Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

390 stories in South Coast's papers · page 13 of 20

Dairying. Hard, Caked Udders An Affection of Young Cows

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 6

“It is probably alarming to most dairymen, but especially to the beginner, when a heifer that has been raised with much work and trouble,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Cheese v. Butter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 3

Mr. Wilkin, the Queensland Government instructor in cheese, thus sums up the butter versus cheese controversy : 500 gallons of 3.6 test milk…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Our Wool

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 3

“Whether Mr. Hughes has, or has not, advised the commandeering or control of the Empire’s wool production has not yet been definitely disclosed, but the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Grahams, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 273…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Dairying. Daisy Qualities of Cows. Can they be Influenced?

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 6

A new bulletin of the University of Missouri, U.S.A., records the results of a very thorough investigation of the effects of light and heavy feeding…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. a Profitable Crop. a Quarter Acre of ToMATOES

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 3

That tomatoes can be a profitable crop if handled so that the fruit is placed on the market before the bulk of that grown in New South Wales,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Dairying Industry. Results of Pries-Fixing

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

It is repeatedly urged that pricefixing has resulted in giving a big setback to the dairying industry. I have as good a knowledge of the facts…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Dairying in Winter

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 4

During the winter season, operations in connection with the dairying industry slacken off considerably, and consequently this is the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Co-operation In Manufacturing Farm Produce

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 4

It should be hardly necessary to point out the value of Co-operation in manufacturing and marketing farm produce, but as we have not availed…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

At the Door of a Farmhouse

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 3

"Madam," said the tramp to the farmer's wife, " have you any objection to my lying down in your yard here, and dying?"…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Pig and the Farmer. and How the Latter Is Rooked. To the Editor of the MAGNET

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1916 · page 4

Writing as a farmer I moat say that the present system of selling pigs by guess weight seems to me most unfair…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man of the Land

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 6

[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Farmers’ Conference

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 3

“The debate on the Progressive platform showed Conference in the best form. The [?] made in apparent that the objective of the delegates…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Profitable Crop. a Quarter-acre of Tomatoes

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 6

That tomatoes can be a profitable crop if handled so that the fruit is placed on the market before the bulk of that grown in New South Wales,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Goulburn Cattle Sale

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 3

W. H. Wheatley, Goulburn, reports having yarded 250O head of cattle on August 3rd, to a large attendance of buyers. Unfortunately the day was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Dairying.keeping Records and Testing.some Experiences

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

Once a dairyman can he induced to start keeping records of the performances of each of his cows it is not difficult to keep him at it. The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Meeting of Factory Suppliers. Cheese Versus Butter

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 8

The mee[?]ing of Shareholders convened by the Directors of the local Butter Factory on Wednesday was attended by the following, Messrs T. Gould. E T Davis, E. Ingold. Jas…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Railway Wool Rates THE 5 Per Cent. Increase. Further Information

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., have asked us to state that, last week, they had a further interview with the Railway Commissioners' Department on…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Dairying in Argentina

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 4

During the last two months of the year 1915, an exhibition was held at Cordova, an important provincial town in the Argentina…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Dairying in Winter

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

During the winter season operations in connection with the dairying industry slacken. off considerably, and consequently this is the most…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →