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Farming & the land, 1906

434 stories in South Coast's papers · page 16 of 22

Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company. a Progressive Institution. Successful Year’s Operations

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 2

The fourth annual meeting of shareholders of the Nowra. Co-operative Dairy Company was held in Nowra yesterday, at the School of Arts. Mr…

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The Improvement of Dairy Cattle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7

A noteworthy feature of Mr Primrost M‘Connell’s excellent paper. “How to Improve Dairy Cattle,” read at the recent Dairy Conference in London, is the…

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Farm and Field. [?] in the Yield of Wheat

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7

At a [?] meeting of the Royal [?] a paper was read by Dr [?] of the Meteoro[?] entitled “An Apparent…

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The Dairy. Cow Losing Cud

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7

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Exhibits of Butter

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

At a meeting of the Kangaroo Valley Agricultural Society last week Mr J. Moffitt proposed that for next local show the exhibits of export butter and butter for colonial…

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Butter Trade with London. Proposed Australian Committee

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 8

At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company on Tuesday, Mr C. E. Meares, manager of the Coastal…

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An Up-to-date Wool Store. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Sydney

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 6

Amongst the Australasian wool-brookers none is more progressive than the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Founded…

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Mr. Meares and Dairy Legislation

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

Sir,—Mr. Meares, manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, some time ago warmly opposed the proposal to have export butter graded compulsorily,…

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Farm and Field. Home Grown Seeds

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 7

Farmers and gardeners frequently Complain about the quality of vegetable and flower seeds, the germinating percentage very often not being…

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Butter Faking

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 1

The extent to which butter "faking" is carried on in England and Europe, as shown by the revelations before the Butter Commission in England, is startling, and makes…

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The True Type of Commerce. The Power of Co-operation and What it Must Yet Accomplish. Australian Butter Committee in England

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 1

Speaking at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company, Mr Meares described cooperation, as the truest type of commerce. In New…

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Farm and Field. Green Manuring

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 2

It is a movement in the right direction to find that more attention is being directed to the advantages to be derived from green manuring in order to…

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The Dairy. Notes on Churning

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 2

Almost any farmer that has had anything to do with milk and its products thinks he knows all about making butter, and consequently will not listen to…

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The Dairy Industry in New Zealand

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 10

Dairymen throughout the colony (writes a correspondent to the Sydney D. T.) have received excellent returns for their past season's butter-fat (the butter-fat basis being…

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The Dairy. Making Butter From Sweet Cream. the Use of Ferments

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 7

Condensed from a “bulletin” by J. D. Leclair, St. Hyacinthe Dairy School, Quobee, Canada. This bulletin contains a detailed…

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Dehorning Young Cattle

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 7

Many authorities advocate the dehorning of calves by preventing their growth. In doing this they recommend the use of caustic potash…

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Farm and Field. American Meat Production

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 7

An estimate of the annual production and consumption of meat in the United States, by Mr W. C. Murray, special agent of the Department of Agriculture,…

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Breeding of Dairy Cattle. Lecture by Mr. Quirk

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 1

Mr P. F. Quirk delivered a lecture on the "Breeding of Dairy Cattle," at the School of Arts, Nowra, on Monday night, under the auspices of the Shoalhaven…

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Care of Dairy Utensils

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 3

This is the subject of Bulletin No. 131 issued by the Kansas Experiment Station, U.S.A. The authors are Professors O. Erf and C. W. Melick. In view…

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Care of Farm Teams

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 3

When horses are taken in to work from the grass after a long rest they do not need much grain at first, but the quantity should be increased,…

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