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Farming & the land, 1909

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Australia Butter in England

The Bega Budget · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 3

London, March 19. Although Australian supplies are falling off and shipments seem to be nearing the end, the butter trade shows no…

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Dingoes and Sheep. a Fable

The Bega Budget · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 4

Once upon a time, when the world was younger than it is now, a great flock of sheep were feeding on rich and abundant pastures…

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Immigrant Farm Workers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 2

NUMBERS of specially selected young men continue to arrive under the Government's scheme of assisted immigration. These young men, whose ages…

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District Crops and Pastures

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 4

Down about Berrellan, and also between there and Numba, there are some fine green crops of planter's friend, sorghum, and maize. If some…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 1

Some Brownell’s Beauty potatoes grown in the Fumina country, near Moo, weighed up to 1½lb each…

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Stomach Worms in Sheep the Disease Described an Official Report

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 5

Mr Sydney Dodds, M.R.C.V.S., Principal Government Veterinary Surgeon and Bacteriologist in Queensland, in dealing with the…

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The Coming Dairy Country

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 7

The show is a great educator (writes the Brisbane Daily Mail correspondent, referring to the recent Royal Society's Exhibition), and there is no question but that thousands…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 12

The secretary of the Shoalhaven Agricultural Society is in receipt of the syllabus of the Winter School for Farmers, to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 1

The Customs authorities at Cairns stopped a Java consignment of maize, because the bags were not of the size required by…

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Rabbit Destruction. G. M. McKEOWM, (Manager Wagga Experiment Farm.) Fumigation with Carbon Bisulphide

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 7

On the Wagga Experiment Farm the use of carbon bisulphide has proved one of the cheapest and most effective means of destroying rabbits in the…

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Immigrant Farm Workers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 6

NUMBERS of specially selected young men continue to arrive under the Government’s scheme of assisted immigration. These young men, whose ages…

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The Farmers' Party. New Movement in Politics

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 6

An Occasional Correspondent writes to the "Daily Mail":—This year is likely to be long memorable in the history or English farming…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 1

A farm of 300 acres at Berry was recently bought at £27 10s per acre, cash. A pumpkin, weighing 102…

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Winter School For Farmers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 2

The following are some particulars of the Winter School for Farmers, to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from the 21st June to…

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Rugging Cattle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 11

A correspondent, who is a keen advocate of rugging cattle, writes :—Rugging cattle is well known to many owners of dairy stock, and it would be hard to find…

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Colonial Butter in London

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 7

The Australasian's London correspondent, writing under date April 2, says:—The butter market has had a bad set-back this week, and prices all round have fallen…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 1

Even the best cows vary from year to year in their butter fat production. As a general rule potatoes…

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Queensland Farms

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 4

Welcome news indeed to anyone looking for a [?]tird form will [?] and in another [?] in the [?] W. [?]…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1909 · page 1

[?] the dairy instructor, [?] the falling off in the [?] of mulch cows in Victoria [?] of cultivation for…

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Stealing Butter

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 3

Benjamin Weber was charged with stealing butter from the Cobargo Creamery Butler Company's factory, while a servant of the…

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