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Farming & the land, 1906

434 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 22

The Question of Unsalted Butter

Southern Star · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

THUS the "Cantebury (N.Z.) Times:"—Messrs. A. T. Paterson and Co. publish an extract from a letter of one of their principals which throws…

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The Wool Trade. a Most Successful Season

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 3

The hurrying home of many Continental buyers indicates that the wool selling season of 1905-06 has virtually closed. From now to the end of the…

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Farm Field and DAIRY. The "Cravings" of Pigs

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 3

Every farmer who has kept piss in confinement has observed their strange craving for seemingly unnatural substances — sand rock, soft brick, mortar,…

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Shoalhaven Farms

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

Mr J. R. Knapp, of Milton, a well known farmer, has purchased the three farms occupied respectively by Messrs T. Britton, H. McLeod, and C. Fraser,…

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Duties of a Dairy Inspector

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 3

The work of dairy inspectors as designed by the law and desired by the Michigan State Department of Agriculture is (writes E. A. Haven,…

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Depth of Sowing Wheat

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 3

What is the best depth to sow wheat? Acording to an American report, who are wise and given to investigation do not sow as much wheat per…

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Dairy Salt

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 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…

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How the German Farmer Is Protected

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 3

The lot of the German farmer in his own country should be a happy one. He is protected in his industry by a paternal Government, and the…

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Farm and Field. Humus

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 3

The successful farmer keeps his ground well supplied with humus. Humus not only contains a large amount of fertilising material, but it assists in…

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Australian Wool Trade

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 4

We have received from Melbournoo a copy of Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.’s Annual Review, the contents of which are well worthy of perusal, as being -of…

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The Question of Unsalted Butter

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 2

Thus the “Canterbury (N.Z.) Times: —Messrs A. T. Patterson and Co. published an extract from a letter of one of their principals which throws…

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Damage to Crops

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm occurred at Milton on Saturday afternoon, lasting four hours, The lightning was exceptionally vivid. A rain cloud…

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At the Berry Stud Farm

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 4

Master H. Lindsay, son of Mr Geo. Lindsay (Horsley), has gone to the Berry Stud Farm to learn agriculture in its most up-to-date form. A term…

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A Visit to Toothdale School Farm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 3

On Saturday last the members of the Bega District Teachers’ Association visited Mr. J. A. Brown’s school farm at Toothdale. About a…

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Farm and Field. What Chemical Manures are Doing

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 7

An interesting paper on “The Value of Artificial Manures” was read by Mr Hall at a recent meeting of the Farmers’ Association at Yallunda, South Australia…

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Cattle for the North

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 8

Mr. Jas. Sharpe, of Gerringong, trucked during the week twenty fine backward springers (Shorthorns and red roans) to the order of Mr. Gilbert…

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Curing Pork on the Farm

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 1

In butchering any animal (says a writer in the "Prairie Farmer") it is important that it should be handled in such a way as not to unduly…

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The " Sydney Mail" and "Herald" Farm Competitions

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 7

The competition is for practical farmers. It is not for fancy farming. Profits will be uppermost in the minds of the judges. Some farmers who have written for…

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The North Coast Boom and the Dairying Industry

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

The BUDGET is growing weary of the man who runs about the country and returns "with glowing accounts, Ac., Ac." There's a lot of…

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Farm and Field. Farm Weeds and How to Fight Them

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 11

Philosophers tell us that weeds are only "plants out of place." The husbandman admits it, and finds the work of getting them into their place and…

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