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Farming & the land, 1909

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Australian Butter Production. a Shortage Expected

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

The prospects before the butter market in the various States are now being studied closely, and the position is one in which the producer is largely interested. Present…

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Fruit Trees and Dairy Farming

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

We have often commented upon the fact that this district is well adapted for the cultivation of various kinds of fruit, and wondered why more attention has not been given…

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Agriculture, Etc. Valuable Farm Paint

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

Milk paint is a good preservative. It is an old mixture, not generally known. If properly prepared and applied, milk paint makes about the best and…

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The Danish Butter Fraud

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 2

A Danish Butter Trade journal in its ssue of 27th November says :—“In the course of investigating the Alberti frauds…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 1

If any favoritism is to be shown in the way of feeding, it should be to the dairy cow. Benefits can be derived from…

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State Butter Factory. Strongly Opposed by Farmers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

Some 20 or 30 residents of Berry and the surrounding districts met at Kiama on Tuesday to discuss the Government proposal to establish a…

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The Proposed State Butter Factory

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 1

Mr. A. Hay, Coolangatta, writes:—That Mr. Meares should advocate an anti-agricultural education policy for the dairy farmer must strike those engaged in the industry with…

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The Price Of Butter. Another Attempt to Fleece Consumers

The Bega Budget · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

For some time past a small section of the butter trude in Melbourne has evinced a strong desire to bring about an advance in the…

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Co-operative Dairying. Danish Successes

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 7

Some Interesting remarks on the Influence which the co-operative system has had on Danish agriculture have been made by the British Consul in…

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The Dairy. Hay Tea for Calves. How It Is Made

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 7

When full supplies of milk are not obtainable, hay tea is beverage that young calves are fond of, and it suits them well. "The idea of using it…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 1

Eight thousand tons of wheat awaited shipment at Fremantle on January 30. Mr C. M’Pherson, of Buangor,…

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State Butter Factory and Dairy School. Agricultural Scientific Education Proposal. Strong Support for the Project

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 1

The much discussed and much-misunderstood proposal of the Minister for Agriculture to establish a dairy school for the dissemination of scientific agricultural education at Berry was…

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Co-operStionists Oppose a State Butter Factory

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 12

Representatives from each of the South Coast Co-operative butter companies were present at a meeting of delegates held at Kiama on Tuesday…

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Agriculture, Etc. Rotation Cropping

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 5

Mr Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm, in New South Wales, is a stanch advocate of rotation cropping. This year he has obtained…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 1

There is a big demand for dairy cows in Tasmania, but irksome quarantine regulations prevent a large export from…

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Our Ladies’ Letter. the Farmer and His Sons

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

The news to hand that a farmer in the Temora district, with the aid of his two sons and one laborer, made a profit…

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Co-operative Dairying. Danish Successes

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 3

Some interesting remarks on the influence which the co-operative system has had on Danish agriculture have been made by the British Consul in…

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The Dairy. Hay Tea for Calves. How It Is Made

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 3

When full supplies of milk are not untaxable, hay ten is a beverage that young calves are fond of, and it suits them well. “The idea of using it…

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Foot-rot in Sheep. Methods of Treatment

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 7

Footrot may be caused by splinters on other matter getting Into the foot. Its is most common amongst sheep running on boggy pastures, especially If they…

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The Dairy. Gleaning Dairy Utensils. Foundation of Success. Some Useful Hints

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 7

Whatever may be the conditions under which the modern dairyman works the bedrock principle, which must always be adhered to a success is to be…

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