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

Farming & the land, 1907

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Farm and Field. Green Manure for Potatoes

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

Potatoes should be [?] in soil which has been brought into a good state of tilth. Above the tubers it should be in a fine porous condition, so…

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The Dairy. Successful Milkers Must Practice Kindness

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

Every milker thinks he knows how to milk (writes Mrs Anna Sorensen in the "Michigan Farmer") but if the cows could express their…

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Waterworks on the Farm

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

A now system of furnishing a house with its water supply, as shown in the accompanying illustration, [?] thus described in a circular issued by the…

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Breeding Dairy Cattle

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

One thing always advisable to consider when men start out buying pure-bred cattle (writes Hoad's Dairyman) is that the knowledge, skill, and character…

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The Dairy. Siberian Butter

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

Siberian butter, in the opinion of the "Grocer," London, promises to exercise more influence on the London butter market in the future than in the past…

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Sheep Mortality

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 5

LAST week Balcombe Bros., of Coradgery, lost 600 sheep in one night. The cause of death is unknown. Others of the flocks were saved by bleeding…

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Weighing Pigs and Sheep

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

If is often very desirable to weigh pigs or lambs to see whether or not they are making profitable gains. For the farmer who has no platform scale, an…

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Farm and Field. Influence of Seed Selection

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

How necessary it is for a farmer to exercise care in the selection of the seed that he commits to the ground is being increasingly demonstrated-- the…

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Wool and Produce Reports

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 December 1907 · page 2

Hill, Clark and Co., wool and produce brokers, report:— Tallow.—The market was weaker, prices dropped 10s to 15s per ton…

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Cattle Mortality

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 5

MR. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Stock, in his report to the Minister as to the cause of the cattle mortality recently at Muswellbrook, attributes it to the…

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Jersey Butter Tests

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

I have before me (says a writer in the "Mark Lane Express") the re[?]s of some American Jeresey test under the au[?] of the American Jers[?] Cas[?]e…

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Ophthalmla In Sheep

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

Mr R.W. Peacock, manager or the Bathurst Experiment farm, New South Wales, reports in the November rurn-ber of the "Agricultural Gazette" of…

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Sydney's Wool Stores

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 1

One of the bu[?]iest co[?]ers in Sydney at the present time is where the main portion of the Wool stones are situated at Py[?]ont. There are many inter…

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Farmers' Troubles. Rabbits and Fire

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

Uncertain [?] are bad enough but con [?] w[?] what chair[?] at the way [?]…

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Concrete on the Farm. Mixing the Concar[?]e

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

To the unlnillatest the word [?]…

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The Dairy Bull

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

The section of a dairy hall is a difficult matter. For the dairy bent one must have a bull that can prodence milkers if he is to really improve the…

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Washing Dairy Utensils

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

In America lime water Is largely used instead of soda for washing dairy uten-sils. Prof. Farrington says:— The creameries, whish years ago prac-…

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The Dairy. Operating the Home Separator

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

The polsts of importance in the the proper order in successfully operating a house separator are as follow:- [?] -The speed of the separator…

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Farmyard Manure and Fertility

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

During the recent European Interna- tional Argument Congress, Professor Stokloss read on interesting paper on the subject of Farm Manur and Fer-…

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Farm and Field. Anthrax Baclins

The Moree News · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 3

Some [?] heve been oh- served, says "Meddical Notes and Querties," in the varyh[?] powers of [?] nce to the anthnx bacillus among…

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