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Farming & the land, 1908

494 stories in South Coast's papers · page 12 of 25

Testing Dairy Herds

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 6

In many parts of the world the testing of the milk of dairy herds is carried out on a co-operative basis; and the Victorian Government is proposing to introduce a similar…

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Durable Home-made Farm Gate

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 5

The farm gate here shown, is 14 feet wide It is made of four boards 4 indies wide, the same style as is in general use, by using barb wire between boards…

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The Dairy. Feeding of Dairy Cows

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 8

The following instructive summary of results obtained in the course of experiments on the feeding of dairy cattle is given at the conclusion of Bulletin No. 5,…

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Farm and Dairy. Sheep on the Richmond

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 1

The Kyogle correspondent of the [?] Telegraph” writes : [?] on the close proximity of ticks to the Queensland…

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Butter Shipments

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 3

Large shipments of butter continue to be received in Melbourne weekly from New South Wales and Queensland. Yesterday three inter-State…

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The Overworked (?) Dairy Farm Child

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 4

To the ordinary lay mind the impression produced by the report made by Mr. Inspector Smith to tho Education Department on the conditions under which…

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

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 6

The [?] of Agriculture night has [?] been [?] as a separate [?] of [?] by the Her [?] and his under…

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Farm and Dairy. Per[?] Vent Dairy Question

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 1

Professor John Bower, in an American exchange, this cat[?] some of the dairy farmers [?] Are you aware that…

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Maize on the Farm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 1

Speaking of maize-growing on the farm recently, Mr. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm pointed out its…

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Farm and Field. Sheep's Burnet Grass

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 8

Among the fodder plants worthy the attention of stockowners, especially in the cooler parts of the State (writes the South Australian "Journal of…

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A Boom to Farmers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 8

At the Central Australian Pastoral and Agricultural Association Show, held at Bourke, three first prises were awarded to T. H. Hicks of North Botany, Sydney, he…

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A Handy Farm Roller

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 10

This design of a farm roller taken from the "Prairie Farmer," has been found satisfactory. The general idea is given in Fig. 1. The end beams are 3ft…

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The Dairy. the Aeration of Milk. Rectifying Bad Flavors

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 10

The "aeration" of milk Is an important matter. The term means the application of air with a view of dispelling any odor that the milk may possess…

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Farm and Dairy. the Shape of Milker

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 1

In trying to determine what [?] farm” really stands for when [?] applied to cattle, one [?] turns to study cattle…

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Farms and the Children

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 8

Thus the “Sunday Times” of last Sunday on the subject of child labor on farms. The refutation they ask for has appeared in these columns:—…

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Farm and Field. Agriculture in Argentine

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

As the reports from the Argentine Republic are at present ruling the European wheat market, the following facts from the latest report of the British…

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Durable Home Made Farm Gate

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 7

The farm gate here shown, is 14 feet wide. It is made of four boards 4 inches wide, the same style aa is in general use, by using barb wire between boards…

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Farm-hands From Great Britain

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 7

SCARCELY a vessel arrives from the United Kingdom without a small party of agricultural labourers who have accepted assisted passages for the…

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[?] and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 1

[?] is depressed by one [?] must forever stand [?] way to block the dairyman. from success. That…

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The Development of Mixed Farming

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 4

Sir,—The question of mixed farming has not receive the earnest attention in our district that should have been given to it. This is owing to the…

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