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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Bush Fires. Many Persons Badly Burned.—sheep and Other Stock Perish in the Flames

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 2

Large areas of country in the central and southern districts have been devastated by fires. Many farmers have…

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Pure Butter

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

The question of pure butter is being widely discussed in agricultural circles in Great Britain. At a recent meeting of the Bucks Chamber of Agriculture,…

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Farm and Field. Remarkable Butter Yield

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

A most remarkable account of butter production from a Jersey cow is being published in the American papers, to which a few references may be…

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Feeding for Butter Fat

The Moree News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

A bulletin from the Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University, U.S.A., describes experiments carried out on ten cows, to ascertain…

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New Butter Making Process

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

A committee of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, has just made public its report on the Taylor process for butter making. It is recommended that Mr…

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Dairy Salt

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

A good sample of dairy salt contains 97.5 to 99.5 per cent, of sodium chloride; the balance consists of such impurities as lime, calcium chloride, and magnesium…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Forming a Dairy Herd

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 6

IN starting with a herd of grade crossbred or mixed cows it is necessary first to salect the good ones and dispose of the unprofitable, replacing them as far as…

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A Farm Myster. Game Farms. Three Persons Murdered

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote rom New York on Sunday. 8th October. An extraordinary tragedy ocurred on In many case the controller game farms are virtually little morthan receivers of stolen eggs. A few is ostentatiously displayed in pens gi[?] nominal…

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Draycote's Farm. Chapter I.

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

The road the traveller followed wound round the top of the hill. He paused at the summit and looked about him long and earnestly…

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Hogs for Small Farmers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

There is one advantage about pigs that make them emphatically the stock for the poor man or the small farmer, and that is the very quick…

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The Dairy Cow

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

The march of the cow through the western part of the United States is thus referred to by a writer in flic Farm, Field and…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved,] Selecting Vegetables for the Table

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 3

THE selection of vegetables suitable for the table is a more important matter than many people recognise, so much so that the condition when ready for…

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Farmers and Wire Netting

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

A LOCAL resident has received a letter from Mv. Perry, M.L.A., informing him that the £50,000 voted by the Government will be devoted to the purchase of wire-netting…

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Pig Farming

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 3

The real profit in making pork depends largely on scouring the growth and accumulation of fat as rapidly as possible. One can thus see the importance of starting the…

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Wool and Wheat Returns. 100,000 Bales' Increase

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 7

The wool received at Darling Harbor, Morpeth, and Newcastle for the week ending Saturday showed on increase of 969 bales over the…

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Wool

Manilla Express · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

The London wool sales continue firm, with strong competition in all sections…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 7

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:— The record of business the Sydney market during the past…

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Farm and Field. Keeping Records of Dairy Cows

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

In keeping the record of the mills we use a ruled sheet with a split column in which to record the morning and evening milking (writes a practical…

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