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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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The Dairy Bacteria and Dairying. (Professor H. W. Conn, in "Country Gentleman," New York.)

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 3

Twenty years ago, practically nothing was known about the relation of bacteria to milk. During the two decades the whole dairy industry has been more or…

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Good Crops in a Dry Season

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 3

The Director of Agriculture for New South Wales (Mr W. S. Campbell) has received samples of some wheat crops grown at the Corowa Experimental…

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Farm and Field. The Best Potatoes

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 3

The question is often asked which is the beat potato to grow, and it is one that is difficult to answer. Of the hundreds of new varieties (or new names)…

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The Dairy Inflammation of the Udder. Recognition and Treatment

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 7

Inflammatory trouble in the udder after parturition may be classed under two main heads:—(1) Superficial or external to the gland tissue proper; (2…

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Farm and Field. Commercial Cultures

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 7

A few years ago considerable interest was created by the advent of cultures of pitrogen-fixing bacteria, which had been so much boomed in America, and…

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Farm and Field. Commercial Cultures

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 7

A few years ago considerable interest was created by the advent of cultures of nitrogen-fixing bacteria, which had been so much boomed in America, and…

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The Dairy Inflammation of the Udder. Recognition and Treatment

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 7

Inflammatory trouble in the udder after parturition may be classed under two main heads:—(1) Superficial or external to the gland tissue proper; (2)…

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Farm and Field. Water In Soil

The Picton Post · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 7

Professor von Sellborst in Gottingen has published in a German agricultural paper some interesting observations of the relative evaporation and drainage of…

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The Dairy. Improving She Dairy Herd

The Picton Post · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 7

After having the herd started, it is well to place at its head. if not a purebred dairy bull, at least one whose form and breeding have a predominating…

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A New Wheat. Remarkable Discovert

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 7

A discovery that may ultimately revolutionise farming is announced by a group of Cambridge scientists. Very careful experiments have teen made…

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The Dairy. Improving the Dairy Herd

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 3

After having the herd started, it is well to place at its head, if not a purebred dairy bull, at least one whose form and breeding have a predominating…

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Farm and Field. Water In Soil

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 3

Professor von Sellhorst in Gottingen has published in a German agricultural paper some interesting observations of the relative evaporation and drainage of…

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Dutch Belted Cattle

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 7

The picturesque Dutch Belted cow spreads very slowly from her home in the Netherlands. In Australia she is a stranger, but with so pronounced a run…

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Farm and Field. Gro[?] Mannes for Potatoes

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 7

Potatoes should be planted in soll which has been brought. into a good state or tilth. Above the tubers it should be in a fine porous Condition, so…

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Farmyard Manors

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 7

Daring the recent International Agricultural Congress in Europe. Professor Stoklosa read an interesting paper on farmyard manure. He gave a brief…

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Waterworks on the Farm

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 7

A new system of furnishing a house With the water supply, as shown in the accompanying Illustration, a thus described in a circular issued by the…

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The Dairy. Successful Milkers Must Practice Kindness

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 7

Every milker thinks be knows how to milk (writes Mrs Anna Sorensen in the "Michigan Fanner") but if the cows could express their…

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A New Wheat. Remarkable Discovery

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 3

A discovery that may ultimately revolutionise farming is announced by a group of Cambridge scientist, Very careful experiments have been made…

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Clean Root Crops

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 7

Successful growers of root crops must keep their weeds down. It is hopeless to "expect extermination. Wherever a crop fails weeds ire luxuriant, and the rains…

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Farm and Field. Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 7

Scientific men are still plodding away at their investigation into the mysterious processes which underlie the operations of germ life, and how far their…

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