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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

494 stories in South Coast's papers · page 10 of 25

The Dairy. Salt in Butter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 3

The taste of the English consumer has been trained to prefer butter containing more or less salt. Nearly all that is sold is salted, and the quantity…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Co-op. Society

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 12

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Society is convened for May 20, for the purpose of considering and if deemed…

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Winter School for Farmers. at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 12

In consequence of the success of the Winter School For Farmers during the last two years, find the requests already made for a repetition thereof, the Minister for…

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Farm and Field. High Prices for Grass Seed

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 10

The prices at present being realised to grass seed in New Zealand are unprecedented. The autumn sowing is nearly completed, but there is no…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 1

A contributor to the “Tamworth News” writes as follows : —“Talking of share-farming, a boy aged 16 has put up a little…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Winter School for Farmers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 8

In consequence of the [?] of the winter school for farmers during the last two years, and the requests already made for a repetition thre[?] the Minister…

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Married Couples for Farms and Stations

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 7

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There Is Solid Money in Dairy Farming

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

A dairy—farm close to an important and rapidly-growing town situated in the heart of a rich and famous agricultural and stock…

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A Training Ground for Agricultural Labourers. a Matter for the Consideration of Farmers and Agricultural Associations

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 7

Our farmers are for ever calling out for labourers who understand agricultural work, so is the British farmer. The ploughman and the milkman are…

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Successful Dairying

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

"Success in dairying depends largely upon the proper feeding of the herd. There are two questions" (writes an American dairyman) "that the dairy…

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The Dairy. Automatic Milk Seller

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

In educational and sanitary matters German authorities lead all other. A very commendable feature has been introduced in several schools in Berlin…

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Farm and Field. Testing Soils

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

The officials of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture have in the last few years tried to improve and simplify the pot method…

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Winter School for Farmers at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 3

In consequence of the success of the Winter School for farmers during the last two years, and the requests already made for a repetition thereof,…

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Coastal Farmers' Society. Turnover for Last Year, £642,236. Net Profit, £8082 19s. 8d

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 1

While the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Company has bean going from bad to worse until it has gone into voluntary liquidation, the Coastal Farmers'…

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The Dairy. Automatic Milk Seller

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 10

In educational and sanitary matters German authorities lead all others. A very commendable feature has been introduced in several schools in Berlin…

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Successful Dairying

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 10

"Success In dairying depends largely upon the proper feeding of the herd. There are two questions" (writes an American dairyman) that the dairy…

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Farm and Field. Testing Soils

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 10

The officials of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture have, in the last few years, tried to improve and simplify the pot method…

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Farm and Dairy. Dairying As a Soil Factor

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 1

One important reason why butter dairying is so profitable is in its effect on the land. Over 90 per cent, of the manurial…

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A Training Ground for Agricultural Labourers. a Matter for the Consideration of Farmers and Agricultural Associations. By a Farmer

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 5

Our farmers are for ever calling out for labourers who understand agricultural work, so is the British farmer. The ploughman and the milkman are…

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The Dairy. Australian Butter Abroad. Preservatives Objected To

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 6

In the latter part of last year it was brought under the notice of the Department of Trade and Customs that a consignment of Australian butter had…

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