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Farming & the land, 1907

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The Backwardness in the Wheat Planting. Is the Season Wholly at Fault? a Cowra Demonstration

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 4

With the almost certain prospect of a fine price for wheat next year, it is doubly lamentable that the acerage put under crop will, in this State at least, fall…

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Farmers & Settlers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 3

Delegates to the Farmers and Settlers Conference, which ia to take place in Sydney on July 9, will have a business paper embracing upwards of 160…

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A Practical Lesson on Farming in Gundagai. £300 From Five and a Half Acres

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 2

On Monday last a representative of this paper paid a visit to tho farm of Mr E. G. Cooke (of the firm of E.G. Cooke and co.), Hanley—street,…

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The Wheat Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 2

There are indications that there will be no further rise at present in the values of wheat. It is reported from New Zealand that the price of wheat…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 4th June:—The wool market continues steady, with moderate transactions passing, locally…

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Sweating Children on Dairy Farms

The Worker · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 8

When Randolph Bedford, in the "Snare of Strength," drew, a sharply etched picture of the dull despairing life of certain children on a dairy farm, learned gentlemen who…

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The Maize Crop

The Worker · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 19

It has been repeatedly stated that there ia a "Maize Ring" in Sydney, which villainously manipulates the maize market for its own profit and the glory of Private…

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Sheep Smothered

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

Two hundred and thirty-six sheep out of a mob of eight hundred and eighty-three were smothered at Lucas (Vic). They were all right the…

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Branding Travelling Sheep

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 4

BATHURST.—The liability of owners neglecting to brand travelling sheep with the letter T has been a matter of much…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Article. [All Rights Reserved.] Profitable Mushroom Culture

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 6

THE particular species of eatable mushrooms is familiar to ertry one. Mushrooms may be grown in any place where the conditions of temperature and…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

Mr. E. C. Richardson intends freezing rabbit carcases at his freezing works during the summer. He will receive rabbits from September next…

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The Dairy. Improving the Dairy Herd

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 5

Extracts from a paper read by Mr Primrose M'Connell at the last Dairy Conference, London:— It is not very difficult to point out…

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Farm and Field. Regulating the Weight of Horse Loads

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 5

It is highly probable that a good deal of general uncertainty exists as regards the actual hauling powers of horses. Prima facie, of course, a heavy animal…

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The Rabbit Pest and how to Deal With It. To the Editor “Farmers’ Review.”

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 7

Sir,—Permit me to put the rabbit problem, as I understand it, briefly before your readers. In the first place, it is the…

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The Dairy, Effect of Food on Milk

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 3

The effect of food on milk is an oft-debated point, though difference of opinion frequently arises from ambiguity as to what is really meant. On…

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Farm and Field. Experiments with Potatoes

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 3

Some instructive experiments with potatoes have been carried out this sea on by Mr. L. Watson, of Clareville New Zealand. The conditions were similar a…

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The Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 8

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., report:— The market continues with a good inquiry, although transactions have…

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Farm and Dairy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 6

Cow-testing associations, similar to those in Denmark, are being established in Canada. When any 20 farmers agree to weigh the milk from each cow…

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Farming Without Capital a Famer's Opinion

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 6

"Enthusiastic plodding work is the best capital one can possess when taking up land. This will carry anyone through." Thus Mr. W. T. Cartwright…

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Victoria. Wheat for Export. a Big Decrease. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

The total wheat received at the Williamstown Pier Station this season, up to Saturday, amounted to 1,310,224 bags, which is considerably less than in the…

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