Wool and Wheat Returns
The wheal, received at Darling Harbor for the week was 32,950 bags, as compared with 16,129 bags for the corresponding week of last year. The total up…
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Farming & the land, 1905
340 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 17
Sheep Inforease Five Millions
Comparing the stock returns for New South Wales for 3903 with those of 1904 it is shown that there has been a slight decrease in horses but considerable…
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The making of butter from goats' milk is a process as yet imperfectly understood, but it is, novertheless, an important matter to the goat-keeper, who frequently finds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Dog Trial. Judge—Mr R Beatty
Sheep Dog or Slut (open to all comers) £3 11s 6d (10s 6d each, gifts of N H Gibbs,. Esq, Mrs C L Harrison, A J McDonald, Esq; Association, £2), H Siggs 1, M O'Brien 2;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. the Jersey As an Ideal Dairy Cow
A NUMBER of breeds of dairy cattle are now urged upon the attention of the dairy farmer with a good deal of persistent clamour, and he may well be somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Section B.—cattle. Judge—Mr N Powell , Stewards—Messrs T E Woodger and T Maxwell SHORTHORN
Bull, 3yrs or over. 10s; 2nd; certificate, Duntroon Estate 1, E. T. Gibbs 2; Cow, 3yrs and over. 10s; 2nd, certificate, Trustees of Town Common; Co or Heifer, 2yrs and under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Lemon Plant
There are two periods at which the lemon plant, alysia citriodora, can be propagated. O e is when the plants make new shoots in the spring, then if these, when 3in long, be…
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The principle of self-help amongst farmers has been, adopted in Scotland, where the Highland and Agriculture Society has been testing the cows of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Section H—farm Produce. (Prizes, 10/- unless otherwise specified) Judges—Messrs. D. J. Lynch and W. Wyatt' Stewards—Messrs. W. Pike and J. Feagan
Sample not less than half bag of Rustresisting Wheat, grown in district, W Winter; Sample not leas than half a bag of any variety of Wheat grown in district, W Moore, snr. 1, Jno Read…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Section P.—machinery, Implements, Etc. Farmers Only Judges—Messrs T Coleman, A McPherson and F Young Stewards—Messrs Walter McIntosh and James Pike
Collection Farm Implements. 20s, John Southwell; Mower, 5s, John Southwell; Horserake. 5s, John Southwell; Single-furrow Plough. 5s, John Southwell; Scarifier. 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Section I—dairy Produce. (First prize 5s; second certificate, except where otherwise specified). Judges—Messrs D J Lynch and W Wyatt Stewards—Messrs C J Wren and Jno Fitzgerald
Side of Flitch of Bacon, 10s (5s gift of Messrs P C Hill and Son; 5s Association) Jno Fitzgerald; Fresh Butter, in 31b lump; without salt and without brand or mark. 10s (5s gift of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Section C.—sheep. Grass F&d and U[?]h Used M[?]rin[?]s—open Class. Strong and Medium Combing. Judge—Mr. O Litchfield Stewards—Messrs E G Crace and T Gallagher
Ram, 2 years or over. First Prize, £1 (the gift of Gungahleen Estate); 2nd, 5s, Association, J Gallagher, snr. 1. Gungahleen Estate 2; Ram, 2 yrs and under 3 yrs. First prize, £1…
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After years of streauous controversy it is now generally conceded that the pistillate, imperfect blossom, or female rariety of straw[?] are as a rule, larger more [?]…
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OUR share, so far, of the March rains has been small, and only a small area has benefitted, and where our advice re deep cultivation and stirring of the soil has been…
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“The Grocer” (England) has an exhaustive review of the trade in butter cheese, and bacon during the past twelve months and is of opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden Calendar for April
OUR share, so far, of the March rains has been small, and only a small area has benefitted, and where our advice re deep cultivation and stirring of the soil has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Winter Care of Ducks
NO farm-bred bird will snow the effects of proper care or neglect so quickly as the duck. It should always be kept comfortable during the winter. While its…
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At the monthly meeting of directors of the Creamery Company, the .success of the company was apparent, and gives a fair hope that if suppliers will only show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Friday, April 14, 1905. The Lambrigg Farm
IN a recent issue of the Daily Telegraph appears a lengthy account of the processes of wheat breeding carried on by Mr. Farrer, on the "Lambrigg" Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wheat for the Dry Country. Mr. Farrer's Experiments
IT is from the family of "macaroni," or duram wheats that Mr. Farrer hopes to breed varieties which will be suitable…
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