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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Dairy. Cheese-making Experiments. Some American Results

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 6

The thirty-third annual report of the Ontario Agricultural College gives, among other things, a full account of experimental work in cheesemaking…

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Mortality in Cattle. Dairy Cows Affected

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 3

An unknown disease has broken out in several dairy herds in the Allora district, Queensland. The cows affected are seized with [?]ernig, which…

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The Dairy. Over-run in Butter. an American View

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 3

How to obtain the proper over-run in butter is a matter that has been discussed very much of late years. It has claimed the attention of our best…

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A Dairy Cow

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2

Particulars of the Tasmanian dairy cow, Buttercup, owned by Mr A. Fry, of Launceston, were furnished to the press some little time ago by Mr A…

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Mortality in Cattle. Dairy Cows Affected

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 3

An unknown disease has broken out in several dairy herds in the Aloora district. Queensland. The cows affected [?]…

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The Dairy. Over-run in Butter. an American View

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 3

How to obtain the proper over-run in butter is a natter that has been discussed very much of late years. It has…

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The Dairy. Keeping Butter

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 3

A Co necticut station bulletin contains this information.:—Butter does not keep indefinitely, but undergoes deterioration due to several distinct…

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FARM Am FIELB. Agriculture in Amcrica

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 3

The annual report for 1907 of the United States Secretary for Agriculture contains some interesting information as to the yields of the principal crops. Corn…

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Overtaxing of Farm Lands

Camden News · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 1

The petition now before the Camden council seeking a severance of Macquarie Grove, Kirkham and Elderslie from the municipality of Camden, at such a time as…

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The Dairy. Butter-making Methods. a New Process

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 3

Something entirely new in the way of making butter which will keep is promised by Mr M. B. L. Ehrmann, a French chemist. Various forms of…

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Useful Farm Derricks

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 2

A derick comes handy when loading heavy articles on a waggon, for butcherrdling, building, etc. A good derrick, like the one shown in fig. 1, is easily…

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Hardening the Butter. Cotton Cake Food

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 3

Soft butter (writes an English paper) is one of the usual products of the dairy during the summer time, and the question is often asked if anything can be…

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Condensed Dairy Knowledge

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 3

Professor C. L. Beach, of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, America, has condensed the science of feeding cows into the following few…

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The Dairy. Testing Jersey Cows. Official Records

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 3

It is interesting to note that in the 218 authenticated butter-fat tests accepted by the American Jersey Cattle Club, the production of cows under two years of…

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Farm Anb Field. Finger-and-toe Disease. Some of the Characteiustics. The [?] and toe disease also known

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 3

The finger and toe disease, also known by the names of club-root and canker, attacks turnips, cabbage, rape, swedes, and various other kinds of vegetables…

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Useful Farm Derricks

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 6

A derick comes bandy when loading heavy articles on a waggon, for butcherding, building, etc. A good derrick, like the one shown in fig. 1. is easily…

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Lime in the Dairy

Camden News · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 5

In all Danish creameries barrels containing lime water occupy a prominent position. The creameries, which years ago practised the steaming of all chums and other dairy…

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Farm and Field. Hadling Wheat

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 3

The South Australian Wheat Commission appointed to inquire into the sale, export and handling of wheat finished the taking of evidence in Sydney on 16th…

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Crop Extracts From Soil

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 3

The accompanying diagram and figures show the approximate quantities in pounds of the three principal fertilising constutuents—ammonia,…

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The Dairy. the Local Creamery. Disloyal Suppliers

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 3

The "Farm Stock Journal," a New York paper, has the following to say relative to the way many farmers abandon the local creamery:—"The local…

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