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Farming & the land, 1906

434 stories in South Coast's papers · page 14 of 22

Our Oldest Wool Firm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 2

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The Dairy. a Profitable Swindle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 6

The necessity for drastic legislation against the “doctoring” of butter (Writes the London correspondent of the “Canterbury (N.Z.) Times”) is…

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Farm and Field. Teaching Agriculture in the Schools

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 6

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…

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Butter Grading

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 8

In view of the controversy which has [?] the matter of grading [?] the following excerpts taken [?] letter received by the…

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The Victorian Butter Agent

The Bega Budget · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 4

For the first time since the awful exposures of their villainies before the Royal Commission, the Victorian butter agents are lifting up…

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The Stud Sheep Fair

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 6

The oldest wool firm in Australia, Messrs. Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., have had the satisfaction of recording another great success in…

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Farm and Field. British Agricultural Statistics

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 6

Complete returns of the agricultural produce statistics of the United Kingdom for year 1905 have recently been issued. The totals for the United…

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Formalin Treatment for Smut in Wheat

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 11

"The Effect of Formalin and Bluestone on the Germination of Seed Wheat" is the title of a small treatise prepared by Mr D. M'Alpine, the Victorian Government…

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The Dairy. Management of the Separator

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 2

The points in the operation of a separator, given in their order of importance as bearing on the quality of the work are as follow (says E. H…

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The Dairy Cow

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 2

At the Dairy Farmers' Convention, held in Chicago at the end of February last, Mr A. B. Gurler read a paper on the individuality of the dairy cow. He…

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Water for Farm Animals

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 11

That not only unwholesome water, but a stinted supply, is fruitful of animal diseases, has been known for some time. About three-fifths of the…

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Farm and Field. Atmospheric Discoveries

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 11

French scientists have thrown down a challenge to the conclusions of an English scientist on the subject of liquified air. M. Gorges Claude has for years…

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English and American Fruit Crops

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 2

Latest reports to hand show that the fruit prospects in England are very discouraging, while record yields are anticipated in some parts of the United States…

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Shelter Tree for Dairy Farms

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 6

The Sydney papers on Thursday lost, in noticing the receipt by Mr J. D. Lord (Numba)of a school set of economic seeds from the American Department of…

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The Dairy. Points for Milkers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 11

Before milking, thoroughly clean the cow's udder and flanks, and then clean yourself, so that the particles of dust find dirt will not fall into the pail while…

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Government Control of Dairy Produce in Denmark

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 11

A law relating to the import and export of agricultural produce was passed by the Danish Legislature in March last. The law enacts that butter, cheese,…

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The Stud Sheep Fair

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 2

The oldest wool firm in Australian Messrs. Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., have had the satisfaction of re-coming another success in…

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Farm and Field. British Agricultural Statistics

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 2

Complete returns of the agricultural produce statistics of the United Kingdom for the year 1905 have recently been issued. The totals for the United…

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Government Butter Grader

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 4

It is rumoured that the Federal Government has offered Mr. Isaac Evans, manager of the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Co., the position of butter grader…

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Farm and Field. Spraying Potatoes for Blight

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 5

Mr Kirk (Government Biologist for New Zealand) states that the potato crop in that colony will show a shortage for the season. The havoc this year was in…

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