Electrical Sheep Pens. a Novel Invention
Of recent years nearly every town is provided with an electric generating plant, and frequently the wires are strung Along country roads from town…
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Farming & the land, 1901
207 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 11
Butter Prospects
That prospects for the forthcoming butter export season from Australia are likely to be more than usually bright is shown by the following extract from the letter of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Producing Pure Milk for Profit
THE objections to milk in a general way are almost invariably that the cows have not been properly selected or fed, that sufficient attention…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soiling Crops for Hogs
Cowpeas have been found very useful for soiling, especially for hogs. Cowpeas are very succulent even in very dry weather, and being a leguminous plant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Redfern Auction Sales. the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., report: --
Wheat. -- The market has ruled quieter owing to considerable parcels offering in town by holders in the country. Top price is now 2s 11d per bushel, and that figure is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Weighing
IT not infrequently happens that woolgrowers, large and small, find that calculations as to weight of consignments to brokers differ from the figures supplied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Save the Farm Manure
IT was formerly the opinion that rich soils did not need fertilisers of any kind. Early settlers in many cases found the soil so rich that the application…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Lost for Four Years
THE Adelong Argus has been informed that some sheep, Brookong and Howlong bred wethers (merinos and crossbreds), strayed away from Mr. Sharp's. Green, Hills run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Growing Cauliflower for Market. Cauliflower as a market crop
has greatly increased in importance. Its culture does not essentially differ in general from that of cabbage. The soil is prepared in the…
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The opportune rainfall which came on Wednesday night should help to produce an early spring, with abuudance of feed: It is to be hoped, that with: such good prospects…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Factory
We learn that the probabilities, are that the butter factory will start work within the next two or three weeks with every prospect of a successful season, and that several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Prices for Store Cattle
A wire from Armidale states that 1200 store cattle were trucked there last week, consigned to Albury, an route to Victoria for fattening. The cattle cost £6 per head…
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Dairymen throughout the whole district should receive with great pleasure the announcement in this issue that the Butter Factory will be ready to receive cream on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Manures and Fertilisers
INTELLIGENT farmers recognise the beneficial and lasting effects of an application of bone meal to many soils and crops. It is most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Rickets
The “Moruya Examiner ” writes :— “Mr. Burt, who has been in the distract for a few weeks. representing Messrs. Pottie and Sous in testing an alleged cure for the cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mode of Testing Butter
WHAT is described as a simple, effective, and economical method of ascertaing the contents of milk was (says the Otago Witness) exhibited by Mr. B. McGregor, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Oak and the Storm
When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, hw knew there was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light indoors,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter for Export
Mr; Kidd, Minister , for Agriculture has decided to otter prizes for butter suitable for export in order to stimulate the production of the very best article Entries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Prices for Sheep Dogs
Messrs. King and McLeod, of Carcoar, send the “Stock Jouranl” word that they have this month sold two sheep dogs, -aged seven .months, and also one pup The price…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News the Butter Factory
The butter factory commenced receiving cream yesterday, bat-we have not obtained any .details as to the quantity or number of suppliers…
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