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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Farm and Field. What is a "Starter?"

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 2

The term "starter" when used in collection with buttermaking means a preparation used to assist in the development of lactic fermentation in the…

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The Farmer

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 3

The boar should be kept in a pen and some distance from the sons. Nothing will retard the growth or…

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Dairy Farmers' Meetings

Camden News · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Camden dairymen held on June 10th, it was decided unanimously that all information possible in connection with the different Milk or…

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Farmers' Column

Camden News · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 2

We made enquiries from the Department of Agriculture for information concerning sugar beet, cost of plant to convert the juice into sugar, etc. The response was the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 2

These Notes will be Issued every week, under the diroction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trelle), and are based mainly on tho experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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Our New Serial Story. the Rentons. Now First Published. His Ust and Best Effort. Book I.—the Disappearance. Chapter I.—The Elvers' Farm House

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 2

It was late in the afternoon of a glorious June day in the year 1878. The dust on the country road, leading from Lapton (a fair-sized market town in—Shire)…

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The Farmer. Feeding and Butter Fat

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 3

One of the [?]allacies still believed is that the butter fat production of a cow can be increased by feeding Of course, in one way, it is, in a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 7
Also in The Wollondilly Press

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister foe Agriculture (Hon J. J. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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Manuring for the Dairy

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 3

On this subject a test, which is vouched for by the "Farmers' Gazette," Ireland, is that "a field of poor clayey soil was selected, and…

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Farmers' Column

Camden News · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 10

Last, year Britain imported more than 1,770,000 rabbit skins from Australia. Owing to the good rains during the last months, bees have been storeing honey…

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Farmers' and Settlers Association. THE R.W.U. CLAIMS

Camden News · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 5

On Friday evening last a number of local dairymen assembled in the School of Arts to hear the views of Mr. R. Patten, president of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 2

These Notes will he issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle) and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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A Record Wool Clip

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 4

We have received a copy of the "Annual Wool Review" published by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., which is now in its thirteenth year of issue, and as…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 7
Also in The Wollondilly Press

These Notes "will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. J: Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. with its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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The Wollondilly Press (Late "Bowral Free Press.") 19.7.11 Dairy Farmers Union of N.S.W.

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 4

A meeting of dairy formers, convened by Mr. F. A. Badgery, was held at the Royal Hotel, Bowral, on Saturday night last. The attendance…

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Farm Notes

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

It does not do milk any good to remain in the udder too many hours after it is secreted, neither does St do the cows any good…

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The Farmer. Breeding Heifers Too Young

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 3

The farmer who breeds a heifer at less than two years of age evidently does, so in order to begin 'realizing a profit from her as early as…

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Dairy Farmers Union

Camden News · Thursday 20 July 1911 · page 3

The meeting of dairymen and others called by the Dairy Farmers Union last Friday night was not by any means satisfactory to the promoters. Apart from the…

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