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Farming & the land, 1918

331 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 17

Barrengarry Butter at the Royal Show

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 4

The Barrengarry Dairy Co. secured the following prizes at the Royal Show:— 1st, "Black Horse Salt" £100…

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Racecourse Farm

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 2

LOT 1—42s 3rds 35per LOT 2—34s 3rds 15per LOT 3—40s 3rds 30per 118a 3rds freehold, being portions 1, 2, 3,…

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The Drought Cycle. a Warning to Farmer

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 2

Lecturing at the Royal Show grounds Mr Potts, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, w[?]rned farmers to prepare for the…

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Abandoned Farms. Bad Land and Poor Settlers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 3

Yesterday (says the "S.C. Herald") Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., paid a visit to the farms at West Dapto which have been abandoned by the…

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Coastal Farmers' Report

Southern Star · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 1

The Coastal Society reports on 5th April: Butter: When the satisfactory, sale of surplus up to 30,000 tuns of summer surplus was made through…

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What are Illawarra Cattle?

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 3

A. M. M'Pherson writes in the "Northern Star":—I notice in Wednesday's paper a discussion by the A. and I. Society on what are…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Diseases in Calves

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 7

Two interesting addresses on the diseases of calves occupied a recent meeting of the Kyogle brunch of the Agricultural Bureau. Mr. G. Fleming…

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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 19 April 1918 · page 7

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. 362…

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Dairying. Care of the Cream Separator. Some Simple Suggestions

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 7

The following suggestions are made by an officer of the Canadian Department an the above subject: — 1. Set the separator level on a solid…

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Butter a Disease Carrier

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1918 · page 4

Two epidemics of typhoid fever in small towns in Iowa (U.S.A.)were traced to butter, in one case quite certainly, in the other with every…

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What are Illawara Cattle?

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1918 · page 1

The committee of Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society want to know what are Illawarra cattle? A discussion on the question took place…

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Farmers' Potato Plots

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1918 · page 4

The farmers' experiment plots of po[?]es, under the supervision of the Deparment of Agriculture, on the farm of Mr J H Martin, Pambula,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Chief. Functions of Water, in a Dairy Cow's Ration

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 1

A good dairy cow probably needs more water than any other domestic animal. The chief uses of water to a cow have been the subject of a special…

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Soldier Settlers. Wheat Farming at Forest Vale

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 5

The Minister for Lars (Mr. W. G. Ashford), has received a report of the harvest results obtained at the Forest Vale Share Farm…

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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 26 April 1918 · 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. 563…

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Water on the Farm. The Requirements of Live Stock

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 6

The presence of organic matter, as [?] in a previous article. It generally beneficial when the water is being [?]ed for irrigation purposes, but it is a…

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Dairying. Diseases of Calves. And Some Simple Suggestions

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 6

Two interesting addresses on the diseases of calve occupied a recent meeting of the Kyogle branch of the Agricultural Bureau. Mr. G. Fleming…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Maize Improvement. a Farmer's Experience

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 4

In a brief outline of his method of growing [?]ize, a Wisconsin farmer relates in "Hoard's Dairyman" how he improved his strain of maize so as…

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Synthetic Butter. How They Manage in England

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 4

In view of the shortage of butter in England, the Ministry of Food has been carrying out experiments in order to find suitable and economical ways…

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Goulburn Special Cattle Sale. FRIDAY, 19th APRIL, 1918

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 1

W. H. Wheatley reports a heavy yarding of cattle on Friday, the 19th instant, to a large attendance of buyers. Owing to the continued dry…

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