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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Points Foe Wheat-geowers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 11

The following are some pointers which the manager of Bathurst experiment farm put together recently, and which state the case for best methods so…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 11

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefic, Minister Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 92. AGRICULTURAL:…

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Good Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

Mr. Chas. Farraher, of Woonons, has returned from a visit to his uncle, Mr. John Farraher, of Mount Green, Candelo. Mr. Farraher says his…

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Motive Power on the Farm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

The internal combustion, or Oil Engine as it is generally termed, is most favourably regarded by the progressive farmer, as it makes him practically independent of hired…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 8

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon.J. L. Trefic Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 93. DAIRYING…

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Rural Topics Agricultural Department Notes Yanco As a Dairying Proposition

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

Following a close inspection of a representative part of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, the Dairy Expert has confessed the conviction…

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Cattle Sales

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 2

ON Monday morning last Messrs. George Grey and Ernest Marks trucked to the order of Mr. David Dunn, of Beaudesert, Queensland,…

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£10 Butter Fat Prize. Won by Illawarra's

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 7

Some time before the Bangalow society's 1912 show, says the "Bangalow Herald," the mutter of holding what night be termed "teams" contests as…

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Dairy Farmers' Association of N.S.W.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

At the last meeting of the executive of the above association, held at the office (143a Pitt.street, Sydney), there were present- Messrs. R. Shepherd (President), D…

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Motive Power on the Farm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

The internal combustion, or Oil Engine as [?] generally termed, is most favourably regarded by the progressive farmer, as it makes him practically independent of hired…

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Dapto Show. Splendid Cattle Exhibit

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 10

The Dapto A. and H. Association's 55th annual show eventuated on Tuesday and Wednesday, and is demonstrated the fact that it requires…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 8

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trofle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 94. AGRICULTURAL…

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£1,666 From £8. Record Wheat Yield

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 3

From the produce of a quarter of seed, for which he gave £8 8s. in 1910 (says the London "Daily Mail"), Mr. W. K. Elgar, a member of the…

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The "Alfa-Laval" Cream Separator. an Absolute Necessity in a Dairy

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 1

The sales of the "Alfa-Laval" Separators during the past twelve months have eclipsed all previous records, and every year of its existence these…

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Live Stock on the Farm. Necessary to Future Fertility

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 8

The future prosperity of Western Canada depends entirely upon the adoption of proper methods of agriculture, among which exclusive grain growing…

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Trespassing Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 5

At the Wollongong Small Debts Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. Fitzhardinge. Deputy S.M., James Bartlett, of Goondarin Creek, sued Hugh…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 8

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervisions at the Hon. J. L Freds, Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 96. AGRICULTURAL…

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Dairy Farmers' Milk Co

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 12

At an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Dairy Panniers' Co-OPerative Coy., held in Kiama on Tuesday, a resolution…

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Rural Topics Dairy Farming and Sugar Beet Growing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 16

It has already been demonstrated in the Maffra (Gippsland) district that beet sugar growing and dairying fere complementary industries. The…

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Agricultural Department Notes South Coast Farmers' Experiment Plots

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 16

Reporting on the trials of green fodders which were made on the farmers' plots on the South Coast last year, the inspector for the…

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