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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Irrigation Farming. The Choice of Site and Soil

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 4

Indicating the considerations that should govern the choice of site and soil for irrigation fanning, the Inspector organising the Agricultural Bureau…

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Our Desert Sheep

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 7

The subject set for composition was "The Camel" This is the essay that one small boy wrote: "The cannimal is a sheep of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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The Farmer's Burden

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

"Farm produce costs more than it used to." "Yes," replied the farmer. "When a farmer it supposed to know the…

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Agricultural. Irrigation Farming. Grades and Levels of the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

Continuing our review of the article on the above subject by the Inspector organising the Agricultural Bureau, we note, as one of the chief points to be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supe[?]lon of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No.223…

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Dairying. Grass Palatability Tests. At Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Picton Post · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 6

A report by the Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture gives an account interesting to dairymen of some palatability tests with grasses carried…

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The Liberals and the Farmers and Settlers. a Farmers Union Advocated

Camden News · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 3

It is seriously, proposed by these bodies—the one purely political and the other, partly political and partly industrial, to confer and possibly combine. Someone has proposed that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal cooperation of the Hon. w. C Grahame, M.L.A, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 224…

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Dairying. Lucerne Hay for Milk Production. Bone Experiments

The Picton Post · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 6

Experiments have been proceeding in connection with the Ohio experiment station, U.S.A., for the purpose of ascertaining with some degree of exactness…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 September 1915 · page 6

These Notes are lamed every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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AGRICULTURAL. No. 226. Wheat Breeding. The Nature of Variations

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 September 1915 · page 6

Some indication was given last week of the importance to New South Wales of the subject of wheat breeding and of the methods that are available for…

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Irrigation Farming. Laying Out the Farm

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 September 1915 · page 6

A suitable piece of land haying been chosen for irrigation fanning is accordance with the suggestions of the Organising Inspector for the Agricultural…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 15 September 1915 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W c. Grahame, M.L.A, Minister or Agriculture, end are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 227…

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Dairying. Cheese Mites. Not Merely a Curiosity

The Picton Post · Wednesday 15 September 1915 · page 6

To the average consumer the cheese mite is merely an object of curiosity, though many suppose that it is only to be found on a good cheese…

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Wheat Traffic

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 4

In view of the record harvest which there is every reason to expect will be garnered this season and to enable the Railway Department…

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Powdery Mildew. a Wheat Disease

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 6

Numerous questions have been addressed to the Department in the past four weeks, as to the cause of a whitish discoloration on the leaves on the and stems of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 6

There Notes are issued every week. under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame,, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 228…

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Irrigation Farming. Laying out for Farrow Waterings

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 6

The, contour plan of land intended for irrigation having been obtained in accordance with the suggestions made in the article referred to a fortnight…

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Dairying. Pure-bred Bulls. The Percentage in Denmark

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 6

Stock breeders can be divided into three classes, viz., breeders of pure-brod stock, breeders of cross breds or grade stock, and breeders of nondescript or…

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