Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. [Issued by the Department.] the Flying Fox. Methods of Destruction Discussed
The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 1
Of the five Australian species of flying fox, the one most frequently seen in New South Wales is the Grey-headed Flying Fox. The fur of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmer. Breeding Heifers Too Young
The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 8
The farmer who breeds a heifer at less than two years of age. evidently does so in order to begin realizing a profit from her as early as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Something About Wheat. II.—Continued
The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 3
I could mention other wheats that succeed in the Argentine and countries net largely referred to by me, but there is no need. I have said…
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 1 June 1917 · page 6
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W.C. Grahama, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are base mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 316…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying. Progress of the Industry. Influence of the Act
The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 6
The quantity and the quality of the butter manufactured in New South Wales butter factories in the months of October to February (inclusive) are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers’ Experiment Plots. Federation or Hard Federation ?
The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 6
In a brief review in the âAgricultural Gazetteâ of the results obtained with wheat last season on the farmersâ experiment plots, the Chief Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[Agricultural and Pastoral Notes.]
The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 3
In discussing the advantages of liming, reference must be made to its decomposing effect on tho organic matter of the soil. The ultimate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Eradication of Blackberry. a Difficult Problem
The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 8
Blackberry vines are most difficult to [?]radicate Merely cutting down only to strengthen, the root growth and ultimately to increase the trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Cream Quality. Improvement on the Northern Rivers
The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 7
"Now that the Dairy Industry Act has been in operation for some time, it may be of interest to consider what effect this new legislation has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Queen of the Dairy World
The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 3
Segis Payne Johanna, a Holstein Fresian cow, owned by Oliver Cabana, of E'ma Center, New York, to-day is world's champion, having produced in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmer. Feeding a Calf
The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 8
For the first twp weeks the calf should have nothing but new milk. If it be of the shorthorn breed, or a half-breed calf of the Shorthorn…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Holstein Cattle. Farmer's Enterprise Ends Disastrously
The Nowra Leader · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 6
Reports the Port Macquarie "News":-- By the Macquarie on Sunday last Mr. Sam. Andrews, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Buried Fob 33 and 41 Days
The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 3
The snowstorm of unusual violence which set in suddenly on January 7 buried many sheep under snow in the Border district. Some remarkable…
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 8 June 1917 · page 6
These Notes are learned very week under the personal supervision of the Son W. C. Grahams, M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 317…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Potato Growing
The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4
In anticipation of the difficulty that potato growers in coastal districts may have in obtaining good seed for the plantings of the next two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Cream Quality
The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 8
Improvement on the Northern Rivers. "Now that the Dairy Industry Act has been in operation for some time, it may be of interest to consider what effect this new…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Technical Education. Price Fixing, Butter Regulations
The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 3
At the School of Arts, Nowra, on Tuesday night, MisS M. E. Roberts (lecturer in charge Women's Handi crafts, Technical College, Sydney), Mr. Arthur Knox, general manager of the Berrima District F. and D. Co., Ltd., in discussing the pre-sent proclaimed wholesale price of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Winter Housing of COWS. On a Cobargo Farm
The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 2
During the week our representative visited Wangaruka dairy, which is worked for Mr J G Box-ell by Kuhre Bros. The brothers came to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coastal Farmers' Society
The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 3
The annual meeting of shareholders of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Limited, will be held in the Fitzroy Theatre, Grafton, on Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quality of Butter. Misrepresentation
The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2
Considerable misrepresentation is taking place at present in regard to the quality of butter being sold to the public, the deception…
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