Agricultural Department's Notes. Dairying. How to get a High-class Bull
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 2
Acow 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 will be…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 4
The maize crop which is to be harvested on the rivers of the Lower North Coast, is the largest yet grown, and splendid returns are…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Perfecting the Dairy Gow. the Human Factor
Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 4
Can we bring out any finer points in the cow of to-morrow? The question is asked by an American writer in an article in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rural Topics Kudzu—the Great Forage and Fertilising Crop. (To the Editor.)
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 20
Sir,—This plant is a perennial vine, and a native of Japan, from which fibre and starch are made, and the dried roots are largely used in the East for colds…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Commandeered Butter
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 2
Recently the Acting Premier—at the joint request of the Sydney butter exporters, instructed the agent general by cable, to enter a strong protest, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Commandeered. (To the Editor)
Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 8
Dear Sir,-On the 19th ult. a meeting of the Butter and Cheese Exorters' Association was held in Sydney, the following being ro re[?]ented…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 May 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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Motor Cars
Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 8
One result of the good season is that many of our farmers are going in for motor cars. In a big scattered district like this the car is a real…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Butter Pool
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 3
The statement published on Tuesday at the instance of the Commonwealth authorities, that it has been decided to pass into the Federal winter butter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. Butter Commandeered. (To the Editor)
Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 3
Dear Sir,—I have before me a circular signed by Mr. C. E. D. Meares, taking exception to my action in writing to the Acting Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Market
Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 8
The Coastal Farmers' (Sydney) report:-Although, as leading factors in the butter trade, we endeavored to ascertain in mid-February what the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Current Comment. the Age of Cattle
Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 4
The Royal Show Committee have decided that in future the actual age of all cattle up to 1st March must be given on entry forms…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 May 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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairying. Progress of the Industry. Influence of the Act
Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 4
The quantity and the quality of the butter manufactured in New South Wales butter factores in the months of October to February (inclusive…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 8
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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Corn Crops
Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 6
Almost all the farmers here have now completed pulling their corn crops, and in all cases the yields have exceeded that of other years…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Prices. the Producer and Grading
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 2
In regard to the proclaimed prices of 1/5 per 1b for choicest butter, 1/3 for first-grade and 1/1 for second-grade Mr. Arthur Knox, general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Queen of the Dairy Herd
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 3
Segis Fayne Johanna, a Holstein Fr[?]sian cow, owned by Oliver cabana of Elma Center, New York, today is world's champion, having…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 2
To-morrow (Thursday) one of the prominent herds of the district will be broken up and an opportunity given to cattle fanciers to secure choice…
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