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

Farming & the land, 1907

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The Dairy. Cream Souring Bacteria

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

The natural souring of cream is brought about by the action of bacteria which attack the sugar of milk, and change, a portion of it into lactic acid…

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Farm and Field. Uniformity of the Fleece

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

Want of uniformity in the fleece is often a defect noticeable even in prize sheep, and one that takes generations of bleeding to rectify. The difference in…

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The Bore Farm

The Moree News · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 2

We have just learned that Mr. W. R. Fry has been superaeded in the management of the Moree Bore Form by Mr. A. E. Darvall. We know not-…

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The Wheat Crop. Prospective Failure

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

THE unusually dry season will, it is feared, result in the failure of the wheat crop. If no further rains fall before November, the average yield…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1907 · page 2

Hill, Clark and Co., wool and Produce brokers, report:— Wool.—We brought forward a nice catalogue of 2438 bales and have to…

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"The Golden Fleece." Commerative Number of the "Farmer and Settler."

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 4

We have been favored with an advance copy of the "Golden Fleece," commemorative annual of the "Farmer and Settler." It consists of 84 large pages,…

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The Wheat Crop

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning a resident of Hall's Creek was in the office, and he conveyed the good tidings that up Hall's Creek the crops are…

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Needles. WHEAT

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 5

£1 a bag. Floor £11 10s. BRAN and pollard £8 15s. LOCAL prices yesterday…

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Wheat Prospects

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 4

Aid this particular juncture, everything hinges upon the ha[?]ings of the next two of three w[?] so far as the weather is concerned…

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Farm and Field. Mixed Strains are Sheep Breeding

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 7

Many farmers in prehasing rains keep shifting from one breed to another, thinking that they are producing lambs of greater stamina and profit producing…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Fresh Stock In Poultry Yards

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 6

In all poultry yards that are carried on with an eye to profit, fresh blood is required at frequent intervals, or the profits will very soon begin to show a…

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The Dairy. Breeding for Improvement

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 7

The breeding up of the dairy hard is perhaps, the most vital question in dairying to-day. The milk yield of a cow depends chiefly on her laheren…

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Dry Farming

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 4

When the Director of Agriculture was. in Manilla recently he oooortunlev directed attention…

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Impure Salt in Butter

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

In the annual report of the Mecklem-berg-Schwerin Experiment Station in Germany, writes the "New York Produce Review," an account is given of a…

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Farm and Field. Vetegtable Fibre in Wool

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

Complaints are made by the manufacturers in Bradford, England, that it costs the worsted trade in England L1,000,000 a year to get the vegetable…

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Preparation of Wool for Market

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

The British Wool Buyers' Association has issued the following suggestions to wool growers on the preparation of wools for the market…

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The Dairy Points of a Shorthorn

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

A well-known authority, dealing with points in Shorthorns, says:--"In Shorthorns, width between the eyes is indication of good breeding quality in both…

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Wheat

Manilla Express · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 2

On Saturday we were shown some excellent heads of Bobs wheat, grown, by Mr. A. Blanch, at "Carlowrie." One head contained no less than 65…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 3

Hill, Clark and Co., wool and Produce brokers, report:— Tallow:—The market opened with a strong demand for all descriptions…

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Wool Sales

The Moree News · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 2

At the wool sales on Monday the following local [?] were recorded:- EyebrowWCLocal Vibe, 24 b at 12ld, 9 [?]…

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