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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

136 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 7

Butter Supplies

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

Whilst the Necessity Communities Control Commission was yesterday considering reports that a great dead of inferior grade butter…

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The Dairy Farmers' Co-Operative Milk Co., Ltd

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 7

The seventeenth annual meeting of the above Company was held at Albion Park on Thursday afternoon, 23rd inst…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 1

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

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Root Crops in Pig Feeding

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 3

Many of the ailments among pigs, a Western correspondent to the Melbourne Leader writes, are brought about in the first place by indigestion; often the result…

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The Fruit Crop

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

The Prime Minister recently suggested to a conference of fruit growers that the best way to meet the glut of fruit in the coming season, which…

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Group Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 3

The cattle stewards have decided to raise amongst themselves the money necessary to give 25 guineas as a prize for champion group of…

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Fodder for Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 3

That dairy farmers on the Coast are having a bad time is evidenced by the fact that September has arrived and they are still feeding their…

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Contagious Abortion in Cattle. Treatment by Serum

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 2

Sir Stewart Stockman, chief veterinary officer of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Scotland, to a gratifying attendance of stockowners, veterinary…

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Wool Made from Blue Metal a New Australian Industry

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 22

A less likely substance from which to spin wool than basalt rock, or, as it is popularly called, bluestone, could hardly be found. Yet this unpromising material…

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Charge of Unclean Dairy

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 19

In the Kiama Police Court last week Jesse Collier was charged on the information of T. V. Blomfield on two counts under the Pure Foods Act with keeping…

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Woodstock Dairy Co

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Woodstock Central Dairy, Co., Ltd., was held at the Board Room, Jambero, last Monday morning. Mr. John Walker…

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Farms in France. a Soldier's Observations

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1917 · page 3

Pte. Frank Ryan, of Numba, Shoalhaven River, in the course of a letter to his brothter, Mr. Peter Ryan, writes: "Dairy farms in France are conducted…

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Albion Park Budget. Dairy Farmers' Co-op., Co

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 September 1917 · page 2

The extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Dairy Farmers' Co-Op. Society was held on Thursday, 13th inst, at Albion…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 7

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

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Dairying. Nine Good Reasons for Individual Weighing and Testing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 7

According to the Louisiana State University, U.S.A., there one nine convincing reasons for keeping records of dairy cows. These…

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Dairying Outlook

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 3 October 1917 · page 4

Mr. C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society, who has completed a tour of the northern tablelands and all…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 1

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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Soldiers' Settlements. the Poultry Farming Scheme

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 4

Although it is not yet six months since operations were commenced at Bankstown, on the land acquired by Government for the estabilshment of…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 4

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, patent attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming…

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The Best Poultry Farm in the Shire

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 2

The Miranda branch of the Agricultural Bureau has arranged for a competition for poultry farmers in that district which is certain to arouse interest in…

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