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Farming & the land, 1908

494 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 25

The Dairy. the Special Purpose Cow

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

Mr T. L. Haecker, of the Minnesota Agricultural College, U.S.A. is a firm believer in the "Special purpose" dairy cow. In his opinion, any other kind of…

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Farm and Field. The Wheat Outlook

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 10

The salient feature of 1907 has been the continued and maintained increase in the price of wheat. The growth in values has not been confined to any…

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Special Butter Market. [To the Editor)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 9

SIR,—The re-action from the phenomenally high values of 150s in London has resulted in prices there falling to 116s. To-day's cable reports that the market has…

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The Milk Trade. Meeting of Dairymen at Berry

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 6

A well-attended meeting of dairy farmers was held at the School of Arts, Berry, on Wednesday afternoon, to consider the advisability of forming a co-operative milk…

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The Dairy. Good Cow's Yield

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 10

anadian farming papers have recently been discussing the question of what quality and quantity of milk a profitable dairy cow should produce. Replying to…

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The Dairy. the Special Purpose Cow

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 3

Mr T. L. Hac[?]ker of the Minnesota Agricultural College, U.S.A. [?]is a firm believer in the “special purpose” dairy cow. In the opinion, any other kind of…

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Farm and Field. Concrete Floors

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 3

No substance is so suitable for floors for farm buildings as concrete. It can be easily kept dean, clean and is five from all smells likely to be troublesome on…

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The Dairy. Salt for Cattle

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 7

It is evident that dairymen have not fully realised the importance of giving their cows access to salt. In its connection some very interesting…

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Peculiar Mortality Amongst Cattle

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 8

Mr. J. Ree, local butcher, met with a serious loss on Saturday and Sunday. A couple of days previous he landed in Milton with about thirty fat cows, purchased in…

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Milton Butter Factory. Extraordinary General Meeting

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 5

The extraordinary general meeting on Thursday of shareholders in the above Company was largely attended. Mr. F. W. Cork, Chairman of Directors, presided. After the reading and…

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Foreground Farms

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 8

A farm of 84 acres in the Parrish Estate, Foxground, has been purchased by Mr. W. Scott for £17 10s per acre. Another farm of 97 acres,…

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Sale of a Farm

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

Mr W. M. Hunt reports having sold Mr G. E. Keft's farm at Yerriyong, 100 acres, with stock and farm implements, to Mr Charles Irwin, of…

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Farm and Field. Stocking by Machinery

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 7

A Canadian, James Calder by name is according to a Canadian contemporary, the inventor of what he claims to be an entirely practical grain shocker,…

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Advising The Farmer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 7

It is amusing, when travelling by train (observes a writer in the "Otago Witness") to hear various occupants of the smoking carriage discussing the…

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Big Cattle Sale. William Rixon, Auctioneer

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

On Saturday last at the Bega Saleyards, Wm. Rixon held a special sale at which 1000 head were yarded, and nearly every line sold, prices being quite equal to previous sales. The…

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“Herald” and “Mail” Farm Competition. Result in the South Coast Division

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 4

The final divisions in the farm competitions, inaugurated by the proprietors of the “Sydney Morning Herald” and the “Sydney Mail,”…

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The Dairy. Salt for Cattle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 10

It is evident that dairymen have not fully realised the importance of giving their cows access to salt. In its connection some very interesting…

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Peculiar Mortality Amongst Cattle at Milton

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 9

Mr J. Rea, local butchar, met with a serious loss on Saturday ami Sunday. A couple of days previous he landed ia Milton with about thirty fat cows, purchased in…

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Advising The Farmer

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 10

It is amusing, when travelling by train (observes a writer in the "Otago Witness") to hear various occupants of the smoking carriage discussing the…

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Farm and Field. Stooking by Machinery

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 10

A Canadian, James Calder by name, is, according to a Canadian contemporary, the inventor of what he claims to be an entirely practical grain shocker,…

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