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

Farming & the land, 1907

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Labour for the Farm

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 6

The Government-assisted immigration policy is bearing good fruit for the farming community of New South Wales in the shape of the large…

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Salt-box for Cattle

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 3

Live stock should either have a quantity of salt mingled with their food, or it should be fed to them direct. If you trust to giving them salt as stated…

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Science on the Farm

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 3

Farmers are surrounded on every hand with the thought, the work, the results of science. The final meaning of our civilisation is applied science. It Is…

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Farm and Field. In-Breeding of Stock

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 3

The question of in-breeding is one that has probably caused more controversy, theorising and speculation amongst stock raisers than any other…

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Wool and Wheat

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

The amount of wool received at Darling Harbor, £c., during the week was 611 bales, representing an increase of 143 bales, as compared with…

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Selecting a Dairy Herd

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 4

The young farmer is constantly asking himself if it will pay him to invest his money in a dairy. No outsider can tell for certain whether it will or not, for so…

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The Dairy. Selection of Breeding Stock

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 4

The general principle of heredity is that "like produces like." There are departures from this rule, but it proves true in the majority of instances, and it…

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The Dairy. New Test for Moisture in Butter

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 6

Among the many things of interest presented before butter-makers at the recent meeting of the Iowa State Dairy Association, recently held at Cedar Rapids,…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 6

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool, Grain and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report:— After an interval of five weeks, wool…

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How to test Seed Wheat

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 6

Lay the ears in long rows ; place a number opposite each ear; number small squares in the seed testing dish with the same numbers. From each…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Bights Reserved.] Feeding Silage

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 2

SILAGE is far superior to corn cured and fed in a dry form Silage is all eaten up by the cow without any waste of stalks, as is the case when corn fodder is…

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Farm and Field. Nitrogen from the Air

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 6

Speaking at a recent conference of farmers held in Canada, Professor Saunders of the Canadian Department of Agriculture, referred to recent experiments…

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The Dairy. Effect of Food on Milk

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 3

"The effect of food on milk is an oftdebated point, though difference of opinion frequently arises from ambiguity as to what is really meant. On…

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Farm and Field. Experiments with Potatoes

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 3

Some instructive experiments with potatoes have been carried out this season by Mr L. Watson, of Clareville. New zealand. The conditions were similar[?]…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 6

Messrs. Hill, Clark and Co re-port :— Sheepskins.—Supplies were very large, Attendance of buyers was…

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Labour for the Farm

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 3

THE Government-assisted immigration policy is bearing good fruit for the farming community of New South Wales in the shape of the large…

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Does Poultry Farming Pay

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 6

Answering an enquirer, the poultry expert of the "S.M. Herald" says:— Poultry farming by itself, i.e., the buying or redting of land, erecting…

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Farm Murder. Accused Lad Faints

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

When he appeared before the Crewe magistrates on Wednesday, 20th March, Thomas William Parratt (the sixteen-year-old boy who is charged…

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