Farm and Field. Experiments in Potato-Growing
In the sixth annual report issued by the West of Scotland Agricultural College, there is a detailed and interesting account of a set of experiments made in…
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Farming & the land, 1906
434 stories in South Coast's papers · page 13 of 22
Faulty Butter Grading. (Extract from Brisbane Courier, 3rd July.)
The Agent General has received vigorous complaints with respect to the grading of recent shipments of Queensland butter from three Liverpool produce firms, Furness and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nowra Co-operative Dairy Co, Limited. Monthly Report
As may be expected at this time of the year, with the very strong westerlies blowing, the supply of cream has decreased. The output for the month was 27 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Oldest Wool Firm
Our pastoralists and producers and all interested directly or indirectly in the primary and staple industries of the Commonwealth, will note with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Field. Teaching Agriculture in the School
The question of teaching agriculture in the Victorian State schools has often been discussed, but no practical steps in that direction have yet been taken. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dairy. a Profitable Swindle
The necessity for drastic legislation against the "doctoring" of butter (writes the London correspondent of the "Canterbury (N.Z.) Times" is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Faulty Butter-grading Extract from “Brisbane Courier,” July [?], 1906
The Agent-General has received vigorous complaints with respect to the grading of recent shipments of Queensland butter from three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. Wheat and History
The first free emigrant to Australia who undertook the cultivation of the soil of this broad continent was (writes the "Sydney Mail"), a German, by name…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Illawarra Cattle in Queensland
Mr J. Hardcastle, of Dugardan (Q.), says the “Queenslander,” was the first to introduce the famous lllawarra dairy cattle to the district, his well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berry. Central Butter Factory. Municipal Matters
The usual monthly meeting of the Board of Advice in connection with the Central Butter Factory was held on Wednesday last, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Parliament. Dairy Expert
Mr Morton asked the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture,—(1.) Is it a fact that the Federal Government have asked for the services of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Sales
Special cattle sales are advertised in this issue by Stewart and Morton in Nowra on 3rd Aug., and Mr C. A. Cork at Milton on Thursday next Hunt and Oakes announce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Cattle Sale
Lowcock, Broughton, and King, stock salesmen, of Tamworth, report having just, completed the sale by private treaty of 1350 fat bullocks in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shoalhaven Cattle for Queensland Shows
The usual consigment of prize cattle from Coolangatta Estate for competition at Toowoomba and Bristane (Queensland) Agricultural Shows was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter and Cheese As Conveyers of Infection
Some time ago an interesting experiment was undertaken by Professor Delepine, of the Public Health Laboratory, Manchester University, England, into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Butter Trade. Victorian Export Season, 1905-6
The butter export season now drawing to a close has been both peculiar and interesting. Perhaps never before in the history…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brevities. Farm and Field. Ten-dressing Pastures
According to the Bishop of London, the Church of England has spent £10,000 a week for no fewer than ninety years on the education of Artificial pastures receive very attention in the shape of winters topressing. When a forest is cleared, what with the heavy coating of ashes that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep or Cattle at Nowra Hill? (To the Editor.)
Sir,—During my recent visits I have asked various Shoalhaven farmers to state their opinion whether sheep forming would be more profitable than dairy farming on and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Butter and Milk. Talk About Tests with the Dairy Expert
At the close of a lecture by him at Kiama. Inst week (vide “Reporter”), Mr O’Callagham, Government Dairy Expert, answered quite a Dumber of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural Education & Farm Life
Mr John Cook (Woodhill) writes:— It is a boon to the country that our Government is waking up to the necessity of a sound agricultural…
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