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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Farm and Field. Remarkable Butter Yield

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

A most remarkable account of butter production from a Jersey cow is being published in the American papers, to which a few references may be…

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Under-Weight Butter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

Reports form London stated that the weights of Victorian butter are not so satisfactory on arrival in England as are the consignments from New Zealand…

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New Butter Making Process

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

A committee of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, has just made public its report on the Taylor process for butter-making. It is recommended that Mr…

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Commercial. Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Schute Bell & Co. Ltd., report:— At our sale on the 5th inst. we submitted a catalogue composed largely of small clips, but the following leading brands sold…

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Local Wool Clips

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Among the Sydney wool sales the following district lots were sold during the week:— CB Williamsdale, 14 we at 10 2/4d; JFM/Carwoola, 19 AA w at 12 3/4d, 26 AA we at 12½d, 55…

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Does Salt Increase Weight of Butter?

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

It is generally taken for granted that when an ounce of salt is added to a pound of butter the weight of the salted butter is an ounce more than before the…

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Why Don't We Grow Wheat?

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

THE March issue of "Life" just to hand is noteworthy for its extra Australian flavor. There is a stirring article by T. K. Dow, Agricultural…

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Dairy Salt

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

A good sample of dairy salt contains 97.5 to 99.5 per cent. of sodium chloride; the balance consists of such impurities as lime, calcium chloride, and magnesium…

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Dairying on Costly Land

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

Why is dairying in Holland prosperous in spite of her high-priced lands, high taxes and other high costs of production? (asks a farmer in the "New York…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & Co. LTD., report:--The market continues very animated and values show on falling off from the rates current during the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. What Good Manners Really Mean. (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

That "good manners" are nothing in the world but a certain form of unselfishness and thoughtfulness for others is a new idea to many girls,…

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The Farmers Column. Raising a Pet Pig

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 4

This is like everything else, easy enough if you know how. But we hear many say that they have never been successful in their efforts…

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Largest Dairy in N.S.W. Milking Machines Used

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

AT Ben Lomond, Mr. T. A. Stirton, the well-known pastoralist, is dairying on a very extensive scale. At present 350 cows are being milked under one roof and this number will…

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Facts & Fancies. a Pearl Oyster Farm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 4

There are many peculiar industries and trades, but probably this is one of the most peculiar of these. Japan, the land of odd objects,…

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Farm and Field. Watering Horses

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 3

Opinions probably differ more on the subject of water for horses than on any other part of their treatment, and owners, breeders, and grooms are never…

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The Farmers Column. FERTILIZERS And How to Use Them Intelligently

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 3

Nitrogen promotes growth, phosphates promote fruitfulness and early maturity, and potash increases quality, says Professor Hammond…

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Butter and Cheese-making Cows

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 3

I thoroughly endorse every word anyone suggests as to keeping milk records. They are more instructively guideful as to the actual value…

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The Farmers Column. a Novel Churn. How Butter Can be Made in Two Minutes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 3

Butter made in two minutes ! This it is claimed can be done easily with the Garbutt Patent Churn, which has created quite a revolution in the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (COPYRIGHT.) (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.) the Right Way to Get the Corn Started

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

Prof. R. S. Cooley here outlines some of the Essentials--No farmer should consider that he knows it all--Refresh the memory with a…

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1,000 Dairymen's Views. on Machine Miking

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

IN every. dairying district in the Commonwealth will be found successful dairymen using Milking. Machines. There are 1,000 "L.K.G"…

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