed that the taints…

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The Dairy. Dehorning Cattle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 7

The two methods of dehorning usually practlaed are (1)the removal of the horns after they have reached their growth, by means of a saw or clippers,…

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The Dairy. Testing Milk at Butter Factories

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 5

(Extract from a paper read by G. A. Storrock at a recent meeting of Minnesota (U.S.A.) dairymen and butter-makers)…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article [All Rights Reserved,] Feeding Dairy Cows’ in Winter

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 6

How to feed the dairy cows’ during the winter period, is sometimes a complicated matter, not only how cheaply they may be fed, but also in order to…

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Dairy Farming

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 6

Ensilage will work quite a revolution in the methods of feeding dairy cows one of these days. Hitherto, the difficulty has been in providing a winter…

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His Crop. a Question of Capacity

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 7

A Kansas man was telling stories with reference to the propensity of farmers to overstate the size of their wheatcrops. He told of an elderly man in…

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Farm and Field. Farmers Should Keep Books

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 7

Every farmer should adopt a system of exact, book-keeping, just as men do in other lines of business. A farmer is a manufacturer and a…

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Farm Rain Gauge

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 5

An inexpensive and handy rain gauge is shown in the acompanying illustration, which is reproduced from the "Education Gazette" (South Australia):…

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Farm and Field. Heredity in Breeding

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 5

That the characteristics of parents are transmitted to their offsprings is a fact very well known to all engaged in the breeding of live stock. Everybody knows…

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Wheat Crops in 1908. Plough and Fallow for Fruitful Yields

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 20

MR, G. L. SUTTON, wheat experimentalist, gives the farmers some timely advice in last advice of the AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. The season for planting…

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"Bobs" Wheat and Flour

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 1

As another item (writes a London correspondent) of Australian interest, I mao mention that "Bobs" wheat and flour at the Chelmsford…

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Australian Farmers Should Be Satisfied

Western Champion · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 11

Sometimes a, good deal is heard about Australian settlers being dissatisfied and making a change in their location. Not infrequently Canada is the chosen…

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The Dairy. Dehorning Cattle

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 3

The two methods of dehorning usually practised are (1) the removal of the horns after they have reached their growth, by means of a saw or clippers,…

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The Dairy Art of Butter Making. a Prize Essay. the Shed and Yards

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 7

Among the features of the recent whiter dairy show at Manawatu, New Zealand, was a competition for a handsome cup presented by Messrs Lovell and…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Improved Dairying

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 6

In dairying, one should at first select the right kind of cows, only those cows which will return the greatest amount of milk for the feed and…

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Farm and Field. Tho Potato Boom

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 7

The movement in England and Scotland for raising new seedling potatoes was a most beneficial one, but it went too far, and expanded into a hoom which…

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His Crop. a Question of Capacity

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 3

A Kansas man was telling stories with reference to the propensity of farmers to overstate the size of their wheatcrops. He told of an elderly man in…

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