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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · 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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Dairying. Rearing Calves. Careful Feeding-Healthy Surroundings

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 6

"We prefer to take the calf from too mother as soon as dropped, never allowing it to nurse even once. By this method the cow soon forgets the…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 6

In the preceding articles on attempt has been made to indicate the ingredients of plants that are essential to animals feeding upon them. The…

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Dairying. the Value of Fodder Crops. In Present Circumstances

The Picton Post · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 6

"The increased cost of production and manufacture, together with increased taxation, leave some very serious problems that dairy farmers will…

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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. C Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 261. Agricultural. Observations on Weeds. Prevention and Eradication

The Picton Post · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 6

The means by which weeds are distributed were referred to in last week's "Notes" in the hope that their consideration would be of some use in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Them Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C Grahame, H.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 262. Agricultural. Harrowing Young Wheat. Crusted Surfaces

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 4

A point of considerable interest is raised is a note from the Manager of Coonamble experiment farm, in which attention is drawn to the success of…

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Dairying. Transmission of Desirable Qualities. Some Remarkable Variations

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 4

How widely bulls vary in their capacity to transmit dairy quality is shown by the results obtained from the Jersey herd at the University…

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Dairying Utensils

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 3

The supplying of the Dairy Utensils which are required in connection with the Dairying industry is a very important branch of our business, and…

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A Sheep for a Cat

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 5

A correspondent who has travelled in the part of Spanish Guinea in which the remnants of the German forces In the Cameroons are seeking refuge, tells…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 5

"The Government is not going to be dictated to by Sir Allen Taylor and his friends. If necessary, we will make the bulk handling of wheat one of the…

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Pastoral. Docking and Marking Lambs. Choose Clean Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 4

"Before commencing to dock the lambs (in fact, the day before), the yards should be cleaned up, and any rubbish which might contain germs…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal Hon. W. C. Grabame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are the experience of the Department. NO. 263…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 4

In the classification of the principal foods, which was attempted a fortnight ago, as a means of indicating the way in which various fodders may…

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Farmyard Manure. Preservation of its Value

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 6

Here and there in this State are to be found farmers who have realised the value of farmyard manure, and who apply it regularly to the land before…

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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.C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 264. Agricultural. Drug Plants. Their Cultivation in N.S.W.

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 6

The subject of the cultivation of drug plants has been discussed in many quarters since the beginning of the war, supplies of some lines having been…

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Pastoral. Cross-breeding Experiments. The Cowra Results

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 6

The termination of what night be called the first stage is the Department's cross-breeding experiments with sheep at Cowra experiment farm,…

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Why Cattle Chew Bones. Reason for Unproductiveness

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 3

Mr. F. W. Clarke, who has just arrived from New Zealand, gives as interesting account of some of the difficulties experienced by dairy farmers in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 6

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

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A City Man Engages in Dairying

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 5

Mr. Brown was tired and disappointment was plainly depicted in his face. Formerly he had been engaged in mercantile pursuits in the city, but…

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Dairying

Camden News · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 7

If ever a claim says the "South Coast Herald" had justice on its side it is the request of the dairy farmers for an increase in the price of milk to ls per gallon. With the…

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