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, 1917

378 stories in South Coast's papers · page 16 of 19

Dairy Inspection

Southern Star · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 4

It now appears that there is some clashing in the administration of the Dairy Industry Act by the Department of Agriculture and the Dairies…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Pastoral. the Farmers’ Sheep a Farmer’s View About the Best Breed

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 6

Discussing the breed of sheep best adapted to farmers’ requirements, Mr. J. Sinclair, at a meeting of the Thyra-Buraloo branch of the Agricultural…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week under the personal experience of the Hon. W. C. Grahame. M. L. A. Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 233…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Codlin Moth. What Is Required to Control It

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1917 · page 2

Spraying apple, pear and quince trees in a accordance with the Fruit Pests Act is one of the most important operations of the present…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. [Issued by the Department.] a Milker's Protection. Against Cows That "Switch."

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 October 1917 · page 6

A Wisconsin dairy farmer, who had nearly lost the sight of one eye in consequence of being hit by a cow's tail while milking, has devised a means…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Farmer. Tilling Soil with Dynamite

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 October 1917 · page 2

Probably no stranger use for dynamite has ever been devised than its substitution in place of the plough for the tilling of clay land. It is…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Farm Notes. Codlin Moth

Southern Star · Wednesday 3 October 1917 · page 4

Spraying apple, pear and quince trees in accordance with the Fruit Pests Act is one of the most Important operations of the present…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervisors of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 334…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Dairying. Nine Good Reasons For Individual Weighing and Testing

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 6

According to the Louisianan State University, U.S.A., there are nine convincing reasons for keeping records of dairy cows. These reasons appear in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Soldiers' Settlements. the Poultry Farming Scheme

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 1

Although it is not yet six months since operations were commenced at Bankstown, on the land acquired by the Governmet for the establishment…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Butter and Cheese for Imperial Government

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 7

Mr. Meares, manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society, proceeded south last week on his usual spring tour among the cheese and butter…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Goulburn Special Cattle Sale. Thursday, October 4th, 1917

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 3

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded 1500 head of cattle to a large attendance of buyers from Riverina, West and local districts. The quality…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. [Issued by the Department.] Rickets and Paralysis. Prevention by Treatment of Pastures

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 5

The methods by which two Victorian farmers combatted the evils of an innutritions pasture are related in the "Journal of Agriculture," in an…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Farmer. Preventing Gate Posts From Spreading

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 2

Gate posts may be kept parallel vertically, without cumbersome braces, by connecting them beneath the surface of the earth with…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 October 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 at the Department. No. 335…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Profitable Dairying

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 8

[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Dairying. a Milker’s Protection Against Cows that “Switch.”

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 6

A Wisconsin dairy-farmer, who had nearly lost the sight of one eye in consequence of being hit by a cow’s tail while milking, baa devised a means…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

War and the Dairy Cow

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1917 · page 3

No programme of national prepared ness for the impending food supply in the present national crisis is wise or complete without sharp emphasis on…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Milk Trade v. Butter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 October 1917 · page 8

Last week we received a letter from a business man of Southport, Queensland, who is interested in a co operative butter factory, asking for an opinion…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. [Issued by the Department.] the Breeding Herd and Its Improvement

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 October 1917 · page 1

Professor C. H. Eckles, of the University of Missouri, U.S.A., recently made a plea for better breeding operations, declaring to a gathering of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →