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

Farming & the land, 1907

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The Wheat Crop

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 6

The Victorian Cabinet is likely to seriously consider the question of improving the average wheat yield of that State (says the "Evening News…

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Gigantic Sheep

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

Karl Hagenbeck, the well-known dealer in Wild animals, when the East Africa, Soudan began to fail as a source of supply of large and curious animals and was finally closed…

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The Wool Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. report under date 8th January:— Our catalogue to-day embraced a good average section of greasles and a capital…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Maryesting Potatoes

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 3

If it is intended to market potatoes at the earliest period, thou they may be harvested as soon as they are ripe, otherwise, if the weather conditions continue favorable, they…

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Farmers' Income Tax

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 4

In its answers to correspondents the "S. and S. Journal" gives the following information re farmers' taxation:—"Farmers and graziers will not…

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Letters to the Editor. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents. Dairying on the Richmond

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

SIR,--Re dairying: Have you noticed that a curious condition of affairs obtains on the Richmond River with regard to the non-existence of…

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Bacteria for Farmers

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

For the past hundred years agricultural chemists have been asking the question whether it were possible to utilise the free nitrogen of the atmosphere as tho food of…

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Making Good Butter

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

The making of good butter is not as easy as many people seem to think it is. Consequently, a large quantity of inferior butter is put upon the market…

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The Dairy. Good Buttermaking

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

Good buttermaking to--day is a far different undertaking than it used to be. Good butter making has always meant cleanly methods, and to-day more so…

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Consideration of Farm Yard Manure

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

Experiments mode by the late Dr Voelcker showed that five tons of fresh farm yard manure are reduced to four tons if allowed to [?]e until the straw is…

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Farm and Field. Quality and Vitality of Farm Seeds

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

Recent advances in seed-testing have caused a good deal of attention to be paid to purity and germinating power, which are rightly appreciated. It may…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 5

Messrs Hill, Clark and Co report:— Hides.—Supplies were somewhat larger than usual. Although no…

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Japanese Farmers are Always Busy

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 3

One of the secrets or tho prosperity or Japanese farmers is that the diversified character of their crops enables them to keep busy throughout the year. When not in the…

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When to Cut Wheat

The Moree News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 3

The proper time to cut wheat and other cerals is immediately after their g[?] has been fully matured. When the green color of the straw below the…

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Mems. for Men on the Land. Sydney Wool Sales

The Moree News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Excitement was the dominant characterstic of the wool sales on Monday, when three catalogues totalling no less than 12,116 bales were…

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Farm and Field. Care of Harness

The Moree News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 3

Happy is the farmer who has got a careful, handy man In charge of his teams, who has an eye for seeing when a slrap is coming off or a buckle needs…

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Farmer and Co., Limited. Victoria House, Sydney

The Moree News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Will be in Moree next Monday Afternoon all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning only January 21, 22 and 23 with Samples, Patterns, and cai[?]…

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Hard Butter without Ice

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 2

An ingenious woman had devised a plan for having good cold milk and butter all summer without ice. It is a home mads dairy or pantry, so cheap…

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The Wool Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 5

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co, report under date of 15th January:— Buoyancy characterised yesterday'a sales, competition continuing animated…

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Record Wool Sales

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 5

At their wool Auctions on Tuesday, when they brought forward a catalogue of 6,709 bales, Mesers. John Bridge &, Co., Limited, broke tho greasy record for the past two…

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