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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Forcing Better Farming

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

"One good effect, of high prices of dairy land has been that it has compelled many farmers to go in for more intensive cultivation. With cheap land…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 3

These Note are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Aenford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 168…

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Dairying. Tweed River Herd-testing Association. The Second Prize Herd

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 3

In connection with an account of the Tweed River Agricultural Society's efforts to encourage herd-testing within its district, we made some references a…

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Registration as Milk Vendors Dairymen Defined

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Moss Vale council three questions of considerable importance to that body in connection with registration of…

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The Farmer's Path

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 4

"The prosecution of sectional ends is the farmer's narrow path of safety in the political quagmire. The producers for many years to come should learn to…

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Dairying

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2

The annual meeting of the illawarra, Dairy Cattle Association was held at Kiama last week, when Mr. J. McCaffrey and sir Joseph Carruthers were…

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Re[?] Venders Dairy[?] Defined

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Mossvale Municipal Council questions of considerable importance to that body to con[?]on with the registrs…

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Quitting Farms. Drudgkry a Reason

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 3

There Is foundation for serious thought In the contention of Miss Mabel C. Williams, of Memphis, that the "drift to the city" is due primarily to the desire of housewives…

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Suggeati[?] for Dairy Farmers

Robertson Advocate · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 2

During the water [?] when the supply of [?] the dairy [?] should [?]…

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Pastoral. Crossbreeding Experiments with Sheep. Some New Considerations

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 3

The crossbreeding experiments with sheep, initiated under the direction of the Sheep and Wool Export, are now running into five years at Wagga…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 3

These Note are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 169…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 3

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 170…

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Agricultural. Saving Moisture for Wheat. Some Cases in Point

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 3

It is not many weeks since the [?] "Notes" were urging upon the attention of wheat farmers the importance of fallowing as a method of…

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Encouraging Youthful Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4

The Canadian Bankers' Association at Winnipeg has offered to contribute the sum of £200 in prizes at the Manitoba Winter Fair, which will be held in…

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Dairying. High Butter Fat Yields. Agricultural Department's Offer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 3

In order to stimulate an improvement in the breeding, feeding, and testing of dairy cattle, the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. W. G. Ashford) has decided…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 171…

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Worms Damaging Wheat. In the North-West

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 3

The reports of cutworms doing damage among wheat crops were lately supplemented by a letter from a farmer in the North-West who, having noticed…

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Farm Boy Who Made Fortune Left Half a Million. £150,000 for Poor

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 4

A will suit opened in the London Probate Court revealed the career of an entirely self-made man, whoso life from the day when he was a poor Irish farm boy to the hour when…

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Wool Is King

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 4

"New Zealand's greatest industry is wool-growing, since this staple constitutes more than a third of the Dominion's export, almost equalling in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 3

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 172…

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