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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

19 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Dairy Pointers

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 4

BEAUTY is only skin deep, even in a cow. No cow can keep a sweet temper when her owner has a sour one. The cow that gets kicked kicks back by…

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Cattle Ring-barking Trees

Camden News · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

Horses and horned cattle, when grass is in plenty, are known to eat the bark of the ordinary box tree as well as the above; the theory is that same is an antidote to severe…

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Notice to Farmers, Pastoralists and Land-occupiers Generally

Camden News · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

The present season will long be remembered as remarkable for the profusion of herbagr. It will also be remembered because of the appearance of many strange…

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Electricity in Farming

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 4

IN the application of electricity to everyday work, Germany has perhaps, gone further than any other nation. Electrically heated and operated cooking and laundry apparatus…

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The Weather and Crops

Camden News · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 1

Since the heavy rains of a week or so ago we have been blessed with abundance of sunshine, the roads to our farm homes have dried up, and the workmen of our Camden…

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Dairy News

Camden News · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 4

Mr. Hugh Livingstone, of Mullumbimby Casino, whose cow Mermaid won the butterfat test at the Casino show, and was also awarded the champion ribbon for heat dry…

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Dairy News

Camden News · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 2

Several prominent breeders of draught stock Windsor have lately been discussing the advisability of importing a first-class stallion from England in order to improve…

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Dairy News

Camden News · Thursday 26 May 1904 · page 8

At Parkes, several persons were proceeded against under the Pastures Protection Act for having failed to keep their holding clear of rabbits to the satisfaction of the board…

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Important to Dairymen

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 2

THE Campbelltown council at last meeting received the following letter from the Board of Health;— I have the honor, by direction of the Board of Health, to inform you that from time to tame…

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Important to Dairymen

Camden News · Thursday 9 June 1904 · page 1

The Camden Municipal Council at a previous meeting received the following' letter from the Board of Health:— I have the honor, by direction of the…

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Dairy Notes

Camden News · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 2

Mr. A. G. Marden, of Werombi, has got together by breeding and otherwise, a splendid lot of dairy stock. Grass is very plentiful in several parts of…

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Successful Crop Growing

Camden News · Thursday 30 June 1904 · page 2

In this district Agriculturists do not require to be told that the most successful growers are those who use fertiliser, and it is not absolutely necessary either to state…

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Sheep Dip. Those Using Quibell's Know Best

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 4

THERE is little need to advocate Dipping in Australia; it is a recognised necessity, and proved beyond argument a paying Investment. The question of…

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Poultry Farming

Camden News · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 1

What is pleasurable to notice are the many efforts made by local poultry breeders, like our dairymen, to attempt perfectness in their breeds of animals. A visit last…

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The Dairying Industry

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 2

AN exhibition of dairy produce was opened in the members' room at the Royal Exchange, Sydney, on Monday. The display has been made with the view of promoting the…

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A Xmas Pastoral

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 5

When the city's hot and dry, And the average man goes by [?] sections air,…

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For Profit Feed the Crops

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

ONCE it was deemed advisable to manure the land, but that being a costly process, agriculture did not make the advance it should. To-day, however, ideas are very different, for…

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The Dairying Industry

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 2

A MEETING of dairymen, presided over by Mr. J. Rudd, was held in the council chambers on Monday evening last to consider the question of the price of milk. There was a…

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Dairying Industry

Camden News · Thursday 15 December 1904 · page 1

At the Newtown Court this week a series of cases in which defendants were summoned, either for selling adulterated milk, refusing to supply an authorised officer with…

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