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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Dairy. the Local Creamery. Disloyal Suppliers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 3

The "Farm Stock" Journal," a New York paper, has the following to say relative to the way many farmers abandon the local creamery:—"The local…

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Experimental Farms

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 3

Th Surveyor-General of South Australia, who recently visited North America," speaks enthusiastically of the experimental farm work being carried on in…

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The Dairy. Casein in Butter. a Simple Test

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

A new test has recently come to light in the United States to determine the casein in milk. The inventor is Professor E. B. Hart, of the University of…

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Motted Butter. the Cause of the Trouble

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

"When mottled butter has been produced" (writes an American paper) "the blame is usually laid to improper salting, but tests show that salt cannot…

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Farm and Field. Leguminous Crops

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

In an article on "The Present Status of the Nitrogen Problem" in the Year Book of the United States Board of Agriculture, it is stated that the value of…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO., LTD., report:--The intervention of the holidays and festivities have made the wool market bear quite a holiday…

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Poetry. Leaving the Farm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 6

With hopeful hearts they packed their goods, The farmer and his faithful wife, Their thoughts turned to'rd the city…

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Clean Farm Seeds

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 6

While it is perfectly true that even good seed requires a good grower to secure the best results, it is equally true that no grower is able to produce…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Cows for Small Holdings

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 6

The usefulness of the cow whilst alive depends entirely upon the quality and quantity of the milk she gives. No matter how handsome in appear…

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The Dairy. Casein in Butter. a Simple Test

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 3

A new test has recently come to light in the United States to determine the casein in milk. The Inventor is Professor E. B. Hart, of the University of…

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Yarralumla Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 2

AT the London wool sales on July 21st, Messrs. Brown and Eagle, Ltd., sold the following wool on behalf of Mr. F. Campbell, of Yarralumla:—…

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Mottled Butter. the Cause of the Trouble

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 3

"When mottled butter has been produced" (writes an American paper) "the blame is usually laid to improper salting, but tests show that salt cannot…

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Farm and Field. Leguminous Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 3

In an article on "The Present Status of the Nitrogen Problem" in the Year Book of the United States Board of Agriculture, it is stated that the value of…

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Farm and Field. Diminishing Sheep Stocks

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 3

The strongest reason for anticipating a continuance of prosperity in the sheep trades, states an English writer on live stock subjects, is the falling off that has…

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Sheep Dipping Bath

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 3

A NEW ZEALAND INVENTION. This is a sketch plan of a "walk-in" concrete sheep-dipping bath at Maraekakaho Station, Hawke's Bay, New…

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International Dairying. the Fourth Congress

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 3

Improved methods in dairying are now engaging the attention of all the civilised nations of the world. The idea of exchanging ideas in an international…

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The Dairy. the Successful Dairyman. Method and Iltelligence

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 3

"We once knew two patrons of a cooperative crearmery" (writes "Hoad's dairyman") who were striking examples of successful and unsuccessful men. One…

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Commercial. Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited offered at auction on Wednesday an attractive catalogue of 1736 bales principally New Season's Clip which was competed for by a large and…

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The Wool Season

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 2

THE wool season, which has just commenced, is an important item in all calculations. For whether it be for business or for pleasure, the…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Peonies

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 6

Herbaceous peonies are grand flowers, especially the bright red and white kinds, which are massive and showy, and produce a fine effect in…

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