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Farming & the land, 1908

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Farm and Garden (All Ri[?] Reserved). Original Articles. Moving Bees

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 6

This is the best time of year to move any hives that are required to stand in fresh positions in the apiary or garden. Bees do not seem to have…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 4

THIS school has been especially designed to assist men on the land who desire to increase their technical knowledge of agriculture and live stock, and who are unable to leave home…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 3

Walter Turner was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of C. M. Wright, at Wollomombi, on Sunday, 10th May…

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COMMERCIAL. The Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 6

Goldsbrougb, Mort, and Go. report under date 4th June:—The market daring the past vfeek baa been rather quiet, although there hap been a good deal of enquiry, and…

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Butter Factory

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

At the local Factory, for the month of May, the butter manufactured and credited to suppliers, is 24.902lbs, for which suppliers are being paid ll¾d nett,…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell, & Co's. Ltd. Report. Under date June 2nd

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

The London sales closed satisfactorily last week, although towards the end competition was scarcely as animated as had been the case about the middle of the series. With the…

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Glen Innes Experimental Farm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

IN a double sense, it is very gratifying to the EXAMINER to know that Mr…

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The Corn Crop

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

CORN polling is now in full awing, and we boar that tho harvest it well up to the standard for quality, in fact, one farmer informed us the present is the best crop…

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The Producer. Dairying. Keeping Milk Records

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 5

A leading Scotch advocate of the letting of cows system, as a means of steadily increasing the milk and butter yielding capacity of dairy herds, recently informed the…

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Farming. Rape for Green Fodder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 5

RAPE it one of the most valuable ladder plants in cultivation. It is of very quick growth, and produces a large crop of succulent green feed. It has come greatly into…

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Child Labor on Farms

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 6

ONE of the gravest difficulties Public School teachers have to contend with in the country in their interminable battle to "keep up the average," is the tendency of many…

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Farm and Pastoral Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 6

A remarkably profitable cow, ownes by a milk vendor in a Mellourne suburb, has lately been brought under the notice of the chief veterinary'…

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Sheep Mortality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 4

Large numbers of sheep have died in the Wagga district owing to the exceptionally cold weather…

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Wool Report

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 7

The A.M.L. & F. Co., Ltd., report under date of 4th inst.—The market shows practically no change since last week. Buyers continue to buy…

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Another Advance in Butter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Butter has advanced 4s. per cwt., making a rise of 10s. for the week…

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Commercial News. Advance in Butter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 5

A CONSIDERABLE quantity of butter is still being sought in Sydney on a[?]ount of Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, and th[?], coupled with a [?]esperse in supplies [?] to the…

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Striking a Rate. a Reply to "Farmer."

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

In response to "FARMER's" request, in our issue of the 25th ultimo, we publish below a summarised resume of the minutes of the special meetings of the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. {All R[?] [?]Ved) C[?g Tints of Autumn Foliage

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 6

The common idea regarding autumn colouring is that frost cause the brilliant colour of leaves. This popular fallacy is without any foundation in fact' frost has absolutely nothing…

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COMMERCIAL. The Wool Market

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. report, under date 9th June:—Following the tendency towards a weaker tone, in evidence during the closing days of the last London…

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Farmers' Meetings. Bungulla F. & S. Association

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Bungulla Farmers' and Settlers' Progress Association was hold at the residence of Mrs. T. Williams on the 11th. instant,…

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