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Farming & the land, 1916

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Milk and Butter Test

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 6

Judges: H. R. Alexander, J. J. Kinross. F. S. Stening. Conditions of the test : Cows to be milked at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on…

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Milk and Butter Test

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 8

The special prize [?]prietors of the [?] “Sydney Mall” at the Royal [?] show for the last [?]…

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Keen Competition in Butter

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 6

The dairy produce section was very strongly represented in butter, cheese, hams, bacon, and lard. Most of the principal Coastal lactones were [?]…

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Fancy Prices for Cattle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 6

The continuation of the cattle sales conducted at tho Royal Agricultural Show was a gratifying illustration of the stability of the cattle industry in…

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Farm Produce

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 7

The farm produce section, apart from vegetables, was not quite as well supported this year. There were only four exhibits in the oat section. The…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. [Issued by the Department.] the Value of Fodder Crops. in Present Circumstances

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 7

"The increased cost of production and manufacture, together with increased taxation, leave some very serious problems that dairy farmers will…

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New Farm Animal

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 4

An interesting experiment is, according to a Canadian correspondent of the "Standard," to be undertaken by the Department of Agriculture at…

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Margarine Ousting Butter

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture has received a report from the Agent-General in London, in which he states as follows:--…

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Pastoral. Lambing Time. Points for Small Flock Owners

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 6

In view of the approach of the lambing season a few suggestions may be of use to the owners of small flocks, especially those whose experience of…

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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 5 May 1916 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame. M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 260…

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Wheat Breeding in N.S.W. A New Bulletin

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 6

Farmers’ bulletin No, 107, just issued by the Department of Agriculture, brings together in bandy form four articles contributed by the Plant…

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New Farm Animal

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 8

An interesting experiment is according to a Canadian correspondent of London “Standard,” to be undertaken by the Department of…

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Farm Machinery

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 8

The average farmer does not consider the year complete unless he spends a few days in the Metropolis, and Easter seems to be…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 6

In the preceding article an attempt has been made to indicate the ingredients of plants that are essential to animals feeding upon them. The…

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Dairying. Rearing Calves. Careful Feeding—Healthy Surroundings

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 6

“We prefer, to take the call from the mother as soon as dropped, never allowing it to nurse even once. By this method the cow soon forgets the…

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Milking Shorthorn Cattle

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Milking Shorthorn Association of New South Wales was held on the 20th ultimo, Mr. J. T. Cole presiding…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Seed Maize

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 3

Every farmer who raises seed, whether for his own use or for sale, should practise a rigid system of selection. An enormous loss must occur…

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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 12 May 1916 · page 6

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

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Dairying. the Value of Fod[?]ez Ce[?] in F[?] Correspo

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 6

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Dairying. Transmission of Desirable Qualities. Some Remarkable Variations

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

How widely bulls vary in their capacity to transmit dairy quality is shown by the results obtained from the Jersey herd at the…

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