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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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The Dairy English Cheese Market

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 7

No product of the farm has met with a more appreciative market during the past year or two than cheese of a popular variety, and good standard quality…

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Farm and Field. Commersonis Potato

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 7

The Uruguay native potato, to which the scientific name of Solanum commersoni violet has been given, is reported to have achieved success in France and…

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A Progressive Wool Firm

Camden News · Thursday 11 July 1907 · page 3

We are in receipt of an intimation from Messrs. John Bridge and Company, Ltd, Sydney, that their managerial staff has been increased by the inclusion of Mr Allen…

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The Dairy. Garget, or Congestion of the Udder

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 7

From the veterinary department of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, U.S.A., comes a bulletin on garget, or congestion of the udder. The…

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Farm and Field. Malting Barley

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 7

Unlike the wheat crop, which can be grown on almost any description of soil, barley of a fine malting quality can only he grown on a special and very limited…

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Succession of Wheat Crops

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 3

Mr Prout, of Sawbridgeworth, Herefordshire, England, the "Mark Lane Express" states, has grown wheat year after year profitably, with the aid of…

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Footrot in Sheep

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 3

In the very old days, when the sheep were mostly merino, footrot was incessant, and men used to be turned on to out the lons hoofs off, with a mallet and…

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The Dairy Milk Fever

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 3

Mill: fever disease is a disease that, until the last few years, was, perhaps, the most fatal that the dairyman had to deal with. It is commonly…

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Farm and Field. An Ohio Farmer on Potato Growing

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 3

In a recent issue of the "American Agriculturalist" there is an article on potato-growing by one of the best potato experts in the State of Ohio. The…

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Emmer Wheat

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3

One of the grain crops which is becoming popular among the Canadian farmers, who are feeding everything they raise, is Emmer, which is a kind…

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The Dairy. the Head of the Herd

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3

The ability of a bull to sire good, profitable-cows (writes M. Winslow, in the " Country Gentleman") depends largely on the number of good cows…

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Farm and Field. Treatment of Growing Foals

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3

The question of the proper feeding of the growing foal whilst it is at the dam's foot is one upon which the opinions of exports differ a good deal. Some owners…

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The Dairy. Testing Milk at Butter. Factories

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 3

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

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Farm Rain Gauge

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 3

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 Wollondilly Press · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 3

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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The Dairy. Dehorning Cattle

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 7

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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Farm and Field. Farmers Should Keep Books

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 10 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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His Crop. a Question of Capacity

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 7

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

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

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 7

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

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Farm and Field. The Potato Boom

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 7

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

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