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Farming & the land, 1914

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Paspalum on the South Coast. Objections and Answers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 12

One of the main objections to paspalum on the South Coast appears to be the fear that it will spread into adjoining areas. In the April "Gazette," the officer of the…

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Heavy Sheep

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 3

The Australian meriro sheep has earned a world-wide reputation by the excellent wool it yields, and while particular attention has been paid by…

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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 1 May 1914 · page 6

These Notes see issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon W. G. Sehford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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The Use of Cocoa Shells J Fodder Foe Cattle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 6

A use has been found for the cocoa shells which are a by-product of the chocolate industry in France as fodder for cattle. The cows like it, and…

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Protection for Swallows. How Birds Help the Farmers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 3

The spring birds are to be protected in Europe, and indeed in America, as they have never been protected before, says the “Daily Mail.”…

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Dairying. Cheese. Its Proper Care in the Curing Room

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 6

The condition of cheese arriving on the market during the hot weather of the recent summer has reminded the Department’s dairy instructor who…

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Cattle-maiming Mystery. Girl Makes Amazing Confession

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 3

There was a sensational sequel at the Welshpool (England) Police Court to a local farmer's loss of ten cattle and the serious injury of an eleventh, Annie Evans, aged 15, a domestic servant, being charged with cattle…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 2

156. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Good Cultivation. And North Coast Maize Crops

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 2

Discussing the progress of his work, and the valuable object lessons that are being provided by the fanners' experiment plots in his district, the Inspector…

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Boys for the Farm

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 2

It will still be in the recollection of readers how some time ago an effort was made to collect by public subscription, in New South Wales, a a[?] of money…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. HERD-TESTING

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 12

The dairy expert, in an article appearing in the May "Gazette," draws attention to the fact that the practice of certain dairy farmers is already being modified in the…

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Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Winter School for Farmers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 12

Arrangements have been made for the 1914 Winter School for farmers to commence at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, 24th June, and to continue till…

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Cattle Ticks

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 1

The local stock inspectors discovered a particularly heavy infestation of cattle ticks on one holding in tho Uki district lasts…

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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 8 May 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture , and are based mainly on the experience of the Department…

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Farmers' Winter School

The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 8

The Shoalhaven Agricultural Society committee on Tuesday last had a circular setting out the arrangements made for the 1914 Winter School for…

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Boys for the Farm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 6

It will still be in the recollecting of readers how some time ago effect was made to collect by publics [?] in New South Wales, a [?] of [?]…

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Good Cultivation. And North Coast Maize Crops

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 6

[?] the progress of his work, and the valuable object lessons that are being provided by the farmers’ experiment plots in his district, the Inspector…

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Big Cattle Sale

The Bega Budget · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

Brown and D'Arcy report yarding upwards of 400 head of cattle at Towamba on Thursday. Buyers were in attendance from…

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To Keep Butter for a Length of Time

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

Melt the butter in well-glazed earthen pans at a heat not exceeding 180 deg. Fa[?]r., in a water bath, and keep it heated, slumming it from time to time until the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are baaed mainly on the experience of the Department. 157…

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