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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Pastoral Farmers' Wool. Hints on Marketing

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

Some useful suggestions on the preparation of farmers' lots of wool for market were made by Mr. Cuthbert Howard in a paper read by him before…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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Instruction in Dairying. Wollongbar Experiment Farm

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

For the young man who wishes to make dairying his vocation, there is no question that Wollongbar experiment farm is the place to acquire the…

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Dairying. Lucerne on the Richmond. Profitable in Several Ways

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

As was remarked in a previous article in these notes, the farmers on the Richmond River find that paspalum has not the feeding value where time and…

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Bleached Wheat. Effect on Value

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 3

What effect bleaching really has on wheat, from the point of view of milling value, is a very important one to farmers—particularly so if the weather…

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Si[?]age on Farmes

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 3

The first necessity for a farmer contemplating the making of silage is cheapness in handling and cheapness in growing the crop—and one of the most…

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Home-made Cooler. Useful on the Farm

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 3

An effective cooler can be made by using a flour barrel and a 10-gallon stone jar. Place the jar inside the barrel and surround it with charcoal,…

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The Dairy. Manufacture of Cheese. Hot Weather Troubles. High Acidity in Milk

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 3

Trouble is often experienced during summer by most cheese makers (states one of the New South Wales Government experts) on account of the high…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefie, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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The Seed-bed for Wheat. Why Plough Twice?

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

The practice seems to have been adopted lately by a few of our wheat farmers in the north-west, of ploughing their land twice before sowing, and…

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Painless Cattle-killing

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

Tests were made this week at Islington cattle market (says the "Daily Mail") of a new air-gun for the painless slaughtering of cattle. A prize of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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No. 89. Agricultural. Potato-growing. Grafton Experiment Farm Methods

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

Much useful work, instructive to the district and profitable to the farm, ban been done in the growth of potatoes at Grafton experiment farm…

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The Dairy. Variation in Cream. Why Tests Vary

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 3

Variations from day to day in the tests of cream supplied to factories are not uncommon. They frequently cause a feeling of dissatisfaction among…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. T[?], Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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No. 90. Agricultural. "Take-all" in Wheat. How to Control It

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

The appearance of "Take-all" in so many of our wheat fields this your is some evidence that the warnings of this Department, two years ago, were well…

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Cowpeas As a Seed Crop. Worth Thinking About

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

Under this title an article appears in the "Queensland Agricultural Journal" for December, which directs attention specially to the profits of…

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Pugilist As Farmer

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 3

John L. Sullivan, the famous pugilist, is now a farmer in the Abington district, Massachussets. He is no longer the Sullivan whom his friends knew…

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The Dairy. the Dairying Industry. Value of Herd Testing

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 3

The New Zealand dairy produce division of the Department of Agriculture has been conducting tests through assocations for three years, and valuable…

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The "Alfa Laval" Cream Separator. An Absolute Necessity in n Dairy

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

The sales of the " Alia Laval" Separators during the past twelve months have eclipsed all previous records, and every year of its existence these…

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