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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Winter Spraying.lime-sulphur and Its Preparation

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 3

What in the best season of the year for spraying fruit trees? To such a question the answer is—the winter. Deciduous trees…

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The State and the Dairying Industry. MR. E. T. Boller's First Prize Paper

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 3

(The following paper, written by Mr. E. T. Boller, Manager and Secretary of Candelo Co-operative Co., and read before the Factory Managers and…

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Dairy Industry Examinations

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 4

A theoretical examination for certificates of competency in cream grading and milk and cream testing under the provisions of [?]ea…

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Farm Training for Women

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 4

The Agricultural Department has taken over front the Department of Labor and Industry the training of 20 women students, who for…

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Nowra Co-op. Dairy Co

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 8

The fifteenth annual meeting of the Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company was held at the School of Arts on Saturday morning. There was at the…

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The Farmer. the Curd Test

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 10

A simple and inexpensive way to make curd test of milk would be through the use of the fruit, jar and wash tub. Take some pint fruit…

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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 31 August 1917 · page 6

These Notes are [?] under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C [?] Minister a Agriculture and are based mainly on the [?]of the correspondent. [?]…

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Mr. M. F. Morton, M.P., Tells the Farmers of Their Position re The Strike

The Nowra Leader · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 7

At the conclusion of the annul! meeting- of members of Nowra Co-op. Dairy Co. on Saturday last Mr. Mark Morton,…

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Nowra Co-operative Dairy Coy, Ltd. Annual General Meeting

The Nowra Leader · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

The fifteenth annual general meeting of Nowra Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., wan held at Nowra School of Arts on Saturday last. Mr. Win. Watts…

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Candelo Co-op. Dairy Co. Half-yearly Meeting

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of the Candelo Co-operative Dairy Co. was held at the Company's office on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Thos…

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The Farmer. Cream Testing Balance

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 8

A simple and sensitive weighing instrument to be known as the Wisconsin Hydrostatic Cream Balance, has just been devised at the…

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Rotation of Crops

Southern Star · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 4

Of figures that show the importance of rotation there are plenty, in the view of some farmers, perhaps, but the latest are certainly…

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Farm Notes. the Changes Effected by Fallowing

Southern Star · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 4

A paper on the soil and the changes effected by fallowing was read by Mr James Selwood at a meeting of the Springside branch of 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 7 September 1917 · 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. [?]…

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Wool Made from Bluestone. a New Australian Industry

The Nowra Leader · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 8

A less likely substance from which to spin wool than basalt rock, or as it is popularly called, bluestone, could hardly be found…

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Root Crops in Pig Feeding

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 6

Many of the ailments among pigs, a Western correspondent to the M[?] Leader writes, are brought about in the first place by indigestion; often the result…

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[?]Dairying. the Spineless Cactus. As Food for Stock

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 6

Recent American has contain a statement supposed to certain newspaper [?] won, on the [?] on the subject of [?]…

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Rotation of Crops. And the Effect on Fertility

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 6

Of figures that show the importance of rotation there are plenty, in the view of some farmers, perhaps, but the latest are certainly remarkable. They…

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Cobargo Butter Company

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 4

The half yearly meeting of shareholders of the above was held on Saturday afternoon, the attendance being smell. Mr. F. E. Rily presided…

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Big Prize at Next Nowra Show. 25 Guineas for Champion Group of Cattle

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 3

When revising the proofs of the cattle section in the prize schedule for next Nowra show, the cattle stewards, on Thursday last, gave consideration…

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