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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

129 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 4 of 7

Cheap Agricultural Education. Winter Schools for Farmers

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 May 1922 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture announces that arrangements have been made for the annual winter school for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury…

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Remember Next Year's Crop. a Reminder to Tableland Potato Growers

The Picton Post · Wednesday 24 May 1922 · page 4

The science of plant-breeding is far beyond the merely experimental stage, and most progressive farmers are well aware that it is possible to so guide…

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The Home Garden. How Long for a Crop? The Time Taken by some Common Vegetables to Mature

Camden News · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 7

Just as vegetable seeds vary very considerably in the time they take to germinate, so do vegetable plants vary in the time they occupy in maturing their crop. In the…

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On the Land. Friesian Cattle

Camden News · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 2

In that popular and very old-established magazine, "The Country Gentleman," a well known reviewer some years ago wrote that "the Friesian breed of cattle has literally…

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Campbelltown Soldiers’ Poultry Farms

The Campbelltown News · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 1

Dealing with a pile of correspondence some few days ago, and scrutinising the various advertising methods business people have printed on their…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any farmers desire information relevant to his work on the land not…

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Live Stock. Educate Stock to New Feeds. Crop Tastes that are Acquired

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 4

The taste for many articles of human food is an acquired one; so, too, is that for some stock feeds. Farmers are sometimes apt to forget thin. The…

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Campbelltown Soldiers’ Poultry Farms

The Campbelltown News · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 1

Busy kitchen gardeners on the morning of King’s Birthday holiday were employed mostly in burning off unprofitable growth from their garden…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 4

These Notes are looked every week,under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly an the, experience of the De partment No. 579…

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Agricultural. Ten Facts About Silage. a commodity that Makes Farming Safer

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 4

Farmers are still all too careless of the necessity of conserving fodder in the form of silage. Farming will be a more profitable and a safer thing in this…

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Campbelltown Soldiers’ Poultry Farms

The Campbelltown News · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 1

Rambler II. in his P.P.P. jottings last week asked a question which immediately brought the Editor’s blue pencil into action, and a representative of the…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes for the Man of the Land No. 880

The Picton Post · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are board mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Sydney Sheep Show

Camden News · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 1

What is certain to be an interesting item at the coming sheep show, Sydney, June 29, and 30, and July 1, will be the non-competitive exhibits by Camden Park Estate Ltd…

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Irrigation Farms for Returned Soldiers

Camden News · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 8

Mr. R. T. Ball, Minister for Agriculture in New South Wales, who is also chairman of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, announces that the commission has now…

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Campbelltown Soldiers’ Poultry Farms

The Campbelltown News · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 1

“Millions of people are wanted urgently to fill Australia's empty spaces” These words come under the heading of an exceptionally fine journal whose…

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Dairying. "Ask Babcock." Test that Points the Way to More Profitable Dairying

The Picton Post · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 4

If you want to know the time, ran the old song, ask a policeman. If you want to know your cows, runs the modern fairy saw, ask Babcock…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. These Notes are based every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are basics mainly as the experienced the Department. No.581. Agricultural. More Maize Per Acre. The importance of Early Ploughing

The Picton Post · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 4

what about that winter ploughing, Mr. Maize-grower? There is undeniable evidence that neglect to carry out ploughing…

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Campbelltown Soldiers’ Poultry Farms

The Campbelltown News · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 1

Perhaps not one person in twenty ever takes the trouble to consider the great difference there is between distance and time. For instance a person…

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AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAl Notes for the Man on the Land

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 583…

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Pastoral. the Greater Evil. Weasels and Stoats as Remedies for the Rabbit

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 4

That weasels and stoats should be introduced for the purpose of eradicating the rabbit is in idea that makes title appeal to the Government…

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