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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Profits in Farm Poultry

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 4

Profits in farm poultry depend more upon the care it receives than most people think. For the average farmer this is probably more profit in selling eggs than raising…

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Farm and Garden Fodder for Stock

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 4

Fodder is an essential article of diet for stock. It helps in the assimilation of the other foods, and should be fed with rich foods, as clover and timothy. Most farmers…

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Dehorning Young cattle

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 5

Many authorities advocate the i dehorning of calves by preventing their growth. In doing this they recommend the use of caustic potash…

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Commercial. Wool Report

The Age · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

HARRISON JONES AND DEVLIN, Ltd., submitted at auction on Tuesday a catalogue of 833 bales, two thirds of which consisted of new seasons clip, and the balance chiefly…

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Opening of Sydney Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & Co., Ltd., report:--The Sydney wool sales for the new season opened this week. We held our sale on Wednesday and…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Crowing Persimmons

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 1

PERSIMMON trees may be secured from the nurseryman, or each grower may have a small nursery of his own. Each method has advantages…

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Farm E D Field. American Meat Production

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 5

All estimate of. the annual production | and consumption of meat in the United States, by Mr W. C. Murray, special agent of the department of Agriculture,…

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Farm and Garden Sows Eating Their Pigs

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 4

Give the sow 2 to 3 lbs of salt pork (cut in pieces half inch thick) immediately after farrowing, provided there are any signs of trouble that way. This has proved a sure…

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Gininderra Farmers' Union. Opening the New Hall

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 2

AT the opening ceremony of the Farmers' Union new hall at Gininderra on Saturday, there must have been fully 200 persons present…

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Wool Reports

The Age · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 6

WINCHCOMBE CARSON AND Co,. LTD. report;—The late rains have caused considerable delay in the arrivals of wool and the quanity to be catalogued…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Right Reserved,] Raising Market Fowls

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 1

BREEDING fowls should have some considerable range throughout the year, and they should be separated in small flocks of about ten in number…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for September

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 3

The abundant rains have given the soil a good soaking, and large areas of all seasonable crops can now be sown with a every prospect of a good yield. We again…

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Care of Dairy Utensils

The Age · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

This is the subject of Bulletin No. 131 issued by the Kansas Experiment Station, U.S.A. The authors are Professors O. Erf and C. W. Melick. In view…

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Care of Farm Teams

The Age · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

When horses are taken in to work from the grass after a long rest they do not need much grain at first, but the quantity should be increased,…

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Farm and Field. Green Feed for Pigs

The Age · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

If pigs are kept continually penned up green feed in some form should be provided to them. Green feed is necessary. It keeps them in health,…

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Judging the Age of Cattle by Their Teeth

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 4

The specification adapted in connection with the great International Show, at Chicago, for testing the age of cattle by their teeth, is as…

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Regulating of Wool Trade

The Age · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

FOR the proper conduct of such a huge business as the selling of our wool clip by auction it is absolutely necessary that a stringent set of selling regulations…

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Regulation of Wool Trade. Short Weight Bales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

FOR the proper conduct of such a huge business as the selling of our wool clip by auction it is absolutely necessary that a stringent set of…

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Farm and Garden. Calender for September

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 3

The abundant rains have given the soil a good soaking, and large areas of all seasonable crops can now be sown with a every prospect of a good yield. We again…

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Farm Soils of Australia

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 4

The soils from Devonian and carboniferous rocks of Victoria give fair pasturage. The limestone tracts support a good soil, and in the greater part of the southern portion of…

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