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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Farming & Mining Inventions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 17

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report the following applications for patents connected with the farming and…

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Strange Cattle Disease. Trouble at Bega

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 2

Considerable uneasiness prevails throughout the Bega district owing to the deaths of dairy cattle from some disease. This is the same that…

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War Canoe As Wool Carries

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 6

'Times change and we with time" might be writ as a motto on what is surely one of the remarkable vessels of the world, and once the doughty…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 147…

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Winter Fodder Crops. For Coastal Districts

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 6

The sowing of winter fodder crops should engage the thoughts and time of farmers on the Coast within the next few weeks. Better results, and more…

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Rating Farming Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

The secretary of the Citizens' Association has received the following communication from the Director General of Public Works:—With reference to…

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Special Butter Market Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 2

The Coastal Farmers' Society reports under date of 2nd March: Owing to the splendid rains on the North Coast, an early and heavy…

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Farmer and Dairymans' Milk Co

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 3

At the usual picnic of the Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Co. Ltd., held at Correy's Gardens, on Wednesday, Mr.` R. H. Anthon (director), in proposing…

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Veterinary Farm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

Frequent references have been made of late with regard to the necessity for a veterinary experiment farm. The Minister for agriculture (Mr. Ashford)…

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Pastoral. the Sheep Maggot Fly. And its Parasite

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

A report furnished by the Government Entomologist, as supervisor of the experiment station which has been established at Brewarinna for the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agricultural, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 148…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 140…

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Farming in the East. I.

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

The Japanese do nearly everything backwards from the way we do it. If the farmer is the possessor of a horse, and is fortunate enough to have…

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DAIRYING. N.S.W. Dairy Stock. An Era of Marked Improvement

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 6

In the course of a recent conversation on the improvement in the productive capacity of dairy cows of this State the Dairy Export drew attention…

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Illawarra Dairy Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2

Recently Mr. J. E. Noble, of Golden Gully, Jamberoo (says the Nowra Leader), purchased from Mr. Hugh Dudgeon, Hillview, Jamberoo, two…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the expedience of the Department. No. 150…

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Farming in the East. Ii

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6

When the rice crop in Japan fails, suicides greatly increase. By the way, some time ago, one of tho great daily papers of Japan, alarmed at the moral…

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A Farmer's Question. Wetting Hay Before Chaffing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6

A Riverina farmer, having read the articles from the Manager of Coonamble experiment farm on the growing and chaffing of wheateu hay, wrote…

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South Coast Jersey Cattle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 20

A recent issue of "The Dairy Bulletin" contains the following in connection with Messrs. Brown Bros.' Jersey stock at Yallah : —"Wollongurry is the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 6

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 151…

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