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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Pure-bred Sire. and His Real Worth

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 1

The value of a pure-bred bull as a herd sire is strikingly shown in a report, just published, of the results of some experiments conducted by…

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The Farmer

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 8

The boar should be kept in a pen and yard some distance from the sows. Nothing will retard the growth or…

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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 4 January 1918 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahams, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 347…

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Emu Plains Prison Farm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

One of the most interesting developments of Prison Administration in this State is tho establishment of agricultural industries for the dual purpose of…

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TELEGRAMS. Warwick Farm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Maiden Handicap:—Lord Marsh (1) Burnham, Ruc; o c. Wetter:—adianl King (2) Franzne, opportunity…

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Control of Dairy Industry

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. G. W. Gordon writes: “The Primary Producers’ Union in opposing the creation of a Federal Dairy Department and agreeing to [?]…

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The Farmer. Mixing Milk to Secure Equal Quality

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 4

It is only the inexperienced that think all cows give milk of equal quality. Those familiar with their produce know that they vary…

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Choice Dairy Herd

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 7

Dairymen who are making strenuous efforts to improve the highest productive quality of their herds—and they are legion—will be pleased…

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Coastal Farmers' Society. Half-yearly Meeting

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 5

The thirty-fifth half-yearly meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Co operative Society was held in West's Crown Theatre yesterday morning, when…

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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 11 January 1918 · page 7

These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon W. C. Grahams, M.L.A. Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 348…

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Coastal Farmers' Co-Operative Society. Half-yearly Meeting

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

The half-yearly meeting of Shareholders of the Coastal Fanners Cooperative Society was held at West's Crown Theatre on Tuesday last. There…

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Dairying. the Pure-bred Sire And His Real Worth

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 7

The value of a purebred bull as a herd sire is strikingly shown in a report, just published, of the results of some experiments conducted by the Iowa…

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The Dairy. Feeding and Milk Production

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 3

Professor Wood, of the Cambridge University Agricultural Department, in a letter to the Cambridge "Chronicle," discusses the influence…

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Shoalhaven A. and H. Association. Cattle Sale. to Augment the Prize Fund

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 3

The Shoalhaven Agricultural Society sustained a substantial loss in abandoning the aunual ball, depended on to augment the prize fund. Bad luck…

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Coastal Farmers' Society

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

The 35th half-yearly meeting was held at Nowra last week. The chairman (Mr. W. Warden, M.L.C.), in moving the adoption of…

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Value of Cowpeas in Mixed Farming

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

In considering the economic advantages of such plants, the cowpea at once suggests its supremacy. It yields an abundance of first-class…

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The Farmer. Reasons for Fallowing in Dry Districts

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

There are two main reasons for fallowing in "dry" districts. The first is to store in the soil the rainfall of two or more years; and 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 18 January 1918 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahams, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 249…

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Wild Oats. Their Occurrence in American Crops

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

The control or eradication of wild oats from certain wheat lands in the United States is the subject of a bulletin lately issued by the Department of Agriculture…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. More and Better Potatoes. How to Get Them

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

Do new varieties of potatoes ever arise from bud variations in the tubers ?The question is answered in the…

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