Farm and Garden Original Articles
The Hazel Not Various Classes—Propagation—Grafting—The Dwarf Productive Nut—The Filbert—Mode of Cultivation—Keeping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1906
534 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 27
Farm Oilstones and Grindstones
Freqently the oil and grindstones on a farm become irregularly worn, and in a condition to ruin edge tools, as at A (fig 1.) At fig. 2 is shown a stone worn into an…
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AS we expected, unusaal weather conditions continued throughout January, and the monsoonal rain missing our district has caused growers an anxious time. All…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pure Butter
The question of pure butter is being widely discussed in agricultural circles in Great Britain. At a recent meeting of the Bucks Chamber of Agriculture,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. Remarkable Butter Yield
A most remarkable account of butter production from a Jersey cow is being published in the American papers, to which a few references may be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Butter Making Process
A committee of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, has Just made public its report on the Taylor process for buttermaking. It is recommended that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How to Clarify Butter
Put the butter into a basin, and set it over the fire with a little water in a stewpan; when the butter is melted pour off the top fat, taxing cars not to let the milky paris go…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Rust Spores
Consul-General Guenther of Frankfort, Germany, reports that according to German papers the most Important work with reference to the rust of cereals has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Wheat Traffic
Some idea of the enormous wheat traffic which the Railway Department has at present to cope with may be formed when it is stated that on Monday last in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Reports. Wheat Reports
MESSRS. J. RAVEN & COY., Wheat Brokers and Agents, 148 Clarence Street, Sydney under date of February 6th, report as follows:—Since our last report London values have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Selecting Vegetables for the Table
THE selection at vegetables suitable for the table is a more important matter than many people recognise, so much so that the condition when ready for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Field. Keeping Records of Dairy Cows
In keeping the record of the milk we use a ruled [?] with a split column In which to record the morning and evening milking (writes a practical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Original Articles
THE FIG (continued)—[?] TO EARLY HISTORY—EXTANT OF CULTIVATION—IN THE LEVANT—HOW PROPAGATED—PRODUCTIVITY—THE…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Garden. Calendar for February
AS we expected, unusual weather conditions continued throughout January, and the monsoonal rain missing our district has caused growers an anxious time. All…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pig Farming
The real profit in making pork depends largely on securing the growth and accumulation of fat as rapidly as possible. One can thus see the importance of starting the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cost of Establishing a Dairy Herd
The monthly “Agricultural Journal” issued by the Queensland Department of Agriculture gives the following information for intending settlers in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Salt
A good sample of dairy salt contains 97.5 to 99.5 per cent. of sodium chloride; the balance consists of such impurities as lime; calcium chloride; and magnesium…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Looked Black for the Butter
The comedian boarder rolled his blue eyes at the landlady and said—'I bag your pardon, madam, but I see the butter and a special brand, What is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cotton Wool for Foreign Bodies Swallowed
Dr. W. Blair Bell refers to several cases in which he has used cotton wool in order to carry along foreign bodies which had been swallowed. One child had swallowed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Care of Milk
MILK should be dawn from the cows in the most cleanly manner, in tin pails, and strained through a wire cloth strainer, and the milking should be done…
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