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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Farm and Field. Malting Barley

The Age · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 3

Unlike the wheat crop, which can be grown on almost any description of soil, barley of a fine matting quality can only be grown on a special and very limited…

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The Dairy. Garget or Congestion of the Udder

The Age · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 3

From the veterinary department of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, U.S.A., comes a bulletin on garget, or congestion of the udder. The…

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Succession of Wheat Crops

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 4

Mr Prout, of Sawbridgeworth, Herefordshire, England, the "Mark Lane Express" states, has grown wheat year after year profitably, with the aid of…

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Footrot in Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 4

In the very old days, when the sheep were mostly merino, footrot was incessant, and men used to be turned on to cut the long hoofs off, with a mallet and…

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The Dairy Milk Fever

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 4

Milk fever disease is a disease that, until the last few years, was, perhaps, the most fatal that the dairyman had to deal with. It is commonly…

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Farm and Field. An Ohio Farmer on Potato Growing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 4

In a recent issue of the "American Agriculturalist" there is an article on potato-growing by one of the best potato experts in the State of Ohio. The…

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Goulburn Fat Sheep

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 2

As the crossbred wethers, from Goulburn that realised 40s per head at the Homebush yards on Thursday last were exceptional heavy, Mr. Alban Gee has…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Growing Cauliflowers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 2

Soil that will produce cabbage is suitable for cauliflower, provided it is enriched with well rotted manure. The manure should be thoroughly…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for July

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 1

The recent general rains have put all land in good order for cultivation, and it can now be easily worked to a good depth. Most…

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Farmer’s Portable Forge

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 3

The portable forge Illustrated is a light and easily-handed appliance. Its principal advantage is its extreme portability, When a man is sent to perform an…

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Farm and Field,. Selection of Breeding Stock

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 July 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 instance and it…

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Succession of Wheat Crops

The Age · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 3

Mr Prout, of Sawbridgeworth, Here fordshire, England, the "Mark Lane Express" states, has grown wheat year after year profitably, with the aid of…

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Footrot in Sheep

The Age · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 3

In the very old days, when the sheep were mostly merino footrot was incessant, and men used to be turned on to cut the long hoofs off, with a mallet and…

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Farm and Garden. Calender for July

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 1

The recent general rains have put all land in good order for cultivation, and it can now be easily worked to a good depth. Most…

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Rabbit-farmers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 3

MR. E. G. LYNCH, the Bathurst rabbit inspector, says that the good work being done by the freezing works in the diminution the rabbit…

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Farm and Field. An Ohio Farmer on Potato Growing

The Age · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 3

In a recent issue of the "American Agriculturalist" there is an article on potato-growing by one of the best potato experts in the State of Ohio. The…

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The Dairy Milk Fever

The Age · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 3

Mill: fever disease is a disease that, until the last few years, was, perhaps, the most fatal that the dairyman had to deal with. It is commonly…

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Emmer Wheat

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 4

One of the grain crops which is becoming popular among the Canadian farmers, who are feeding everything they raise is Emmer, which is a kind…

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The Dairy. the Head of the Herd

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 4

The ability of a bull to sire good, profitable cows (writes M. Winslow in the "Country Gentleman") depends largely on the number of good cows…

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Farm and Field. Treatment of Growing Foals

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 4

The question of the proper feeding of the growing foal whilst it is at the dam's foot is one upon which the opinions of experts differ a good deal. Some owners…

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