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

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farm and Field. Concrete Floors

Manilla Express · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

No substance is so suitable for floors for farm buildings as concrete. It can be easily Kept clean, and is free from all smells likely to be troublesome on…

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News and Notes. Wheat

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 2

Up to the present, 47,000 bags of wheat have been despatched from the Ma[?] railway station this season. About 11,000 bags are…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Art[?] [All Rights Reserved] The Dairy

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

There is a good deal of care needed in the dairy herds at this season. The weather is apt to be very variable. Ve[?] may need closing in dairy…

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Storing Root Crops

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

About the end of the month there will be a good deal of work among the various root crops in kitchen garden and lifting will have become…

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The Dairy. Salt for Cattle

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

It is evident that dairymen have not fully realised the importance of giving their cows access to salt. In its connection some very interesting…

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Special Express Wires. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Wheat Market. Wheat, 46½ to 47. an Ocean Tragedy

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 2

News was received yesterday by the steamer Germania to the effect that two men named Mortimer and Jackson had seized the Italian…

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Advising The Farmer

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

It is amusing, when travelling by train (observes a writer in the "Otago Witness") to hear various occupants of the smoking carriage discussing the…

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Farm and Field. Stooking by Machinery

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

A Canadian, James Calder by name, is, according to a Canadian contemporary, the inventor of what he claims to be an entirely practical grain shocker,…

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Coote Sheep on Top

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 2

THE Glen Innes Show was a brilliant success, and the attendance was very large. Coote Bros carried off honors for Lincoln sheep, and…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article (All Rights Reserved.) Bees: Preparing for Winter

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

The season of activity among bees is now over. The present condition of every colony should be ascertained, and every preparation made for the…

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Labour for the Farm

Manilla Express · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 3

Immigrants of a good type, drawn, mainly from the farming community of tho United Kingdom, are reaching New South Wales every week, and…

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Farm and Field. Women As Farmers

Manilla Express · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 4

At a time when the advent or small holdings is an absorbing topic of conversation (writes' the "Mark Lane Express") it is not surprising that lady…

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Sweet Melted Butter Sause

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 5

Ingredients.--1 oz. butter, ¼ oz. flour, ½ pint milk, pinch salt, sugar to taste. Method.--Melt the butter, stir in the…

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The Markets. Wool Market

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 6

WINCH[?]OMBE, CARSON & CO., LTD., report: The London March Sales opened on the 17th inst, Our London agents us that values for merino wool and fine…

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Special Express Wires. SYDNEY, Friday, Wheat Market

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 6

Wheat, to 5s 10d. (Our wire clearly states 510, and if this is correct, a sensational jump has occurred in the wheat market. Probably…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights RESERVED.] Keeping Guinea Fowls

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 3

Many people consider Guinea fowl[?]almost a necessity on a farm, as the possess many good qualities, as they are such great rangers and do away…

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Coloring in Butter

Manilla Express · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 4

An interesting and valuable study and comparison of aniline and anatto butter colors has recently been completed by the Winconsin Agricultural…

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Special Express Wires. SYDNEY, Tuesday. WHEAT

Manilla Express · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

Wheat, 44½ to 46. POSTAL DEPARTMENT. Three Federal Ministers have been appointed a sub committee to inquire…

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Sliding Farm Gate

Manilla Express · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 4

A farm gate so constructed that a A. Two posts at B allow the gate to child can operate it is represented in the roll between them. Pieces of strap iron accompanying sketch, [?] are bolted on the gate to hold the wheel C which is 4in in diameter. Pieces of…

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The Dairy. Cows and Consumption

Manilla Express · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 4

It has been publicly and authoritatively stated by Professor MacFadyean that as many as 30 per cent of cattle in English cow houses are diseased. Dr…

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