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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Dairying. Inferior Quality Cream. Chiefly Result of Want of Cleanliness on Farms

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 10

In the plainest language and with a great deal of force, the DairyExpert in the "Agricultural Gazette" tells dairy farmers that three…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 10

These Notes are issued every weak, under the petsonal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A.., Minister for Agriculture, and are based…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, and are…

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Dirying. Inferior Quality Cream. Preventing Deterioration on the Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 5

The suggestions of the Dairy Expert about cleanliness in milking and in separating have indicated to what a large extent dairy farmers have…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 5

These Notes are issued every week, under the petsonal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, and are based…

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Inferior Quality Cream. Preventing Deterioration on the Farm

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 22

The suggestions of the Dairy Expert about cleanliness in milking and in separating have indicated to what a large extent dairy farmers have within…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 7

These Notes are issued every week, under the petsonal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, and are based…

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Rural Topics Open Air Pig Breeding. an Adjunct to Dairying

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

In the Waranga (Vic) district, below Nagambie, in the direction of the Murray, there is an, interesting object lesson in connection with the pig raising…

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With the Light Horse in Egypt Jottings From a Dairy. On the Move

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 6

After spending approximately three weeks in the palm grove camp we set out on June 2nd for Kantarah. The transport carries us to the railway…

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Cattle for the Royal Show

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 7

Messrs. Graham Bros., of Shellhar[?]bor, took some of their fine dairy cattle to Sydney on Wednesday evening; also Mr. J. O'Gorman and Mr…

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Rural Topics Share Dairy Farming

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

The dairying difficulty here (Orbost, Victoria), has been overcome by applying the share principle of working. Not only so, but that principle is now…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 8

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahama, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, and are based…

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Albion Park Budget Experimental Corn Crops

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 7

The experimental corn plots in this district are the best aver cultivated here, and would be hard to beat anywhere. The cobs ore of great size…

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Dairying. Isolation of Sick Calves What Delay May Mean

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 7

Probably more trouble is Caused by delay in the isolation of sick calves, than by neglect of any other part of the work of the owner of a dairy…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 7

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, and are based…

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Boys' Farm Crops. Competition for Schools

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 2

The Education Department is co-operating with the Department of Agriculture in promoting competition amongst schools and pupils in order to…

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Cattle Sale

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6

Several Albion Park exhibitors at the Royal Show took advantage of disposing of their young stock providing that the amounts offered were…

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Butter Control

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Basche, Mackey and Twohill (secretary), of the State Butter Advisory Committee, and Mr. H. W. Osborne, Victorian representative on the…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 4

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, and are based…

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Dairying. Points in Breeding. How to Get a High-class Bull

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 4

A cow does not usually put up an extremely large milk yield until she has had at least two or three calves, and if she is a big producer her efforts…

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