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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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The Dairy. Testing Milk at Butter Factories

The Castlereagh · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 10

(Extract from a paper read by G. A. Storrock at a recent meeting of Minnesota (U.S.A) dairymen and butter-makers)…

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Emmer Wheat

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 7

One of the grain crops which is becoming popular among the Canadian farmers, who are feeding everything they raise, is Emmer, which is a kind…

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Farm and Field. Treatment of Growing Foals

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 7

The question of the proper feeding of the growing foal whilst it is at the dam's foot is one upon which the opinions of experts differ a good deal. Some owners…

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Farm and Field. Heredity in Breeding

The Castlereagh · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 3

That the characteristics of parents are transmitted to their offsprings is a fact very well known to all engaged in the breeding of live stock. Every body knows…

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Farm Rain Gauge

The Castlereagh · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 10

An inexpensive and handy rain gauge is shown in the accompanying illustration, which is reproduced from the "Education Gazette" (South Australia):…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Effects of Food on Butter

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 2

Food has a considerable influence upon the constitution of the milk, especially as regards flavour, and as to the colour and texture of the butter…

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Wool Reports

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co, report: Quietness pervades the wool market at present buyers acting with special caution in any [?]templeted purchases of scoured wool…

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Flour Versus Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 4

The problem of how beet to encourage the exportation of flour instead of wheat engaged the attention of a committee of experts in Melbourne last week ([writes an…

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Sydney Wheat Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 1

Derrick Straw—From York, Maryvale, 6200, 2s per cwt…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office, Tuesday evening

The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 2

The weather is delightful, The recent rain will do good, but more in the near future is hoped for. Fine rains fell down the river. Curranyalpa had 180 points,…

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Homebush Stock Market. (By Telegraph.) the Wool Market

The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1907 · page 2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—The first wool auctions in the Sydney wool market for the present season were held an the 23rd and 24th instant, when small…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 7

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 6th August:—The generous rainfall of the past week has heartened up…

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Mice and Stored Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 5

A district farmer tells us that he has almost entirely escaped the ravages of the mice pest in his stacked wheat by placing beeswing between the bags, as…

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How to Make and Feed Ensilage. Valuable Suggestions by a Practical Farmer

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 8

Mr. John Gray, of Glencoe, Wee Waa, has been eminently successful in preparing and using ensilage, and the valuable information which he supplies…

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The Dairy. Dehorning Cattle

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 10

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

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Farm Rain Gauge

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 2

An inexpensive and handy rain-gauge is shown in the acompanying illustration, which is reproduced from the "Education Gazette" (South Australia):…

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Farm and Field. Heredity in Breeding

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 2

That the characteristics of parents are transmitted to their offsprings is a fact very well known to all engaged in the breeding of live stock. Everybody knows…

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Farm and Field. Farmers Should Keep Books

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 3

Every farmer should adopt a system of exact book-keeping, just as men do in other lines for business. A farmer is a manufacturer and a…

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The Wool Market

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 2

Dalgcty and Company, Limited, report:—Since the last public sales there has been a private enquiry, and some sales of withdrawn wool have been effected at prices showing…

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Sydney Wheat Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 4

Derrick bay—From Campbell, Maryvale, 2541,P.Is [?], 7241, Is [?] per cwt. Derrick s[?]raw—Campbell, Maryvale, 7241, Is lid…

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