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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 4

Those Notes are issued every week under the personal supervi[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, and are [?] on the experience of the Department. No. 515…

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Slot Telephones at Unattended Wheat Sidings

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 2

The Primary Producers' Union has been moving to have Slot Telephones installed at unattended wheat sidings, realising that the installation of these…

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Money in Tobacco. An Industry Offering Rare Returns to Up-to-date Farmers

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 4

The tobacco crop is not yet a very appreciable item in New South Wales, but it would appear from the comment of the Tobacco Expert of the…

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Dairying. Vary the Pasture. Grasses on the Coast

The Picton Post · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 4

Progressive coastal farmers are beginning to see the wisdom of sowing cult able granges and clovers with a view to providing a change from paspalum…

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Gallipoli Wheat Under Local Conditions

The Picton Post · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 4

Through the courtesy of the Victorian Department of Agriculture a sample of Gallipoli wheat—a variety from which good results have been obtained…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Wan on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 4

Those Notes are [?] every week under the personal supervi[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, [?] on the experience of the Department. No. 516…

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Thick or Thin Seeding for Wheat?

The Picton Post · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 4

The results of experiments in thin and thick seeding carried out by the Department of Agriculture have been summarised as follows:—…

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Lucerne for Wheat Farmers. King of Fodders Proves the Hospitality of the West

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 4

Experience is showing that the western districts are more hospitable to the growth of lucerne than was once thought. Generally speaking, about…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 4

Those Notes are issued every week under the personal supervi[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, and are [?] on the experience of the Department. Ne. 517…

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Dairving. the Care of Cream. Some Factors in the Production of Choicest Butter

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 4

Separate milk at blood heat as soon as you can after milking, writes the Dairy Expert of the Department of Agriculture, in a recent pamphlet on…

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Milk Trade Reform. Farmers' Aspirations

Camden News · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

The Country Milk Suppliers' Association is determined not to allow the matter of reform in the distribution of milk to drop. At a meeting of the council it was unaminously…

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Profitable Butter Production. Herd Testing Pays

The Campbelltown News · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 1

The publicity officer (Mr. J. M. Scott) of the Primary Producers’ Union, writing on the 4th instant, gives some interesting facts on herd-testing, and…

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Milk Trade Reform. Farmers’ Aspirations

The Campbelltown News · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 6

The Country Milk Suppliers’ Association is determined not to allow the matter of reform in the distribution of milk to drop. At a meeting of The council it was unanimously…

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Nature Study with Wheat. a Pamphlet Designed for Farmer Junior

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Whatever he touches, the American is persistently "different." In Zane Grey's "The Desert of Wheat," the hero weighs in with a two-page extract…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Those Notes are issued every week under the personal experience supervi[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, and are on the experience of the Department. No. 518…

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Dairying. the Calf Knew. The Danger of Petty Spurge

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

"He won't cat it. I don't know why—it seems good green feed." The owner of the calf spoke resentfully; the calf regarded its owner with…

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Primary Producers Union. Butter Position

The Campbelltown News · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 6

Stabilised up to 30th September Next. instant as follows: New South Wales and Queensland have evolved to the 30th September next on the…

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Profitable Duck-farming. Cheap Food a Prime Necessity

The Campbelltown News · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 7

Way back in the time of cheap pollard and bran, when meat offal was plentiful and easily obtained, and when tallow skimmed from the boiling…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 20 April 1921 · page 4

Those Notes are issued every week under the personal supervi[?] of the Minister of Agricultural and are [?] on the experience of the Department. No. 519…

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Primary Producers' Union. Butter Position Stabilised Up to 30Th September Next

The Picton Post · Wednesday 20 April 1921 · page 3

Mrs. Scott, publicity officer, P.P.U., writes on the 11th inst., as follows: New South Wales and Queensland have evolved a scheme of pooling and…

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