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Farming & the land, 1907

444 stories in South Coast's papers · page 16 of 23

Preserving Farm-yard Manure

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 5

Overheating of farmyard manure is avoided by keping the mass well compressed. This is secured, according to a leaflet issued by the Board of…

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Farm and Field. Care of Farm Machinery

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 5

Considering the money a farmer has to Invest in agricultural machinery one would think there would be no need to draw attention to the necessity of taking…

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Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Report to Suppliers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 9

The dry weather and westerly winds have made the cream supply come to a stand still at present. The output for August was 22 tons. The quality has not improved, for we…

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Self-education in Dairying

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 September 1907 · page 8

It is not possible to refer in one brief article to the many important subjects which must receive the attention of the dairyman if he is to make a success of…

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Commercial. Special Cattle Sale

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 19 September 1907 · page 2

Wm, Rixon’s special sale was held at the Bega yards on Thursday, There was a fair, number of stock yarded, including all classes. The buyers were…

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The Dairy Thickness of Cream

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 3

It is well understood, both by the dairy farmer and the public, that the quality of [?] is extremely variable. This, to a large extent, depends on the manner…

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Forecasting the Harvest. Action by the Farmers and Settlers’ Association

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 6

As is well known, it has been for many years the practice of the Bureau of Statistics, which is now a branch of the Intelligence Department, to publish…

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Butter Export

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 1

The question of butter export, which has been under consideration for some time, reached a further stage on Monday, when the Conference of those interested arrived…

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Butter Conference. SYDNEY

Southern Star · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 4

THE interstate canference to deal with the question of oversea freights and other matters affecting the export butter trade, continued…

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Export Butter Freights

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 2

A letter recently hppeared from Mr A. Griffith, M.L.A. regarding the hostile attitude of the Carruthers' Government to the new mail line, and the subsequent…

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Farm and Field. Horses for the Phillipines

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 3

A circular has been issued by Mr. John O. Bray, Consul-General for the United States, regarding the purchase of army horses in Australia for the…

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Continued Action of Farmyard Manure

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 3

The reason for the continued action of farm-yard manure on crops long after its application should be made apparent by a study of its analysis, which at once…

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The Dairy Acidity in Cheese-making

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 10

Since the Introduction of the acidimeter in cheese-making, Canadians have been developing from 1 to 1.2 per cent, acid on the curds—or, more correctly, in…

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Farming Notes

Southern Star · Wednesday 25 September 1907 · page 4

Sheep should be kept on every farm where the fences can be kept in condition. It costs no more to grow a good…

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Commercial. the Butter Market

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 2

Foley Bros, report; Sept. 21:— The dry weather right through the butter districts has shortened supplies, yet Victoria and Queensland are…

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Wheat

Southern Star · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 3

There is not a great deal of wheat in the district, but it has been abundantly proved that it will do well. It is, how-ever, a hard thing to leave the beaten…

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An Unlucky Farmer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 12

Since February last Mr J. Mulley, farmer, of Junee lost 18 milking cows and a draught horse through being poisoned by eating…

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Farm and Field. Decline of the Leicester in Britain

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 2

The old Leicester sheep, according to "The Field," now occupies an insignificant position to Great Britain. In the showyard it is represented by exhibits…

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Farm Labor in New Zealand

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 2

There is a very unsettled feeling amongst the farmers in some parts of New Zealand regarding the formation of Farm Laborers' Unions. The…

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Farm Sale

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 4

The sale of Mr. Geo. Comerford's farm of 48 acres, at Bolong, is reported by Messrs. Stewart and Morton to Mr. J.G.M'Lolland at £33 per acre…

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