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Farming & the land, 1900

526 stories in New England's papers · page 18 of 27

The Furracabad Dairy. Testing the Machinery

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1900 · page 2

LAST Friday afternoon a number of the neighboring farmers and some of the principal citizens assembled at Furracabad Dairy Farm, which is situated opposite the old station, to…

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A Profitable Crop

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1900 · page 2

WE often wonder why more attention is not paid by our farmers to the cultivation of onions. There are some localities of the district where this tuber grows to perfection, and notably is this the case…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 September 1900 · page 2

At the regular meeting of the New England Farmers and Settlers Association on Saturday afternoon, Mr W C. Higinbotham, President occupying the…

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Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 3

It is estimated the sheep at present in the colony number 37,408,000, being an increase of nearly 1,195,000 in the last nine months…

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The Colony's Sheep. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 5

IT is estimated that the number of sheep at present in the colony total 37,407,000, being an increase of 1,195,000 during the last nine months…

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Increase of Sheep. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 2

IT is estimated that the number of sheop in the colony is 37,408,350, being an increase of 1,190,830 during the past nine months…

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Farm and Garden Bees Benefit Fruit Growers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 1

Many fruit-growers in Kent have been puzzled of late to account for the unusually large number of non-bearing strawberry plants in their fields. An…

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Farming in the Australian Colonies

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 4

There are many occupations that come under this heading (even baby farming), but I mean the tilling and cultivation of the soil. This branch of…

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Public Sheep-shearing

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 2

The formation of public shearing and dipping stations is a peculiar feature of sheep-husbandry in the United States. At these stations many…

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How the Champion Butter was Made

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 2

MISS M. K. Harris, who won the champion prize in the great buttermaking contest at the recent show of the Bath and West of England Society, gives an account of how she went to work, using…

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Warwick Farm Races. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 5

THE following are the results of the racing at Warwick Farm to-day:—Flying Handicap: Auld Lang Syne, Cast Iron, Jenny Moore…

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Farmer & Grazier. the Ideal Pig

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 2

The ideal pig from a bacon-curer's point of view-- according to the manager of one of the largest English bacon factories-- is the one possessing…

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The Farmer and Grazier. Raising Calves on Skim-milk

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 2

I HAVE raised calves 30 years on skim-milk. I let them take the milk from the mother twice a day until the milk is good; then I give them the new milk for two or three times…

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The Cattle Markets

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 3

Our pastoralists arc going to enjoy a fine tune so far as values for their stock are concerned, Fate are still on the upward, grade, and up to £12 per…

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The Dairying Industry. Visit of Mr. O'callaghan

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 2

Mr. O'Callaghan, the Government Dairy Expert, arrived in Inverell on Friday last, and spent a couple of days in visiting many of the farms of the district. On Monday…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association. [By Telegraph.] Guyra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 5

THE meeting held here to-day with a view to forming a branch of the New England Farmers and Settlers' Association was well attended, Mr. Curtis presiding…

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Farm and Gardden Rheumatism in Young Pigs

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 1

Young pigs are very liable to rheumatism, particularly in very cold weather in winter. The great cause of this complaint is dampness of the bedding in…

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Cattle for South Africa. Chat with a Rhodesian Buyer. the Possibilities of a Regular Trade

The Inverell Times · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 5

Last week a representative of the DAILY TELEGRAPH met in the Hunter River district Mr. Ross, a representative of the Rhodesian Government, who has…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Meeting at Guyra

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 5

A well attended meeting of the Farmers and Settlers presided over hp Mr. A. Curtis, was held at Guyra on Thursday, for the purpose of organising a sub-branch of the…

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Farmer & Grazier. Dairy Cattle Foods

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1900 · page 2

A writer in a New Zealand paper, in giving his experience of foods for dairy cattle, states that for a number of years he used various foods for…

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