Cross-bred Cattle. Success of the Illawarra Strain
Competition at the Royal Agricultural Show has proved how far crossbred cattle are acknowledged by dairymen as dairy cattle…
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Farming & the land, 1906
434 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 22
Glazed Butter
Under the caption âGlazed Butterâ German papers state that butter can be glazed by the use of sugar; that is, it can be coated with a glass-like…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Factory Floors
Substitute as soon as possible a cement floor for the wooden one now in the factory. Grade the ground to a slant of one inch in six test to a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Holds Up Tramcars. Traffic Delayed
A sheep, which would probably be dear at 50s, held up the electric tram or Service for half an hour on the morning of 11th January, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Manipulation. The Evolution of the Methods
"Faked," or manipulated butter it now sold in numerous shops, stores, etc. There would be no difficulty today in buying the article in at least one or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. Potato Diggers
Potato[?] [?]have been [?] for [?] the different type may be [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Value of Butter Tests
It is customary at many of the loading agricultural shows of Australia to have butter tests for dairy cows. As a rule, these are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat 30s a Bushsl
"I remember," said an old Gundagaite talking about the high prices that prevailed for wheat during the old days, " wheat being sold at 30s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mistaken Identity. the Butter-fingered Commander
The "Strasburg Courier" tells the following story:—In a little Alsatian garrison town, after the bugle "to quarters" had sounded, the commander, in multi,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Easter Conference of the Export Butter Committee
THE second conference of the Export Butter Committeee of the Coastal Farmers was held at the Wquitable Building on Thursday last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Field. Notes on Bone Manure
Nowadays bones are treated in so many ways before being made into manures that their proportions of nitrogen and phosphoric acid vary considerably when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Dairy Lands—Their Rental Value
If we take, for example, a tenant dairy farmer who has leased 100 acres of land, valued at £20 per acre, on a 5 per cent, rent basis, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Dairy Notes
Mr. W. J. Tweedie of Pambula, has purchased a couple of pedigree pigs at the Show sales in Sydney. According to sir. Francis Suttor,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field. Action of Lime on the Soil
The functions of lime when applied to the soil are very complex, and may be summed up as follows:— 1st.—Its influence liberates plant food…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greystanes Sale, Dispersal Ok Milking Short- Horn Cattle
Messrs William Ingles and Sons (in Conducted with Messrs Stewart and Morton of Nowra) Conducted a sale of a number of milking Shorthorn cows…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat for Pigs
There are one or tow facts in connection with the feeding of pigs which most [?] as general rules Fi[?] a young, growing pig requires…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Field. Care of Farm Machines
New [?] is over, the pre[?] [?] time for saying [?] taking proper care of the [?] during the harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Feeding the Dairy Cow
The actual solution of the question in money as to whether or not extra [?]ding pays can be soon ascertained by comparing the quantity of milk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Field. the Orchard
Although the fruit crop has not been very heavy, still there has been considerable tax during the season upon orchard soils. Attention will now have to be paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milking Shorthorn Cattle Association of N.S.W. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Milking Shorthorn Cattle Association of New South Wales was held on Tuesday. April 17th at 8 p.m., at…
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