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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Breeding C[?]real Grairs

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 1

THERE is great need for considerable increase in the av[?]rage yield of or dinary field crops, by means of good cultivation and continued, selection of tho most…

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Farm and Garden. Calender for May

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 1

The heavy rains during the early part of April in many parts gave our district only a very small share, and a good rainfall is urgently…

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Selecting a Dairy Heed

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 3

The young farmer is constantly asking himself if It will pay him to invest his money in a dairy No outsider can tell for certain whether it will or not, for so…

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The Dairy. Selection of Breeding Stock

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 3

The general principle of heredity is that ‘‘like produces like.’’ There are departures from this rule, but it proves true in the majority of instances, and it…

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Devon Crime. Farmers’ Daughters’ Adventures. Sensational Story

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 5

Before the Holsworthy magistrates, on Monday, 25th February, the young farm laborer, Robert Payne, of Black Torrington, Devon, was formally…

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Homely Farm

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 6
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Cold Spiced Beef—Required; Six pounds of salt flank of beef, mace, outmes, ginger, and alispice, two small onions, four bay leaves, one carrot, one…

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Truth About Dry Farming. Campbell System Over-rated. Not a New One

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

Mr. H. K. Bors, of Parkes, New South Wales, has received a letter from the United Stated Department, of Agricultural, the contents of which will come as…

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The Cross-breeding of Sheep

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 3

IN this article the Merino, being by far the cheapest and most easily obtainable sheep in Australia, is taken as the dam in the first crosses…

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Farm and Garden. Calender for May

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 1

The heavy rains during the early part of April in many parts gave our district only a very small share, and a good rainfall is urgently…

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Salt-box for Cattle

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 4

Live stock should either have a quantinty of salt mingled with their food, or it should be fed to them direct. If you trust to giving them salt as stated…

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Bega farmer Killed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 2

Bega, Monday.—A well-known resident of Tanja, named David Sercombe, was killed yesterday afternoon. He was returning home from a drive with his wife. After…

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Experimental Farm for Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 2

The Mayor of Braidwood, Alderman Higgins, has written to Colonel Ryrie, M.L.A., drawing his attention to the advisability of establishing an Experimental Farm in the Braidwood District and…

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Farm and Field. In-Breeding of Stock

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 4

The question of In-breeding is one that has probably caused more controversy, theorising and speculation amongst stock raisers than any other…

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Science on the Farm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 4

Farmers are surrounded on every hand with the thought, the work, the results of science. The final meaning of our civilisation is applied science. It is…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article. [All Rights Reserved.] Profitable Mushroom Culture

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 1

THE particular species of eatable mushrooms is familiar to every one. Mushrooms may be grown in any place where the conditions of temperature and…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for May

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 1

The heavy rains during the early part of April in many parts gave our district only a very small share, and a pood rainfall is urgently…

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Labour for the Farm

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 6

THE Government assisted immigration policy is hearing good fruit for the farming community of New South Wales in the shape, of the large…

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The Dairy. for Worms in Pigs

The Age · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

Dr Peters, of the Nebraska Experiment Station, gives the following directions for treating worms in pigs; Coal creosote, one ounce; water, 99…

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Dairy Cleanliness

The Age · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

It is gratifying to notice that many dairymen wash the udders and teats of the cows at every milling timed, wiping with clean towels, and…

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