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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farming Without Capital

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

MR. Alex. Davis, of Woodlands, Gilmore, who won the second prize in the Herald and Mail slopes and plains farms competition this year,…

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Farm Competition

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

Mr. C. J. Britten, of Woodhouse, Tamworth, has been awarded first prize in the Herald and Mail farm competition for the northern…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (Air Rights Reserved). Rustic Houses

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

No garden is complete without a summer-house and nothing harmonizes so well with the surrounding objects as. Tally well-made rustic work,…

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An Attunga Farm

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

Referring to "farms entered for the Herald and Mail farm competition the Herald has the following:--Mr. C. N. Dowe, of Kyona, Attunga, is…

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A Local Sheep Expert

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

MR. B. AVES, of Upper Manilla, sheep expert' for Messrs. Coote Bros. has been appointed judge of long-wool sheep at 'the next Glen…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). The Celery Fly

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

During the late summer and autumn it may be often noticed that the leaves of celery and parsley have a very withered and blighted appearance; on…

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The Dairy. Milk Fermentations

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

It is not unusual to find persons connected with dairy work whose sole knowledge of fermentative processes is limited to the lactic acid fermentation--…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All. Rights Reserved). Profitable Small Holdings

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 6

A small holding may be of the best of soils and situation, nearness to market and rent may alike leave little to be desired, and yet fail to bring in a…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article? [All Rights Reserved.] Pasture Land

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 6

It is a bad practice to now and then lay old, pasture land for mowing. Excellent fattening pastures have been half, ruined by following this plan…

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Fish Farming

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 6

Under suitable conditions, and followed in a proper manner, there are few pursuits more profitable than fish farming. This does not mean that…

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Wheat Plots

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

WE have received from Mr. J. O'Mullane, of Yarramanbully Creek, Manilla, samples of Manitoba, Comeback, and Bobs wheat, which were…

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Farmers and the Department

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

THE Wheat Experimentalist of the Agriculture Department is desirous of [?]taining some definite [?] as to the minimum amount of…

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Some Manilla Wheat

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

GLEN INNES Examiner says:-- Messrs. J. F. Utz and Co. are now receiving at their mill a large purchase of Manilla- grown wheat. This…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Lima Beans

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 6

One of the most profitable crops to grow, especially for those who have only a small space to devote to the growth of vegetables is Lima Beans…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Dairy Notes

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 3

Long churnings cause more annoyance to the dairymaid in spring and autumn than at other seasons, and the cause of this is that at these two…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article. [All Rights Reserved.] Farm Cattle

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 2

The sooner farmers who buy in their stock annually begin to pick up a few growing stores for wintering the better. At Michaelmas a good many sales…

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Durham Court Cattle

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 4

At the Warwick (Qd.) Show this week a young bull, " Baldwin's Peer" (progeny of the Durham Court Model, Spicy Peer II),…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Daffodils in Pots

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 6

These flowers are especially suite 1 to the wants of amateur gardeners who have little glass, for they succeed admirably without artificial heat, and…

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Farmers' Returns

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 4

As it is an undoubted; fact that all wealth primarily comes from the laud, anything that tends to improve the soil and increase its general output by…

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The Dairy. the Special Purpose Cow

Manilla Express · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

Mr T. L. Haecker, of the Minnesota Agricultural College U.S.A., is a firm believer in the "special purpose" dairy cow. In his opinion, any other kind of…

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