Pigs More Remunerative Than Cattle
Considering the short period of time they require to come to maturity, pigs are far more remunerative than cattle. Even compared at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1910
421 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 15 of 22
Pure-bred Poultry for Farmers
Fowls have been generally neglected so long on farms that it has been hard to convince anyone that his hens are of much account, and the common…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Practical--Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially Written for this Column. All Rights Reserved. Feeding Dairy Cows
The kind of food that will be fed to cows in milk will, of course, be much governed by the production in any given locality. The aim should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Abandoned Farms
Don't let there be abandoned farms! It is a sorry blight Upon the landscape God has made So beautiful and bright…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Royal Farms at Windsor. How Pedigree Stock 18 Bred by H.m. the King
To those interested in the breeding of pedigree stock for exhibition, and successful farming in general, the holdings farmed by H.M. the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Selector to Wheat Farmer. (Continued.)
Many of the early settlers followed the sound practice of preparing a small area of their holdings as soon as possible, for the growth of crops,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Feeds on Bank Notes
A PARKES district farmer had a peculiar experience a few days ago, says the "Western Champion." He happened to drop four brand-new £1 Commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Experiments. [Inspector Hugh Ross in Agricultural Gazette.]
IN order to encourage farmers in cool districts, where hitherto little wheat has been grown, and also to demonstrate. that certain varieties are essentially suited for cool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seed Wheat Advances
In the Assembly on Friday, Mr. Perry, the Minister for Agriculture, being asked the amount due to the Government for seed wheat answered: The amount written off up to June 30,1910…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Striping the Cow
This is a term well known to all familiar with dairying. It is not depriving her of her coat or exposing her in any way, but extracting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Danish Farming
We have heard so much about the superiority of Danish farming, and the Danes are so often held up to us as a pattern to follow, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grading Farm Produce
Sellers of farm produce of all kinds do not take sufficient care to put their goods into as good marketable form as they might. Our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Selector to Wheat Farmer. (Continued.)
One great circumstance which enabled these men to make their swift rise to independence was the system followed by machinery firms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairy. Mistakes with Farm Separators
The cream separator, when properly cared for and operated, is a machine which will greatly increase dairy profits. It is, however, delicately…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home Separator Problems. (Professor A. L. Haecker, in Orange Judd Farmer.)
One of the great questions now before the dairy public is how to improve the quality of home separator cream. Many creameries are expending large sums of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer. Dry Farming
"The most fatal error in modern farming," says Dr. Win. Macdonald, Dry Land Agronomist of Natal, "is the careless preparation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Report
Winchcombe Carson & Co. Ltd. report:--Shearing is now progressing satisfactorily and the new clip is coming forward in greater bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Wool Report
Wincombe Carson, Limited, report:—Shearing is now progressing satisfactorily, and the new clip is coming forward in greater bulk. Arrivals are 20,000 bales ahead of last year, and, unless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field. Terms Used in Butter-making
The three principal qualities of butter are its flavor, texture and condition. There are degrees, however, of each of these, the different terms conveying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gininderra Farmers' Union Show
THAT the members of the Gininderra Farmers' Union are progressive is shown by the fact that they have issued a schedule of prizes for their first show…
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