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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

373 stories in South Coast's papers · page 8 of 19

Price of Butter. Supply and Demand

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 4

At the [?] of the afternoon’s Still [?] commission letters in [?] the price of butter we [?] read [?] the Balmain…

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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 21 May 1915 · page 6

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An up-to-date Farm. Its Silos

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

On Friday last our representative paid a visit to that fine farm, portion of Galba Estate, leasod by Mr. Robert Higgins. In common with other…

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Dairying in the City. Some Interesting Particulars

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 3

Doubtless it has been a problem with many country residents how the 400 dair[?] registered by the Board of Health in the metropolis with their 9,000 head…

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The Feeding of Pigs. The Methods and the Crops

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 6

“The method of feeding which I thick is the [?] is to [?] about four or [?] acres each plant with maize in the spring, and…

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Live Stock. Shoulder Lameness. a Common Trouble In Farm Horses

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 6

Sprain of the muscles of the shoulder is an accident very commonly experience by the farm horse. It is most liable to happen to a colt doing his first…

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The Water Requirements Of Certain Crops

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 6

Some calculations that have been made by the United States Department of Agriculture to determine which plants are most economical in their use of soil…

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Price of Butter. Dairy Farmers and War

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 8

A number of dairy farmers represent[?] the [?] and [?]…

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Hawk[?]bury Agricultural College. Wheat School for Farmers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 6

Arrangements have been made for the [?] Winter School for farmers on [?] at Haw[?]bury Agricultural Colleges on Tuesday, [?] sad to…

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Ploughing Wheat In. a Question

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 6

[?] in wish a [?] what should be the [?] was a question put…

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Wheat Weeds Come. In So[?] M[?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 6

“Weeds are the [?]oval [?] of the farmer who is farming under limited [?]falle. All our work has pointed [?] the fact that from the standpoint of…

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Lads for Farm Work, Pitt Town Training Farm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 3

The facilities, offered at the Government Agricultural Training Farm, Pitt Town, near Windsor, for training youths for agricultural work, are neither so well…

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Dairying. Rabbit Infested Land. Dairying on 100 Acres

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 6

How may the best son be made of land in southern districts that is becoming unproductive owing to infestation by rabbits !…

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“Wheat Grab.”

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 8

A letter addressed to the Wheat Grab Board was quoted by A[?]orney-General. Mr Hall, as having been received by the Wheat…

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Bluestoning Wheat. a Practical Question

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 6

Supposed [?] “bluestoning” wheat with 3 lb. [?]stone to 20 gallons water; and have ten bags to treat, how many bags could I [?] before it would get…

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Sowing Wheat in Spring. As Experiment

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 6

The idea that wheat might grow in New South Wales if sown in the spring and harvested in autumn has been discussed on many occasions, and a trial…

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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 4 June 1915 · page 6

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford. M. L. A., Minister of Agriculture. N. S. W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department No. 212…

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Growing Wheat. The Width of the Drills

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 6

Some attention has been directed lately to the question whether the common practice in New South Wales of sowing wheat in drills seven to eight…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Milking the Cow

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 1

While the milking machine, in the care of an intelligent man, may solve the labor problem, it will do endless damage in the hands of a careless…

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Farmers' Association

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 3

The Candelo Farmers and Settler's Association held a meeting on Saturday afternoon. There were present, Messrs W. J…

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