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Farming & the land, 1907

444 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 23

Commercial. Nowra Co-operative Dairy Co

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 8

The manager (Mr. L. M. Crawford) reports, March 7:—The scattered showers, although in parts of the district light, have had a good effect on the grass, which is…

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Farm and Field. "Bishoping" A Horse's Month

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 7

In these days of scarcity in the horse supply, various artifices, writes the "Chicago Breeders' Gazette," are resorted to in order to make the animal…

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Applying Farmyard Manure

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 7

When farmyard manure is carted from the heap to the field, it is best if possible, to distribute it over the last without delay. Care should betaken to…

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Government Stud Cattle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 9

A writer in the Australasian says: —Unprejudiced judges at any of the principal dairy shows, whether on the North Coast or on the Illawarra, must have often been…

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Influencing the Percentage of Butter Fat

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 10

When a cow is in full milk and full flesh, she will give her normal quantity of milk for at least a limited time, even although the quality and…

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Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. REPORT

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 9

The scattered showers, although in parts of the district wore light, have had a good effect on the grass, which is noticeable by an increase in the output, also an increase of 4…

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A New Output for Wheat. for Australian Farmers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 3

Repeated failures frequently beget success. Bruce, of Scottish history, lost twelve battles, and then encouraged by the success of a spider in its…

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Families for Dairy Farms

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 3

DAIRY.—FARMERS who leave more work, than they can comfortably manage with the labour available in their own family, and who do not feel disposed…

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Progressive Dairymen

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 7

On the Upper Richmond recently a number of dairymen have installed on their farm that modern labor-saving device—the…

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Farm and Field. Is Soil Inoculation Necessary?

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 3

Many highly extravagant claims for inoculation are being made in the United States by unscrupulous concerns advertising its materials for sale, and the…

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Cattle Sales

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 8

C. A. CORK reports having sold during the week, amongst other stock, a truck load consisting of 11 young dairy bulls, and 19 dairy heifers, consigned to Rockhampton North…

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Bloat in Cattle

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 7

From whatever cause. Moat In cattle, Is very dangerous, and unless help is soon obtained the animal will die. The mast effectual way of relief is to use an…

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Sheep-Breeding Suggestions

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 7

Secure, In the first place, a good ram of the breed desired. A good ram will easily add several shillings to the value of every lamb, so that the price of the…

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City Lads for Farm Life

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 8

The Immigration League is still Struggling with its scheme for the preparing of city lads for farm life It is reported that the stuff has proved of…

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Farm [?]

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Gamer River Agricultural Bureau S.A. Mr Krieg read[?] paper on "Farm Improvements" He thought that as the live…

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Advantages of Small Farms

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 7

If a man has the means of purchasing a farm of five hundred acres, and has the capital for suitably improving, stocking and cultivating the land, it might…

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Coming Clips and Crops

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 7

Australasians are proud of Australasian Institutions, and an institution peculiarly Ausstralasian is the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency…

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Farm and Field. Influence of Humus on sail Fertility

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 7

Humus is the name applied to that portion of the soil which is of plant or animal origin. Among the carly investigators there was a long controversy as to…

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Cows on the Wheat Belt. Dairying Spreading West. At the Wagga Farm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 6

THE Manager of the Wagga Experimental Farm has supplied some notes to the Agricultural Gazette on dairying experience at the farm, which are…

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Should Cattle Judges Be Trained ?

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 3

Disagreements are common among judges at agricultural shows (writes “Spero” in the “Live Stock Journal”), especially as regards animals which…

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