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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Boys for the Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 6

It will still be in the recollection of readers how some time ago an effort was made to collect by public subscription, in Now South 'Wales, a dim of money…

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Good Cultivation. And North Coast Maise Crops

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 6

Discussing the progress of his work, and the valuable object lessons that are being provided by the farmers' experiment plots in his district, the Inspector…

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Hawkesbury College. Winter School for Farmers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 6

Arrangements have been made for the 1914 Winter School for farmers to commence at Hawkesbury Agricultural College' on Tuesday, 24th…

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To Keep Butter for a Length of Time

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 6

Melt the butter in well-glazed earthes pans at a heat not exceeding 180 deg [?]hr., in a water bath, and keep it heated, skimming it from time to time until the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 May 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. 157…

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Dairying. Renovating Paspalum. An Accident and Its Consequences

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 6

According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated' paspalum pastures by…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Winter School for Farmers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 6

Arrangements have been made for the 1914 Winter School for farmers to commence at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, 24th June…

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Starlings Damage Crops

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 2

Farmers have been complaining of the damage done to growing crops lately by starlings. The birds devour any seed not well covered, and have…

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Winter School for Farmers, 1914

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 8

Attention is hereby directed to "The Winter School for Farmers," which commences at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, June…

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Fences and Fencing. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 74

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 6

Another of the Department's bulletins has become available, under the title "Fences and Fencing." It does not pretend to be a complete treatise…

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Bulk Handling. Sea-Carriage of Wheat

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 6

Farmers' Bulletin, No. 81, entitled "The Sea Carriage of Wheat," which is haw available for distribution, is intended to provide briefly the answers…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agricultures, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 159…

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Dapto Dairy Farmers. the Milk Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

Mr. T. P. Harris presided over a special meeting of the Dapto branch of the Milk Suppliers' Association, held on Saturday, the object of which…

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Dairy Science Farm at Berry

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 5

Mr. Robertson (Berry) went into this matter fully, and showed conclusively that the Government had been remiss in carrying out the conditions…

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Formation of Dairymen's Association. at Dungog

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 2

In response to an advertisement, about seventy dairymen met at the Victoria Hall on Tuesday evening, to hear an address by Mr. E. R. Bigg on…

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Eat Wheat

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2

The following letter has been received by us from "The Child Study and Adult Health Association, of Australia, 284 Castlereagh-street, Sydney:…

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Dreadnought Boys. Farmers Keen After Them

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 3

The Dreadnought boys are a boom in the land. Four hundred of them arrived in Sydney recently. Three hundred and fifty are already spread over…

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Nut Margarine v. Butter. a Farmer's Question

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 6

The extent to which margarine is competing with butter in British markets, and the probability of the competition becoming even keener as the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 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. 161…

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Farmers at Court. Marshall Mount Case

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 9

At the Dapto Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M., the adjourned assault cases of Felix Pearson against Frederick Timbs and…

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