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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 4

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. George Blacks M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 203…

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Farm Workers. Dearth in England. the Drain of War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 4

Both farmers and their laborers would welcome advice from headquarters as to the attitude which, in the interests of the nation, they should adopt towards the recruiting…

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Agricultural. Sowing the Wheat. Seasonable Hints

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 3

Asked for a few seasonable hints on the sowing of a wheat crop, the Chief Inspector mae the remark that one of the most important things to which the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 3

These Notes are Issued ovary week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., .Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 204…

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Weevily Seed Wheat. Can It Be Used?

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 3

We have some clean seed wheat stored in a shod that has this year become Infested with weevils. The seed wheat now has some weevil in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford. M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 205…

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Wool Sales—Probable Postponement. No Ships Available

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 3

It has of late become very clear that there is a death of night statements in all the Australian seaports. This may lead to the postponement of wool suction as already a…

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Wool Sales-Probable Postponement No Ships Available

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 3

It has of late become very clear that there in a death of straight steamers in all the Australian seaports. This may lead to the…

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The Dairying Industry Vouches. for the Alta Level [?]

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 2

The dictionary definition of the work "Touch" is t"to bear witness and testily to the truth of a statement or fees." This being so, is would be very difficult to images a…

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The Dairying Industry Vouchers for the "Alfa-level," s[?]

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 2

The [?] definition of the word "vouch" is to hear witness and [?] to the truth of a [?]ment of face." The boiling so is would is very difficullt [?] a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week. under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 206. DAIRYING…

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Agricultural. Liming Wheat Land. Last Season's Experiments

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 4

A year ago some prominence was given in these "Notes" to the conclusions derived from, an experiment in the liming of wheat land, which was…

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"Citrus Culture." Farmers' Bulletin, No. 90

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 4

This bulletin, forming as it does part of the matter that is intended for the "Fruitgrowers' Guide," is issued by the Department of Agriculture in order…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 3

These Notes arc issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W.G. Ashford M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 207…

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The Orchard. the Use of Phylloxera-resistant Stocks. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 80

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 3

The title of the new bulletin, "The Use of Phylloxera-Resistant Stock," indicates its scope. It opens with a brief history of the appearance and…

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Share Farming. (To the Editor of the Scrutineer)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 April 1915 · page 6

Sir,—My copy of the part of the Statistical Register dealing with primary production for 1913 has just come to hand. It is a mine of…

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Wool Sales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 6

The fourth series of this year's London colonial wool sales opened on Tuesday, when 12,556 bales were submitted…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, N.S.W., and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 208. AGRICULTURAL…

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Rotation of Crops. From a Farmer's Point of View

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 3

The theory of rotation of crops was stated to the Canadian (Gulgong district) branch of the Agricultural Bureau by Mr. F. W. Taylor, in a paper that,…

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Kangaloon Dairy Company

Robertson Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

At the half-yearly meeting of the Kangaloon Dairy Company, Limited, held on Wednesday, 28th April, the report and balance-sheet presented…

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