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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

608 stories in South Coast's papers · page 10 of 31

Lime in Farming

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 6

It is not possible in every instance to indicate certainly whether liming is needed. It will be needed sooner [?]or later on all light uplands where…

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A Practical Minister. Educating the Farmer

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture will issue at an early date the first instalment of the department’s weekly “notes,” which he intends to…

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Dairy Farmers' Union. Branch Formed in Berry

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

There was a large attendance of dairymen at the meeting on Wednesday, convened by Mr R. Shepherd, to form a branch of the Dairy Farmers' Union…

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Dairying Matters

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 12

Anyone studying the returns from the dairy herds, and noting the number of cattle employed in dairying in the State, must realise that there is an enormous loss…

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The Dairy Science School

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 9

Some time ago there was nearly a riot in the South Coast districts because the Government proposed to establish a Dairy Science School, where the butter industry could be…

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The Farmer. Preparing Show Stock

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 8

The coats of young stock, an experienced herdsman remarks, are important, and he thus explains his practice with young bulls: "About…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 5

Those notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honerorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. L. Trofle), and are based mainly on…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 5

These notes will be issue every week, under the direction of the Hon. Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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Dapto Experimental Plots. Oats, Wheat, and Clover

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 4

Last week Mr. Makin, of the Agricultural Department, was busily engaged sowing seed in the Government experimental plots on Mr. G…

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The Dairy. Fattening Pigs. the Modern Practce

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 3

An English pig breeder states that as soon as young pig are capable of taking a sufficient amount of food for themselves they should be accustomed…

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Cattle

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery report :-2,137 yarded. The supply largely consisted of useful butchers' beef, with a fair showing of good to prime of…

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Indian Cattle

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 5

One of the first things to impress the stranger on landing in India is the prevailing presence of the cattle, for wherever one goes the patient…

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The Test of the Dairy Cow. BABCOCK V. PEDIGREE

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 1

At the Royal Show (writes Mr. Frank M’Caffrey, hon. secretary of the Illawarra Dairy Cattle Association) we had several days among…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. For the man on the Land

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 9

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the…

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Tie Farmer

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 10

Argentine live stock exports for 1910 were: Cattle, 7,037! sheep, 53,510; horses, 2,331; mules, 3,978; donkeys, 184. Antwerp continues…

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The Dairying Industry

Southern Star · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 4

THERE has been a good deal or disturbance in dairying circles lately. The Arbitrary fixing of the price of butter in Sussex-street by two…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Wheat Sowing

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 8

Expecting early rains, farmers have been sowing large areas of wheat. The danger of this practice lies in there being enough moisture in the soil to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Southern Star · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4
Also in The Ulladulla and Milton Times, The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser

THESE notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based…

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