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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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The Dairy. Selection and Milking

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

There are some useful notes in the leaflet just issued by the English Board of Agriculture concerning the selection and milking of dairy cattle. In the…

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The Farmers Awakening

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 6

The following interesting series of articles, which appeared in the "Saturday Evening Post," Philadelphia, recently, were written by Mr. John…

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Farm and Field Scalding a Pig

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

Success in scalding a pig depends entirely upon the temperature of the water. A reliable method of determining this in as follows:—Before…

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Boys On the Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

The Question of interesting the boys on the farm is one of universal concern. An English paper, dealing with the matter, observes that a considerable…

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Is There Child Slavery on Illawarra Farms ? Inspector M'kenzie Says "No."

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

The assertion frequently made that child slavery obtains amongst the dairy farms of the North and South Coast of New South Wales has caused…

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The Farmers Awakening. (From the Philladelphia Saturday Post). II

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

Yet, much as machinery has meant to the farmer, science may and should mean more. But how awaken him to the grandeur of the opportunity ? In…

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The Farmers Awakening. II

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 6

The chief significance of all this lies in the fact that in no State is the level of agricultural intelligence higher than in Iowa. A man who had…

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The Farmers Awakening. II

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 4

Oat smut, a funguous growth that blasts the grain and spreads with amazing rapidity, is prevalent in the North Central Stales, and once cost…

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The Farmers Awakening. Ii. Worthless Cattle Medicines

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 6

The Iowa bulletin on condimental stock foods and tonics, issued last January, is hilarious reading, even for the layman. Nearly every drug…

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Information Invited From Wheat-growers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 4

The Wheat Experimentalist of the Agriculture Department is desirous or obtaining some definite data as to the minimum amount of rain required in…

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Albion Park Dairy Co, Ltd

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

A meeting of the above company was held at Albion Park Town Hall on Thursday last. There was only a small number of shareholders present…

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Farmers and Settlers' Society

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

An extraordinary meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society is convened for May 20, for the purpose of considering and, if…

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Winter School for Farmers at Hawkesbury College

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

In consequence of the success of the Winter School for farmers during the last two years, and the requests already made for a repetition thereof, the Minister for…

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Farm Talk. Bugs for Cows

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 6

New South Wales Government Davies Expert states that, in a test taken during an eight weeks' spell of wet and frosty weather, unrugged cows…

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Married Couples: for Farms and Stations

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 3

The Intelligence Department, Sydney, is doing a good deal towards making the lot of the man on the land much easier than it otherwise would be…

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Winter School for Farmers

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 4

The annual course of instruction for farmers will begin at the Hawkesbury College on the 22nd June, and terminates in four week! from then…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company. Weekly Market Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

Butter.—An easier tone has been experienced during the latter part of the week, chiefly owing to the fact that Melbourne buyers have not been operating…

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Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 4

Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Socty. We are in receipt of the directors' report and balance-sheet, which is to be placed before the shareholders of…

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Dairying in Japan

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 4

Among many evidences of the awakening of Japan is the attention the rural population of the country is now paying to dairying. Formerly,…

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Profitable Dairy Farming

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 15

The "Leader" (Melbourne) publishes the following letter:—"Sir,—Seeing notices in "The Leader" on this subject, I thought I would jot…

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