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Farming & the land, 1912

527 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 27

The Farmer. Buttermilk Paint

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 8

Among the many uses that buttermilk may be put to is the manufacture of buttermilk paint. The adhesive qualities of the casein…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. T[?]Minister of Agriculture, and are issued mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be [?] to the individual producer…

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Maharatta Farms. Bombala

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

Our correspondent wired ; the successful applicants for Maharatta blocks we[?]—Messrs. Catterill, Summerell, Dotterill, Arthur, Rev. Elliott,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 2

These Motes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tre[?], Minister of Ag[?]turs, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agriculture. Scientific Cultivation and Drought

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 8

"The greatest evils of drought are due to ignorant treatment of the soil." The farmer who has been practising a haphazard system of [soil cultivation—with the consequent losses in…

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The Dairy. Treatment of Pigs. Most Suitable Food

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 6

In a paper read before the [?]ailton Branch Board of Agriculture, Tasmania, Mr. John Donevan gave some useful hints on pig breeding and…

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Cattle and Their Native Homes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 10

The Jersey breed originated in the Island of Jersey, the Guernseys in another of the Channel Islands, called the Island of Guernsey…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 11

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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Improving the Dairy Herds

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 11

Ever since dairying has become prominent as an economic factor in rural industry, dairymen have often been perplexed at the extraordinary disparity in the milk and…

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The Dairy Conformation

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 10

In the selection of a cow we look to the conformation somewhat and much prefer a cow with a good, deep body, and this conformation is…

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The Farmer. How to Drive Away Rats

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 10

I expect it is quite generally known that rats and mice have very tender feet, and that they are very careful of them. If any sticky…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Wan on the Land

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

Three Notes are based every week, under the personal occupation of the Hon J.J.[?] Minster of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department [?]arise many problem covering the land and production which would be [?] be the [?] producer…

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Some Farmers Need a Maxim Gun

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

At a meeting of the dairymen held at [?]ius L[?] H. W. U. ch[?] one speaker said:—“ W. ar[?]ir is poor way of getting [?]…

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Cattle Sickness

The Bega Budget · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 3

A few weeks ago a complaint developed among cattle in certain parts of Bega district, which, naturally, alarmed not only those…

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The Revolt in China. Its Bearing on the Wool and Wheat Industry of Australia

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 7

Events so startling, and following in such rapid succession, in China, almost invariably heralding victory to the Rebel arms, so fiercely opposed to the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 2

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tre[?], Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. the Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be [?] to the individual producer…

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Poultry. Great Poultry Farm. Industry in America. Mammoth Undertaking

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 6

The following report of an American poultry form may be of interest. It is from the pen of Mr. Randolph Meech, an English poultry breeder and writer…

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The Dairy. Milk Production. Effect of Food

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 6

In England recently a paper was read by Mr Ginningham, of the University of Bristol, at a meeting of the Lydney and District Farmers Club. The points…

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Ensilage Crops

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 3

There is also a large number of plants that may be put into the silo, such as vetches, kale, cabbage leaves, silver beet, sugar beet, turnips,…

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South Coast Cattle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

Mr Morton, M.L.A, pointed out [?] the Kasha show that the cattle on the South Coast were particularly free from tubereglosis. In 1911 investigations…

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