Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] New Method in Corn Culture
Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 2
IN a brief way this new method of corn culture may be understood as retarding the over-vigorous production of stalk in the early period of the plant's growth, and later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer's Column. the Halves of the Breeding Pen
The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4
How often we hear the assertion that the male animal is half of the breeding pen Like many another assertion, this is at the same time true and false. It is one of those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrinkles and Folds on Merino Sheep
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 6
"For years past," writes Mr W. H. Webb to the "Sydney Mail," "it has been shown that the best sheep are the most wrinkly. They win the prizes under our…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Buckscraper. a Useful Implement in Farm, Orchard, and Other Work
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 3
I have been struck in the coarse of my visits to many parts of the State by the absence of good scopes for levelling land for orchard and other purposes, and I have had many inquiries as to where such an implement could be obtained. The several sketches which I here with give will serve to illustrate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Field. Early Maturity
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 6
"Early maturity" was very much to the fore at the Chicago fat stock show last December. Not only was the championship awarded to a bullock only 11…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →S. A. State Butter Factory
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 3
It is a remarkable fact that at the recent big show in Adelaide not a single pound of butter was exhibited by any of the private-owned factories…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 6
WHAT is considered the most important butter competition was decided on the 27th ult. For this particular class the batter is selected in January, and it is obtained by the society's representative at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Butter Factory. to the Editor
The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 6
SIR,—As you have devoted so much space for editorials and correspondence about the local Butter Factory in general, and its Secretary in particular,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Spraying Potatoes
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 2
Also in Macleay Argus
THE subject matter of the value of spraying potatoes has been studied with much care in some parts of the world, and many co-operative experiments have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. We are in no way identified with the opinions expressed by Correspondents. the Butter Factory. to the Editor
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 5
Dear Sir,—As there has been some talk about a septic tank in connection with the Butter Factory, I would like you to publish the following regulations taken from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Factory Managers' Conference
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 4
THE second annual conference of the Co-operative Daily Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of New South Wales was opened at the rooms of the Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy. Cheese V. Butter
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 2
Mr Mackie, the British representative of the National Dairy Association, where addressing a recent meeting of dairy farmers at Carterton, New Zealand, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field. British Market Prospects for 1907
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 2
Writing on the market prospects for 1907, "Weddall's Annual Report" says that the general trade of the United Kingdom is unusually active, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowra Butter Factory
Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 6
THE opening of the Bowraville Butter Factory on the 8th instant was an event that will live long in the minds of those present on that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Preservatives in Butter
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 6
A curious development has occurred in the butter trade in Victoria. The circumstances, as related, do not tend to inspire confidence in the wisdom of official interference with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Poultry Keeping. [All Rights Reserved.]
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2
IN order to obtain a supply of eggs during the winter period, it it necessary to embrace opportunities of the preceding summer, particularly by having pullets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nitrogen for Farm Crops
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2
Also in Macleay Argus
The cheapest source of nitrogen for farm crops is obtainable from leguminous plants which may be grown in the ordinary way for forage and for seed. Among these the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Poultry Keeping
Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2
IN order to obtain a supply of eggs during the winter period, it is necessary to embrace opportunities of the preceding summer, particularly by having pullets…
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