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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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The Dairy. Age of Diary Cows. the Milking Period

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 4

The majority of dairy cows (states a writer in the "South Australian Agricultural Journal") are rejected from the herd on account of failure to breed,…

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Pastoral. Farmers' Wool. Hints on Marketing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 3

Some useful suggestions on the preparation of farmers' lots of wool for market were made by Mr. Cuthbert Howard in a paper read by him before…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 3

Then Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefie, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 87. AGRICULTURAL…

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Instruction in Dairying

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 3

Wollongbar Experiment Farm. For the young man who wishes to make dairying his vocation, there is no question that Wollongbar experiment…

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Dairying. Lucerne on the Richmond. Profitable in Several Ways

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 3

As was remarked in a previous article ill those notes, the farmers on the Rich-mond River and that paspalum has not the feeding value where time and…

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Who Should Register a Dairy?

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

An appeal case was heard in the Supreme Court last week, before Mr. Justice Fe[?]uson, which is of interest to both councils as well as dairymen…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervisions of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 88. AGRICULTURE…

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The Seed-bed for Wheat. Why Plough Twice?

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 3

The practice seems to have been adopted lately by a few of our wheat farmers in the north-west, of ploughing their land twice before sowing, and…

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Painless Cattle-killing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

Tests were made this week at Islington cattle market (says the "Daily Mail") of a now air-gun for the painless slaughtering of cattle. A prize of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Treffe, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 89. AGRICULTURAL…

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The Dairy. Variation in Cream. Why Tests Vary

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 3

Variations from day to day in the tests of cream supplied to factories are not uncommon. They frequently cause a feeling of dissatisfaction among…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 90. Agricultural. "Take-all" in Wheat. How to Control It

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 4

The appearance of "Take-all" in so many of our wheat fields this year is some evidence that the warnings of this Department, two years ago, were well…

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Pugilist As Farmer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 3

John L. Sullivan, the famous pugilist, is now a farmer in the Abington district, Massachussots. He is no longer the Sullivan whom his friends knew…

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Cowpeas As a Seed Crop. Worth Thinking About

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 4

Under this title an article appears in the "Queensland Agricultural Journal" for December, which directs attention specially to the profits of…

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The Dairy. the Dairying Industry. Value of Herd Testing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 4

The New Zealand dairy produce division of the Department of Agriculture has been conducting tests through assocations for three years, and valuable…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

Then Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefie, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 91. AGRICULTURAL…

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Farming Under Water

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 3

Farming under forty feet of water would seem to be rather difficult. It is both difficult and expensive work, and is done upon a vast scale. There…

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Growing-crop Competition. a Fine Yield

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

Though the competition held at Cowra during the past harvest was gradually reduced by one defection and another to one grower, that one was able to show…

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Dairy Farmers' Association. Robertson Branch

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

A meeting of the above branch was held at the Criterion Hotel, Robertson, on Tuesday last. The president (Mr. W. R Hindmarsh) occupied the chair, and there…

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Bloat in Cattle. Cause and Treatment

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 4

From the suddenness of the attack, rapidity of its course and frequently fatal termination, it is essential that cattle owners should be well versed in…

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