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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Useful to Farmers

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has available for distribution a bulletin letting out, as simply ass possible, a system of bookkeeping suitable for…

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Claims on Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 2

Mr. T. I. Campbell, the secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, said there was consternation among the fanners concerning the…

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Moisture in Butter. Danish Averages

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

Permanent butter exhibitions arE held At the Danish Government Laboratory for Agricultural Research. The annual report for 1910 shows that 970 dairies…

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World's Champion Dairy Cow

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

The world's champion dairy cow is said to be Missouri Chief Josephine, a Holstein-Friesian, owned by the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri…

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The Dairy. Poor Cows

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

Only the rich can afford to keep poor cows, and they don't; and the poorer a man is the better his few cows should be if he is to make a…

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Agriculture in Japan. Chief Crops

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

The Director of the Agricultural Bureau of Japan has written a book of 132 pages. entitled "Outlines of Agriculture in Japan." It is shown that…

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Shortage of Labor on Dairy Farms L K G Milking Machines to the Rescue

Robertson Advocate · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 2

We read constantly in the newspapers of the difficulty in obtaining experienced milkers on dairy farms, and the difficulty will probably become still more acute, but the…

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The Dairy. Fattening Pigs. the Modern Practice

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 4

An English pig breeder states that an noon as young pigs are capable, of taking a sufficient amount of food for themselves they should be accustomed,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 3

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Henorary Minister for Agricultural (Hon, J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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Fodder Crops on the South Coast. R.N. MAKIN, Acting Inspector of Agriculture

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

Weather conditions were much against a satisfactory germination of seed sown for winter experiments In 1910. During April, May, and the greater part of…

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The Dairy. Value of Skim Milk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 4

Amongst pig-breeders a very considerable diversity of opinion exists as to the best methods to adopt in feeding, and any information bearing on the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 4

These Notes will be issues every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 4

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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The Dairy. Typical Dairy Cow. Good and Bad Points

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 4

A South Australian dairy export (Mr Donald Forbes) in a recent address on the subject of dairy cows stated that the head of a good cow should be fairly…

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Dairying. Kerry Dairy Cattle

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 4

IT is not desirable to bewilder the dairy-farmer with a discussion on the various breeds of cattle. In most of the dairying districts there are dairy…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 4

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trofle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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Rugging Dairy Cattle

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 4

An advice from Unanderra states that the present cold weather has turned several local dairymen's attentions towards the question of rugging…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 4

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trent), and are based mainly on tho experiment of the Department. With its organisation the Department should bo enabled to solve for the…

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7. AGRICULTURE. Late Sowing of Wheat

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 3

REGARDING the Into sowing of wheat in theRiverina and south-west districts, Mr. H. Ross, Inspector for the Department, states that the absence of rain…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 3

These Notes will be Issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for [?] (Hon. J. L. Trent), and are based mainly on the experiments. [?] its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the multitude many problems concerning the land and production which would be…

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