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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

212 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 2 of 11

War Canoe As Wool Carrier

The Picton Post · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 6

"Times change and we with time" might be writ as a motto on what is surely one of the remarkable vessels of the world, and once the doughty…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 6

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Winter Fodder Crops. For Coastal Districts

The Picton Post · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 6

The sowing of winter fodder crops should engage the thoughts and time of farmers on the Coast within the next few weeks. Better results, and more…

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Modern Dairying

The Picton Post · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 5

The drudgery which at one time was associated with dairying is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Just as machinery in many other instances has…

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Pastoral. the Sheep Maggot Fly. And its Parasite

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 6

A report furnished by the Government Entomologist, as supervisor of the experiment station which has been established at Prewarinna for the…

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DAIRYING. No. 148. a Foot Disease. Cases Among Cattle

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 6

Correspondence has lately reached the stock branch from several coastal districts, chiefly on the North Coast, indicating that cattle have been attacked…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are baled mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Facts and Fancies. Butter from Trees

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 7

In, Ashanti and around the woods near Kabba grows a tree resembling in appearance the English oak, which furnishes excellent butter. This…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are baaed mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 149…

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DAIRYING. N.S.W. Daisy Stock. An Era of Marked Improvement

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 4

In the course of a recent conversation on the improvement in the productive capacity of dairy cows of this State the Dairy Expert drew attention…

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Farming in the East

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 4

The Japanese do nearly, backwards from the way we do it. If the farmer is the possessor of a horse, and is fortunate enough to have,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 150. Agricultural. Pickling Seed Wheat. Recommendations for the Season

The Picton Post · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 6

Bunt, or stinking smut, is the commonest trouble that the wheat farmer has to contend against, and the adoption of some method of prevention, or…

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Farming in the East. Ii

The Picton Post · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 6

When the rice crop in Japan fails, suicides greatly increase. By the way, some time ago, one of the great daily papers of Japan, alarmed—at the moral…

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A Farmer's Question. Wetting Hay Before Chaffing

The Picton Post · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 6

A Riverina [?]ramer, having read the articles from the Manger of Coonamble experiment farm on the growing and chaffing of wheaten hay, wrote…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the of the Department…

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Pastoral. Ringbarking. Methods of Practical Men

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 6

The varying results obtained in the West by ringbarking has led the Stock Inspector at Cobar fcp make some in­quiries in his district lately, and the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 152…

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The "Alfa-Laval" Cream Separator Is the Breath of Life to the Dairying Industry

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 5

The enormous developing of the Dairying Industry in this State during the last thirty years is almost entirely due to the introduction of the…

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Pastoral. Ringbarking. Methods of Practical Men

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 2

The varying results obtained in the Went by ringbarking has led the Stock Inspector at Cobar to make some inquiries in his district lately, and the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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