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Farming & the land, 1911

608 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 31

Eight Hours on Farms

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 4

Mr W. McKeever. of Oudgera, who has long since adopted the eight-hour system on his dairy farm, under request of the editor, sent the following letter to the "Tweed…

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A Talk to Farmers. on Veterinary Science

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 12

Mr Sanderson, Veterinary Surgeon connected with the Stock Branch of the Agricultural Department, addressed a gathering of. some 40 farmers at the…

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Farmers Organizing. Monster Meeting at Kiama. Claims of Rural Workers Union to Be Contested. Kiama, Tuesday, 5.20 p.m

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 11

The meeting of farmers, to considen the best means to be adopted for the protection of the dairy industry consequent upon the claims being made…

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The Farmer. Marketing and Feeding

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 10

The little State of Denmark has attained a degree of agricultural prosperity which has attracted the attention of the world, says a…

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The Farmers' Meeting at Kiama. Rural Workers' Claims

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 5

As the dairy farmers of Illawarra are vitally interested in the formation of the Rural Workers Union, a record meeting for the district comprising…

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Glen Legh Subdivision Sale. Farms on New England Tableland

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

There is no more satisfactory sign of the times than the willingness of owners of rich grazing lands alongside the railways, to subdivide…

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Farmers’ Bulletins

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

THE Department of Agriculture has now in operation a system of distributing [?]cial bulletins relating to one port[?]ular subject, and already some forty…

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Productive Capacity of Dairy Cattle. M. A. O'callaghan

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 2

WE have at the Government Stud Farm at Berry representatives of all the principal dairy breeds of cattle, and records of the milk yields of these animals have…

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Bangalow's £100 Butter Fat Prize

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 5

The £100 prize, offered by Baugalow Agricultural Society for cow giving the greatest butter fat, was awarded last week to Mr. P. Walker, of…

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The Blue-grey Cross. Aberdeen-angus Cattle for Mowbray Park

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

Mr. G. Waley, of Mowbray Park, Picton, who recently disposed of Ayrshire Stud at record prices, is said to have decided to start a stud…

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The Dairy. Building Pig Styes. Useful Hints

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 6

Too many pig-styes (states the English "Farmer and stockbreeder) are built in a careless manner irrespective of sanitary arrangements and air space…

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Barrengarry Dairy Company

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the above company the manager (Mr. J. Moffitt) submitted a report showing a record payment to suppliers for at least the…

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A Dairy Agreement

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 1

V. McKeever, of the Tweed, is a believer in the share system of dairying. He claims that he gets more work done than the fellow…

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South Coast Farmers and the Rural Workers' Union. Record Meeting of Farmers. Daisy Farmers' Union Formed

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 6

As briefly mentioned in last issue, a record gathering of dairy farmers representing the whole coast, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Kiama, on Tuesday last. There must…

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The Farmer

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 10

The man who is breeding cattle for beef can get a pretty fair idea of the breeding qualities of his bull the first time he sees' his calf. By the…

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Productive Capacity of Dairy Cattle. (From the [?] Courier.) M. A. [?]LAGHAN

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

We have at the Government S[?]nt Farm at Berry representative of all the principal dairy breads of cattle, and records of the milk [?] of these animals have…

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Farmers and the Rural Workers' Claims. New Ideas, New Worlds, New Systems. Paths of Progress Marked with Blood and Bones. the "Fittest" Survive As in the Jungle or on the Warpath of Old

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 4

The following interesting article we take from the "Macleay Argus" :-- "The time is not far distant when the farmers will be called upon to show…

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Bight Hours on a Farm. Is It Practicable ?

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

"Continuing my mission in search of reliable information upon this question, I waited upon Mr. T. Love, Mayer of Kiama, and at once perceived…

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The Dairy. Butter Not Gathering

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 3

Frequent inquiries are received regarding the trouble experienced from butter, not gathering. The difficulty is pronounced in certain weathers. The…

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Butter

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 6

Prescott, Limited, Sussex-street, Sydney, report:--At 86s for first grade butter there has been a good demand from all directions, and we…

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