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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

173 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 8 of 9

Crops for Ensilage. the Proper Stage to Cut

Robertson Mail · Friday 17 October 1924 · page 4

For dairy cows the crop should be cut when it contains the maximum food nutrients in a condition that will make good silage…

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Export of Dairy Produce. Where Producers Gain by Control

Robertson Mail · Friday 17 October 1924 · page 3

The dairy farmers of the Commonwealth probably will be called upon next month to decide whether the newly-passed Dairy Produce…

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Dairy Science School

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 October 1924 · page 2

During the past week a dairy science class has been conducted by officer's of the Dairy Branch of the Department of Agriculture at…

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Two Wool Records

Robertson Mail · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 6
Also in The Southern Mail

Two price records of the season were established at Monday's wool sales, which made a good recovery after last week's temporary…

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How to Keep Farm Accounts

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 6
Also in Robertson Mail

Farm accounts, to be really useful, are by no means easy to keep, but however difficult bookkeeping may appear, it should be…

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Cricket. Farm Homes V. Bargo Boys

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 28 October 1924 · page 3

The commencement of the school cricket season was made on Friday last. The Farm Homes boys, accompanied by Mr. W. II. Mitchell…

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Australian Butter in England

Robertson Mail · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 3

Messrs. A. J. Mills and Co., of London, have issued a book and distributed it widely to advertise Australian butter in Great Britain. The…

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Grasshopper Plague. Crops Devastated

Robertson Mail · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 4

Leadville—The grasshopper plague is still causing havoc amongst the wheat crops in the district. The hoppers have reached the flying stage…

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Soy Beans. a Promising Crop for Cool Districts

Robertson Mail · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 4

The experience of the Department of Agriculture some years ago with soy beans was attended with such disappointing results that they…

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Farmers Co-operate

Robertson Mail · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 3

The new and commodious offices of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., at Temora, were formally opened on Saturday by Mr. A. K. Trethowan…

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Record Prices for Wool

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

It is rather a unique performance for five records in wool prices for the season to be established in a single day, but that is what happened at…

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The Advantages of Diversified Farming

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

Farm cost figures gathered from North Dakota farms for the past five years (says a North Dakota Agricultural College circular) seem to…

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Local Items. Pig and Cattle Sale

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

To-day (Friday) Messrs, J. D. Wood and Co. will offer 100 store pigs for sale at the Moss Vale Yards, as well as a number of choice cattle…

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What's Wrong with Wheat-growing

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 4
Also in Robertson Mail

A Virginian fanner recently supplied the New York Herald with the following comparisons between wages in the building trade and prices for…

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