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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

186 stories in South Coast's papers · page 9 of 10

Wage Earners and Farmers

The Bega Budget · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 2

In the course of his Budget speech in the House of Representatives Mr. Poynton said: The income tax results have been…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Pigs and Pork. the Profitable Pig. Characteristics that Mean Money

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 October 1919 · page 1

That the pig is an economical adjunct on the farm is a platitude to those with experience of it, but there is evidence that its usefulness is now…

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Dairying at Albion Park

The Nowra Leader · Friday 31 October 1919 · page 1

The Albion Park correspondent of the "Illawarra Mercury " writes:--Although the weather continues very dry, and there has been a very poor spring,…

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Bombshell for Dairymen

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1919 · page 4

At a meeting of Comki Branch of P.P. Union Sports the R.R. Herald) Mr Blackw[?]said he wanted to cast a bomb sheir He…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Co-operation. the Leakage in Buying and Selling. a Rational Method of Repair

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1919 · page 4

Every industry to-day reflects the change with which the last few years have more than normally jostled us -even agriculture, oldest and…

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Dairying. Cows Under the Soiling System. Some Points in Feeding

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1919 · page 4

The advantages of the "soiling system"-the practice by which the farmer grows a succession of green fodder crops and carts them out to the animals in the barn or paddock-…

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Dairying Utensils

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 8 November 1919 · page 4

With the near approach of spring, and the consequent increase in the milk supply we recommend the dairying public to take stock of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Inspection of Potatoes. Proving its Value in New England

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 2

The value of the work done by the Department of Agriculture in connection with the potato-growing industry in New England has lately…

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Importance of the Dairy Sire

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 3

A writer in an American dairy paper says:-It is always amusing to me to hear the wise ones express the most positive…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes [Issued by the Department] a Lesson From Denmark. What Breeding and Testing Can Do

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1919 · page 3

Denmark's dairying industry has long been regarded as a model to other lands. Not only has this eminence been well earned, but from figures…

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Official Test of Dairy Cows

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1919 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has furnished a return of pure-bred cows whose tests of milk and butter-fat yields were completed during October…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Lime—and Lime

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 3

The value of carbonate of lime is equal to that of agricultural lime. Neither is as active as burnt lime, but as each costs considerably less, they…

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Seed Wheat and Oats for Necessitous Farmers. to Be Handled by Farmers' & Graziers' Coy

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 8

The manager of the Farmers' and Graziers' Co-operative Company writes:—The State Government acted wisely…

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Why American Boys Leave the Farm

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 6

A valued subscriber has handed us the following frank reply, which, he says, is most applicable to our own Australian fathers:—…

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The Farmer's "Bank."

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 3

An acre of maize drinks up and sweats (or transpires) through its leaves about 24 tons of water daily during a mid-summer month, or about…

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North Coast Co-op. Co., Ltd. in Advance of New Zealand Dairymen

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 4

New Zealand dairymen, who are reported as having the most perfect organisation in the world, and have sent five representative men to America to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes, [Issued by the Department.] Dr0uget-resisting Grass. Department Tests

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1919 · page 4

The excellent results that have been obtained from sudan grass in some of the drought-stricken areas will do much popularise this species…

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Butter and Bacon Factories' Award. Increased Wages Refused

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 December 1919 · page 8

The application by the Federal Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees' Union for a variation in the butter and bacon factories' (country)…

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Police Court. Brands, Sheep, and Racehorses. Monday, 1st DECEMBER Before Mr. Shropshire P.M.

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 3 December 1919 · page 2

A. Hessin, stock inspector, v. B. Gowing, for keeping unbranded sheep. Defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. Blomfield for the defence, and…

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Bega Dairy Science School. Examinations Results

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 2

The above school which was held at the Bega Butter Factory during October last, was attended by number of interested students. The…

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