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

Farming & the land, 1908

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A Complete Revolution in Sanitary Appliances (No Water Required) Farmer's Sanitary Extension Pan

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 7

Every householder, whose sanitary arrangements do not permit a direct sewer-connection, is cognisant, of the disagreeable state in which this matter is involved…

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The Dairy. German Dairy Methods

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 7

The Germans have reduced dairying to a science. They are particular about the health of their milch cows. In that country the dairy rules are very strict,…

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The New Zealand Agricul Tural Labourers' Union. Schedule of Rates and Conditions as Submitted to the Farmers and Shoepowners' Association. Hours of Labor

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

No. 1 Ploughman, 6 a.m to 8 p.m., with following time off for meals—breakfast 7 to 7.30 a.m., at which time they will leave stables or camp; one hour…

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Farmers and Labour

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

The formation of a Farm and Labourers Union at G[?]ton a few months ago has aroused considerable interest and a enmity amongst…

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Feeding Dairy Cows

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 7

The food which one cow eats with avidity another cow dislikes and eats with reluctance. The ration that is porfectly balanced for one member of the…

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Useful Farm Cart

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 5

Where a large quantity of loose material, such as manure, straw, and lawn rakings must be carted from one place to another, a cart made after the…

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Farm and Field. Age of the Horse

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 8

Nearly everyone can tell an old horse from a young one. Frequently one sees a sleek, fat, high-lifted animal 12 to 14 years old, passing, from general…

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A Royal Farmer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 8

Prince Erik of Denmark, the third son of Prince Valdemar, and nephew of Queen Alexandra, is to become a farmer. With that object in view he is to receive…

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The Dairy. Cows and Consumption

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 8

It has been publicly and authoritatively stated by Professor MacFadyean that as many as 30 per cent o£ cattle in English cow houses are diseased. Dr…

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Sliding Farm Gate

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 8

A farm gate so constructed that a child can operate it is represented in the accompanying sketch. The gate may be made and desired…

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The Price of Sheep

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 3

The Homebush sheep market c[?] back about [?] to 1 6d per head yesterday, on top of the reduced rates of Monday last, and it made sheep a great deal cheaper than on…

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Tanning a Sheep Pelt

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

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…

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Labour for the Farm

Western Champion · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 5

IMMIGRANTS of a good type, drawn mainly from the farming community of the United Kingdom, are reaching New South Wales every week, and…

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New Butter-making Process

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 7

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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Arsenic Dip for Sheep

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 8

since the use of the arsenic dip m Texas (U.S.A.), the deaths caused by cattle tick have dropped from 20,000 to 500 head. The experiments with arsenic…

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

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

"Now then, lady, if you want a short cut across the bush to the owstrich 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 Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 7

Mr John Speir has entered claborately 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 Filld. Potato Blight in New Zealand

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 7

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

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Feeding Dairy Cows

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 8

The food which one cow eats with avidity another cow dislikes and eats with reluctance. The ration that is perfectly balanced for one member of the…

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Farm and Field. Value of Deep Silos

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 8

A deep silo Is preferable to a shallow cue, as more ensilage can be stored in the same number of cubic feet. The pressure is greater, consequently the…

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