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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1882

107 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 6

Agriculture. Station Farmer [?] by an [?] and Garden [?] Old Colonist. [?]Mongering Sheepskins

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1882 · page 2

THEY are the fortunate few amongst Colonial Sheepowners who have never felt they would like to be able to fellmonger or take the wool from a few sheepskins. The…

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For the Farmer. Conference of Farmers' Unions

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1882 · page 4

A CONFERENCE of delegates from the various Farmers' Unions in N. S. Wales, was held at the Post Office Hotel, York-street, on Wednesday and Thursday last, in conformity…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garden. Improvements in Sugar Machinery

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1882 · page 2

IN a sentence it might be said that though Australia is the very youngest of sugar-producing countries, she stands already in the first rank in the all…

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The Bega Cattle. "Fides et Justitia." Wednesday, April 26th, 1882 OURSELVES

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1882 · page 3

In assuming the responsibilities of the Editorial department of the Gazette, we do so under a deep sense of their magnitude and importance. A well…

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Burrawang and West Camden Farmer's Club and Agricultural Society

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1882 · page 4

ON Wednesday and Thursday last, the third show in connection with the above society, was held at Burrawang and all things considered may be said to have been fairly successful…

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The Care of Sheep

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1882 · page 4

IN pasturing sheep and lambs the benefit is not only to the animals, but to the pastures, which are greatly improved. Sheep are very indiscriminate feeders, and will bite not only grass, but…

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For the Farmer. Crossing Breeds

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1882 · page 4

I KNOW of no case where a now breed has been made of two well-defined breeds, the now breed having the excellences of the first cross. It is a common experience, not only as you have shown…

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Agriculture. Fencing on the Farm or Station. by an Old Colonist

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1882 · page 2

THERE no question concerning the necessity for fencing in connection with colonial agriculture, whether the occupation we are engaged in is grain-raising, or stock, or sheen-farming…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm and Garden. by Old Colonist. Leather As a Product of Colonial Cattle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1882 · page 2

THERE is no joke intended. The leather product referred to is the hide, not the carcass of colonial cattle. And, in times of low prices, all who have to sell know well that the…

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For the Farmer. The Failure of Soil Analysis

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1882 · page 4

TWENTY-FIVE yours ago formers were advised to have soil of their fields analysed, in order to ascertain what crops could be grown on them to the greatest profit. If a plot of land was…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm and Garden. Gardening on the Farm

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 25 May 1882 · page 1

IN a preceding paper reference was made to the benefits which accompany gardening from the outset of settlement. The subject was not opened in any mere speculative or…

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For the Farmer. How to Make Superior Bitter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 25 May 1882 · page 4

AT the annual convention of the American Dairyman's Association. Professor Lewis, an acknowledged authority upon dairy matters, made the following remarks upon…

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For the Farmer. The Farmer's Co-operative Company

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 1 June 1882 · page 4

MR. G. A. Porter, writing to the Illawarra Mercury, on the 22nd May, says:— SIR,—The first annual meeting of the Shareholders, of the Co-operative Company…

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Co-operative Butter Company. The Armies of Europe

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 8 June 1882 · page 4

The first annual meeting of the shareholders of the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Butter company (limited) for the election of directors, was held in Kiama on Wednesday DURING the course of his lectures in Sydney, Mr. Archibald Forbes delivered a lecture on "The Armios of Europe," before a crowded audience, at the Masonic Hall. He commenced…

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Station, Farm and Garden. the Question of Small Versus Large Farms

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 8 June 1882 · page 2

EVERY now and again there is discussion aroused regarding the suitability for colonists of what is termed the small farm system. In our columns also, the question has been…

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Station, Farm and Garden. the Question of Small Versus Large Farms

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1882 · page 2

EVERY now and again there is discussion aroused regarding the suitability for colonists of what is termed the Email farm system: In our columns also, the question has been…

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Station, Farm and Garden. the Question of Small Versus Larger Farms. [?] in [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1882 · page 2

Every now and [?] than is dissuasion aroused regarding the notality.for colonies of what is termed the small farm system. In our columns [?] the question has been…

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Station, Farm and Garden. Sheep As Part of Australian Agriculture

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 15 June 1882 · page 2

THE stupid theory that sheep were in sonic way or other antagonistic to farming, or to settlement in the colonies, in passing away. It never had any-solid ground in justification…

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For the Farmer. a Co-operative Experiment

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 15 June 1882 · page 4

THE first annual report of the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company, limited, which was submitted last Wednesday to a meeting of shareholders is worthy of something…

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Station, Farm & Garden. Crops That Could Be Increased, Tobacco.—first Paper

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 22 June 1882 · page 2

THIS is an old colonial product, but, from various causes which we shall endeavour to investigate in this paper, it has not made the headway that might be expected. Yet the…

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