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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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

Rural Topics A. Stawell (Vic.) Dairy Farm. Ayrshire and Jersey Cross

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 2

Following is from a description ("Leader") of an 80 acre farm which supplies the town of Stawell with milk:—Some crosses in cattle breeding are…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 4

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

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Dairying. the Breeding Herd. and Its Improvements

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 4

Professor C. H. Eckles, of the University of Missouri, U.S.A., recently made a pica for better breeding operations, declaring to a…

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Butter and Cream Quality Under Unfavorable Weather Conditions

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 4

Some indication of what can be done in the way of cream-quality notwithstanding apparently unfavorable conditions is affonded by some…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 4

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

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 3

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

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Dairying. Rearing Calves. to Get the Best Returns

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 3

Calves are a consideration Lo the dairyman at the present time, said a member of the Cotta Walla branch of the Agricultural Bureau in…

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Amazing Cattle Prices

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1917 · page 4

There was a sale of Holsteins at Worcester Mass (U.S.A.), recently to which our American exchanges devote much space (says the "Queensland…

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Dairying. Good Cows and Other Cows. What Testing Revealed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 3

"The mote he worked the less profit he made." That is the testimony concerning the dairy farmer who was a member of a Minnesota…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 3

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

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Dairying. Pepsin Whey. Its Effect on Calves

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 10

The Dairy Branch of the Department, lately received an inquiry from Tenterfield as to the effect of pepsin whey on calves, one of the suppliers…

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Potato Crops

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 5

This year the potato crops have been excellent, but owing to the heavy rains and the godden nature of the soil, there will unforuna[?]ely…

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Farming Notes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 10

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

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A Rival for Butter

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

Private A. J. Withers, a former editor of the "Courier," writing to Mr. A. J. Leece, from Codford Camp, Salisbury" Plain, touches upon…

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Rural Topics Red Poll Dairy Cattle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 2

Among the experiments in search of a dairy breed of cattle combining as nearly as possible, all the talents, is Mr. J. R. Mitchell, of Moredun Hills, near…

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Illawarra Dairy Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 5

In treating, on the subject of dairy cattle one is at once forced into the narrow lane of pedigbee which should be carefully fenced—so…

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