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Farming & the land, 1908

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There Is Solid Money in Dairy Farming

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 8

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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Farm Gate Fastener

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 3

The device shown in the accompanying illustrations (which are reproduced from the "Prairie Farmer") for fastening a gate through a wire fence is too…

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A Good Farm Whitewash

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

A carelessly-made whitewash will last only for a little while. It will pay to get the wash right in the first application otherwise the effects are soon lost, and…

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Farm and Field. Farmyard Manures

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

There is no fertiliser that can be more profitably used on the farm than farmyard manure (writes an American agriculture paper). The solid and liquid…

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The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 4

The balance-sheet of this Society to 31st. March last shows continued progress in co-operative marketing, and the turnover establishes a record…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 1

In the Nilgiri hills of southern India there dwells a race of men, To[?] who devote the whole of [?] career to the worship of…

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The Dairy. Australian Butter Abroad. Preservatives Objected To

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 10

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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Farm and Field. Farmyard Manures

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 10

There is no fertiliser that can be more profitably used on 'the farm than farmyard manure (writes an American agricultural paper). The solid and liquid…

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Farm and Dairy. Stripping [?]Ows

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 1

Professor M‘Connell, the eminent English dairy [?] says that he is one of those who all his life was accustomed to see…

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The Dairy. Rules for the Diary. the Care of Milk

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 6

The American Department Of Agriculture has issued a large cardboard for posting in cowsheds and dairies. It contains the following 50 rules on the care…

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Farm and Dairy. How Maoriland Is Losing

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 1

The New Zealand Dairy-man” has just made a startling discovery. It has found that the Dominion dairymen have…

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The Dairy. Rules for the Dairy. the Care of Milk

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 8

The American Department of Agriculture has issued a large cardboard for posting in cowsheds and dairies. It contains the following 50 rules on the care…

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Farm and Field. The Hop Industry

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 10

The "Times," in a recent article, stated that the acreage under hops to England is steadily decreasing, having shrunk from 51,303 acres in 1900 to 44,938…

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Identity of Butter in the Old Country

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 1

A New Zealander in the butter business, who has lately returned to the Old Country gives shippers a useful hint. He…

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Farm and Dairy. Proposed Government Studs

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 1

Queensland Government has decided to establish studs for breeding of draught horses at a claim of the State farms, with…

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Up North. Mr. Edward Jamieson Interviewed. Successful Mixed Farming

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 7

Mr Edward Jamieson, who for years lived at Bemboka, but now resides at Grantham (Queensland), is down here on a visit. A short time ago Mr…

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A New Departure in State Agriculture. Bringing the Department to the Farmer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 2

THE Department of Agriculture, which has recently been reorganised as a separate Department of State by the Hon. John Perry and his Under…

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The Coastal Farmers' Society

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society was held at Bangalow last week. The Chairman of…

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Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society. Half-yearly Meeting

The Bega Budget · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Coy., Ltd., was held at Bangalow on Friday last week…

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Farm and Field. The Wool Market

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 8

The wool market is still depressed. In the course of an interesting article on the subject, the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" of 2nd Mar concludes:—…

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