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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

390 stories in South Coast's papers · page 15 of 20

Dairying. Machine Milking. The Problem of Difficult Cows

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 6

Milking machines have a wide range of adaptability to unevenly shaped udders, and to teats of different sizes, but in most ordinary herds there are…

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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 15 September 1916 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. [?]M.L.A, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 270…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Sudan Grass. Its Ga[?]at ADAPTABILITY

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1916 · page 3

Some seed of Sudan grass was supplied by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture on the application of Mr. T Scott, Holly Creek. via Kingaro[?]…

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Farms for Soldiers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 September 1916 · page 10

A remarkable statement about the land the Government is offering to returned soldiers was published in "The Sun" on the 10th inst. The…

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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 22 September 1916 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No 28[?]…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Sowing Maize. Thick and This Seeding Questions

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 4

The rate of seeding has. such an influence on the yield of maize that the question is deceiving of closer study by farmers than it is usually given…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agriculture. Humus in Maize Soils. a Universal Necessity

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 8

There are not a few parts of this State where the cry is to be heard that good maize can be grown on new land, but not on land that has been cultivated for a few…

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Culling Dairy Herds

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 1

During the past two years the extreme prices for stock have induced South Coast dairymen to part with all but…

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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 29 September 1916 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahams, M.L.A., Minister Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 281…

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Dairy Farming in New Zealand

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 3

One of our Australian dairy farmers paid a recent visit to New Zealand, where he was greatly impressed by the strides the Dominion had made in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Dairying. Cool Your Cream a Word in Season

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 3

" Three fourths of the poor cream that is coming on to the market to-day is caused by carelessness in cooling." The statement was made by an…

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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 6 October 1916 · page 6

These Notes are l[?]ved every week, under the personal supervisors of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the exporter of the Department. No. 282…

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Torrential Rains. Danger of a Big Flood. Rapid Rising of the River. Bolong Flooded. Over at Numba and Terara. 15 Feet Rise at Nowra Bridge. Farm Lands Under Water. Removing Cattle

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 4

Something of a record in rainfall for the Sholhaven district has occurred during [?] last week, commencing some time last [?] the appended registrations by the…

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Dairying. Cool Your Cream. a Word In Season

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

“Three-fourths of the poor cream that is coming on to the market to-day is caused by carelessness In cooling.” The statement was made by an…

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Soil Fertility. a Farmers’ Methods

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

“Every farmer must study the requirements of every variety of soil with which he is dealing, in order to apply these fertilisers which are…

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Butter Factories Returns and Export

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1916 · page 3

So that speculators may not take advantage of the recent action of the Commonwealth Government in fixing the price of butter to create…

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Butter; Producers' Representa-tives and Price fixing

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1916 · page 2

As a result of a deputation of producers from various States to the Prime Minister in Melbourne on tho 27th n[?]t, and a subsequent interview with…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. a Unique Opportunity. Present Abundant Growth. Conserve It Against a Day of

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1916 · page 4

" THE present luxuriant growth of vegetation of every kind aflords farmers such an opportunity of laying by a store of fodder as rarely presents…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. a Little Brown Cow. What Was She Worth?

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 10

There is an old saying that "you cannot tell by the looks of a frog how far he can jump." It may be said, too, that you cannot tell by the looks…

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Meeting of Milk Suppliers. Present Price Considered Unsatisfactory. Decision to Turn Milk Into Butter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 4

A meeting of milk suppliers was held at Bate's Hall, Bomaderry, yesterday forenoon, to consider the pre sent price of milk, fixed by the Federal…

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