Sheep Instinct
SOME time ago Mr. T. Franklin, of Brindabella lost some sheep and could never trace them. Recently one of the number, a ewe, returned home with two lambs at her…
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Farming & the land, 1903
298 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 15
Concessions on the Carriage of Wheat
AMONGST the resolutions agreed to by Parliament as one of the means of assisting to mitigate the suffering caused by the drought was one that the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles Care of Milk During Hot Weather
NOW the effect that heat or warm weather produces on milk is mainly in the development of certain forms of bacteria that are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In The Drought Country. the Distribution of Seed Wheat
The following letter, written to Mr. T. Brown, M.H.R., by a resident of the Condobolin district, gives a vivid picture of things as they are:—…
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THERE is money to be made in selecting picked ears of wheat from tho growing for seed purposes before the machine goes in. The importance of selecting seed…
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In the Camaroon districts of Africa are thousands of remarkable sheep, and the Germane who have settled there say that they are useful domestic animals…
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Yards for fowls are seldom too large. They should be big enough so that the grass will grow and keep growing. A Plymouth Rock specialist keeps ten to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden Original Articles. Willows As Retainers of the Banks of Rivers
ONE of the problems that confronts the farmers is the use of proper plants under the varied conditions of soil and climate. Usually the…
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The artificial hatching of eggs has been so long practised in Egypt that the hens have completely abandoned that part of their work to…
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The output of the Bega Co-operative Creamery Company for last month was 72 tons of butter,—a record. On Monday last, the company established another record by…
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IN response to the notification made some time ago by the Victorian Minister for Lands that Farmers in want of Government assistance to purchase seed wheat should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Wednesday, January 10, 1903. FARMERS & Settlers' Association
WHAT has happened the resolutions that were carried at the last meeting of the Farmers and Settlers Association ? Nothing yet has been heard of them. We think…
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Mr. R. G. Hassall, of Braidwood, in speaking of the price of beef cattle, says that the best lot of cattle he ever sent to Homebush market averaged £3 15s. That was a…
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OF late years the growing of strawberries in these colonies is rapidly developing, demanding special care in aiming to produce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers and Settlers' Association
Now that we are fairly into the new year there is much to consider (says the " S. & S. Journal) in regard to the use of 1903. In the past year exceptional hardship have…
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THE Canterbury (N.Z.) Times says:--"A South Islander, who was in the First and Sixth Contingents, has taken up a farm of 600 acres in the Orange River Colony. 'I…
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£170 was the amount of a cheque received by a Candelo dairy farmer as a result of his returns for cheese manufactured during the month of December. There was a decided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden Original Articles Catch Crops
NEARLY every season there is a period when supplementary feed for live stock is necessary. To provide for than is not always…
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Great anxiety is displayed by agriculturists, especially in those portions of the State where the crops have failed in consequence of the dro[?], to ascertain the conditions under which the…
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THE Minister for Agriculture has notified that various comments have been made about the questions asked in the application forms for seed wheat. It has been urged that the…
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