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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

17 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

The Business of Dairying

The Campbelltown News · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 7

Your business as a farmer must b[?] for the maximum output and a higher butterfat test. Methodically drenching each cow after calving, with Sykes’s Drench, is a big…

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Boy Migrants. Apprentices for Farm Work

Camden News · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 3

It has been generally recognised that the most satisfactory form of Immigration for increasing rural production in Australia is the introduction of boys…

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The Dairying Industry

The Campbelltown News · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 1

The Dairy Branch of the department of Agriculture, reporting on the tests of purebred cows, states that the…

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The Dairying Industry

The Campbelltown News · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 1

Mr. V. A. Ducat, president of the Campbelltown Branch of the N.S.W. Milk Supplier’s Association, is in receipt of the…

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Campbelltown Stock Sales. Special Cattle Sale

The Campbelltown News · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 5

On Friday of last week over 250 head of mixed cattle were yarded at Mr. A. E. Baldock’s yards. A very large attendance…

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Industry for Picton. Money in Tomatoes. to Produce Early Crops

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 3

The tomato has only been extensively cultivated in receipt years, but it has advanced so rapidly in public estimations as a useful, wholesome,…

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Dairying. Soldering For Dairy Farmers

The Campbelltown News · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 8

An elementary knowledge of the use of the soldering iron is of particular value to dairy-farmers. No farmer has to use tinware of…

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Stop Days Crippling the the Farmers

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 3

Despite the continued dry seasons which have been evident in this district for the past three or four years, the dairying industry is further…

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A Great Dairy Adjunct

Camden News · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 7

In these days when the separating of cream by certrifugal force is practically universal and when the separator is generally in use as the setting basins…

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Dairy Company Fails

Camden News · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 7

A sensation had been caused at Tare by the entry of a receiver into the Chatham factory on behalf of the National Bank, and cloning down of the…

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Impounding Cattle Disallowed

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 October 1924 · page 2

At the council meeting last Monday, D. Watson, impounding officer, reported having seized 10 cows belonging to G. Evans, and whilst driving them…

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The Milk Industry Campbelltown Dairymen

Camden News · Thursday 30 October 1924 · page 1

On Thursday evening of last week the annual meeting of the Campbelltown branch of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association was held. Mr. V…

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How To Keep Farm Accounts

Camden News · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 8

Farm accounts, to be really useful, are by no means easy to keep, but however difficult book-keeping may appear, it should be remembered that…

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The Farm Vegetable Patch. A Useful Spray

The Campbelltown News · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 3

Among the fungus diseases most important to the vegetable grower are the blights of potato, tomato, and celery, the downy…

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The Farmer. Backbone of the Country

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 2

A contributor (J. Mel.), writing of the trials of the man on the land, refers to the many disabilities under which he follows his calling. With…

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Farms and Factories. Henry Ford's Vision—big Cities Doomed

Camden News · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 2

According to Henry Ford the big city is doomed. In the America of the future, he suggests, there will be no New Yorks or Chicagos or other…

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Modern Milking Plant. Operating at Mr. S. Kirton, Junr’s., Farm, “Mount Gilead.”

The Campbelltown News · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 1

Mr. S. Kirton, Junr., a well-known dairyman of the Campbelltown district, has recently installed a four-cow Greenslade…

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