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Farming & the land, 1906

434 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 22

Berry Stud Farm. Ministerial Inspection Extension Proposal Approved

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 7

Mr H. D. Morton (president of the Berry Society) spoke of the desire manifested by many farmers on the coast for some time past to have the farm extended to admit of…

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Big Wheat Crop in America

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 3

A special report from Chicago to the Boston "Herald" of 23rd October, says that people who have of late been through the wheat-growing States in the…

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Feeding for Butter Fat

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 10

A bulletin from the Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University, U.S.A., describes experiments carried out on ten cows, to ascertain…

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Farm and Field. British Food Imports

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 3

The value of the living animals imported for food during the ten months ended 31st October was L8,281,821, compared with L8,678,560 last year. Number…

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Immigrant Farmers

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 2

The Head of the Intelligence Department writ[?]s to us as follows :— “Will you kindly assist me in the following matter by showing me to…

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Butter Faking

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

The Australian Agents-General, at their last weekly meeting, had under consideration's matter of great importance to butter shippers and…

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State of the Sydney Market. From the Farmer's and Set. Tler's Co-operative Society Sydney Thursday at 12 o'clock

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

Back fatters 35s to 70s; baconers 35s to 50s, porkers 15 to 33s 6d, stores 6s to 20s; maize 4s; potatoes £5 to £7 10s per ton; bran 10d; pollard 1s…

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Broomhall's Australasian Wheat Beady Reckoner

Southern Star · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

This book, compiled by Mr. L. F. Broomhall of 18 bridge Street, Sydney, the compiler of the Grain Merchants Ready Reckoner, conjointly with Mr. G. K. Gregson has been…

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Educating the Farmers. New Departmental Scheme

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture him prepared a list, of the conditions upon which in future, additional subsidies will be paid to agricultural societies. "with a view of…

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Farm Oilstones and Grindstones

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

Freqently the oil and grindstones on a farm become irregularly worn, and in a condition to ruin edge tools, as at A (fig 1.) At fig. 2 is shown a stone worn into an…

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Dairy Bull for Berry

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 2

Mr E. J. Evans, of “Cooyong,” Dapto, has sold his shorthorn bull “Royal Duke” to Mr W. Srong, of Jasper’s Brush, at a very satisfactory…

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Butter Export Committee

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 3

We have received a full report, of the first sitting of the Butter export Committee, recently held in Sydney, Mr. J. T. Rogers presiding. Following…

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The Berry Exhibition. Opened by the State Minister for Agriculture. a Fine Show of Dairy Cattle

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 4

The twenty third annual exhibition of the Betty Agricultural Association on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday last compared favorably with former…

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BEMBOKA . (From our Correspondent.) [?] Comparative Butter Company

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of the above [?]pany was held at the Factory on [?] last, at 2 p.m. Mr. G. E. [?] and J. P. , was in the chair…

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Pure Butter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 8

The question of pure butter is being widely discussed in agricultural circles in Great Britain. At a recent meeting of the Bucks Chamber of Agriculture,…

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Farm and Field. Remarkable Butter Yield

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 8

A most remarkable account of butter production from a Jersey cow is being published in the American papers, to which a few references may be…

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New Butter Making Process

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 8

A committee of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, has just made public its report on the Taylor process for buttermaking. It is recommended that Mr…

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Dairy Salt

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 8

A good sample of dairy salt contains 97.5 to 99.5 per cent, of sodium chloride; the balance consists of such impurities as . lime, calcium chloride, and magnesium…

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Butter Trade in London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 8

At an interview between the Premier, the Hon, J. H. Carru[?]hers, and Mr. C. E. D- Meares, manager of the Coastal Farmers’…

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Wheat Rust Spores

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 7

Consul-General Guentber,of Frankfort, Germany, reports that according to German papers the most important work with reference to the rust of cereals has…

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