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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

516 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 16 of 26

A Dairy Cow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 4

Particulars of the Tasmanian dairy cow, Buttercup, owned by Mr. A. Fry, of Launceston, were furnished to the press some little time ago by Mr A…

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The Dairy. Keeping Butter

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 4

A Connecticut station bulletin contains this information:—"Butter does not keep indefinitely, but undergoes deterioration due to several distinct…

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Farm and Field. Agricultural in America

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 4

The annual report for 1907 of the United States Secretary for Agriculture contains some interesting Information as to the yields of the principal crops. Corn…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO., LTD., report:--There is no change to report in the Sydney market, the same keen inquiry for wool prevails and all…

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Poetry. Sheep and Death

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 2

Beyond the dying sun's last rim of light, " That gilds the farthest reach of western sea,…

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Farm and Dairy Original Article. [All Rights Reserved.] Rearing Calves for Sale

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 2

There are many ways one can make money on land outside the ordinary farming routine. Among these attention may be called to rearing calves on…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson & Co. Ltd., report:—There is no change to report in the Sydney market, the same keen enquiry for wool prevails and all private transactions disclose a firm market. Wool…

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A Shower of Wheat

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 6

It must have been a high wind, indeed, that brought a shower of wheat the other day to the villagers in a place on the southern coast of Spain. The wheat fell like rain…

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The Dairy. Keeping Butter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 3

A Connecticut station bulletin contains this information:—"Butter does not keep indefinitely, but undergoes deterioration due to several distinct…

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Farm and Field. Agriculture in America

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 3

The annual report for 1907 of the United States Secretary for Agriculture contains some Interesting information as to the yields of the principal crops. Corn…

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The Dairy. Butter-making Methods. a New Process

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

Something entirely new in the way of making butter which will keep is promised by Mr. M. B. L. Ehrmann, a French chemist. Various forms of…

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Unionism and the Farmers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 6

The President of the Farmers and Settlers Association in his opening address at the Annual Conference in Sydney on Tuesday, pointed out the necessity under the Industrial…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO., LTD., report that auction sales of wool will take place in Sydney on the 11th, 12th and 13th inst. We will offer a…

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The Price of Butter

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

HOUSEHOLDERS are disturbed at the high price of butter. To pay up to 2 per lb makes the butter bill a severe drag upon housekeeping…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Detasselling Breeding Corn

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 6

The detasselling of every other row of corn in the seed plots before the pollen matures, and the section of seed corn from the detasselled rows,…

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Australian Defence. Farmers Support Compulsory Training

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 6

During the deliberations of the Farmers and Settlers' Conference the Commonwealth military proposals came under discussion, and the delegates, by a good majority, decided…

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The Dairy. Butter-making Methods. a New Process

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 3

Something entirely new in the way of making butter which will keep is promised by Mr M. B. L. Ehrmann. a French chemist. Various forms of…

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Useful Farm Derricks

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 4

A derick comes handy when loading heavy articles on a waggon, for butcher- rdlling, building. etc. A good derrick, like the one shown in fig. 1, is easily…

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Hardening the Butter Cotton Cake Food

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 3

Soft butter (writes an English paper) is one of the usual products of the dairy during the summer time, and the question is often asked if anything can be…

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Condensed Dairy Knowledge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 3

Professor C. L. Beach, of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, America, has condensed the science of feeding cows into the following few…

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