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

Farming & the land, 1907

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Show Sheep Sales. Record Average Values for British Breeds

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 6

J. M. Peck and Sons and Dalglety and Co, Ltd., held their first sale of pure long-wool sheep in connection with tho Royal Show in Melbourne on…

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Farm and Field. Potato Experiments

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 7

The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station has issued Bulletin No. 97, entitled "Potato Experiment" The bulletin makes the following…

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The Dairy Dairying and Child Labor

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 7

Complaints have been made from time to time about the employment of child labor in some of the dairying of child of Victoria. It appears that a similar…

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Forecasting the Harvest. Action by the Farmers and Settlers Association

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 5

As is well known, it has been for many years the practice of the Bureau of Statistics, which is now a branch of the Intelligence Department, to publish…

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The Dairy Thickness of Cream

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 6

It is well understood, both by the dairy farmer and the public, that, the quality of cream is extremely variable. This, to a large extent, depends on the manner…

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Continued Action of Farmyard Manure

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

The reason for the continued action of farm-yard manure on crops long after its application should be made apparent by a study of its analysis, which at once…

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The Dairy Acidity in Cheese-making

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

Since the introduction of the acidimeter in cheese-making, Canadians have been developing from 1 to 1.2 per cent, acid on the curds -- or, more correctly, in…

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Farm and Field. Horses for the Phillipines

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

A circular has been issued by Mr. John O. Bray, Consul-General for the United States, regarding the purchase of army horses in Australia for the…

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Feeding Off Wheat with Sheep

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 2

Many farmers make it a rule to food off their early wheat crops. Sheep are admirable for this, for if care is taken not to put them on a field…

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The Dairy Breeding Dairy Cattle

The Moree News · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

During [?] 21 years that the five Government Experimental Farms have been in existence in Canada. dairy [?] have been carried [?] an…

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The Wool Outlook

The Moree News · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 9

Soon we shall he in the thick of the wool-selling season. The last sales, which were held September 4 and 6, were to sorue extent the opening of…

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The Dairy. Production of Cold Cream

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 2

Flavor-producing germs multiply rapidly while the milk is warm. It is only by cooling the milk down that it can be saved. If no bacteria had got…

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Self-education in Dairying

The Moree News · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

It is not possible to refer in one brief article to the many important subjects which must receive the attention of the dairyman if he is to make a success of…

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Preserving Farm-yard Manure

The Moree News · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

Overheating of farmyard manure is avoided by keping the mass well compressed. This is secured, according to a leaflet issued by the Board of…

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Farm and Field. Care of Farm Machinery

The Moree News · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

Considering the money a farmer has to invest in agricultural machinery one would think there would be no need in draw attention to the necessity of taking…

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The Dairy Dehorning Cattle

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 2

The two methods of dehorning usually practised are (1) the removal of the horns after they have reached their growth, by means of a saw or cilppens…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co, report under date 13th September:— Wool.—The marked continues to exhibit buoyancy, and all sections of the trade…

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Dairying on Shares. a Demand for Farms

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 2

THE Intelligence Department reports that the weekly batches of immigrants from the Old Country contain a fair proportion of men with growing…

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Farm and Field. Judging a Sheep's Ago

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 3

The age of sheep is generally determined by an examination of the front teeth, or nippers. There are eight of these, and the permanent ones appear…

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Dirt in the Dairy

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 24 September 1907 · page 3

The first principle in handling milk, and, perhaps, the most important, is to keep out as many bacteria as possible. This requires care and attention…

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