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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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Butter Factories

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 2

The manager of the Gerrigong Dairy Company reports that 2800 gallons of milk are received daily at that factory, and that the whole quantity is…

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The Butter Business

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 2

WHILST the "wild cat" party are quarrelling amongst themselves as to the encouragement of local industries the progress of the country is becoming…

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Loss of Sheep in the Argentine Republic

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 2

When a short time ago we (Melbourne Argus) published a telegram to the effect that 20,000,000 sheep had perished in the Argentine Republic, it…

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A Visit to the Farmer's Produce Sales on the Hunter. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

HAVING heard much of the good results arising from the Farmers and Consumers Co-operative Company as formed on the Hunter River, I resolved…

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Dairy Supervision on the South Coast

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 3

A deputation, consisting of the Mayors of Kiama, Central Illawarra, and aldermen representing Gerringong and Shell Harbor, waited upon…

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Colonial Butter in the English Market. [By Cable] London

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

The butter shipped from Sydney has been found equal to the best Normandy and English samples and realised upwards of £5 per cwt. The prices paid…

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Large Wheat Yield. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 2

The average wheat yield in Young district is set down at 25 bushels per acre. A better harvest never having been experienced…

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The N. S. W. Wheat Yield. by Telegraph Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 5

The yield of wheat in New South Wales this season is expected to reach a high average. The harvest in the Orange district promises to be the…

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Farmer. How to Make Cheese

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 3

I [?]en wonder if the younger generation of farmers' wives have given up the old-time practice of making home-made cheese now and then, especially during warm weather…

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Butter Making

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 5

Through the courtesy of Mr. Goodger, I have been furnished with a number of particulars of a butter factory on the Richmond, supplied to the…

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The Spring Hill Butter Factory

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 3

Our Special Reporter writes :--Last week I paid a visit to the above-named factory, which is situated about 8 miles from Lismore, at Wollongbar on the road to…

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Improvements in Butter-making

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 4

Improvements in dairy appliances are constantly being announced, but the latest innovation we hear of (states the Leader) comes from Sweden…

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Rents of Pastoral Leases. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 5

A deputation of pastoralists to-day waited upon the Minister for Lands with a view of discussing the best method of Proceedure in the interest…

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Rents on Pastoral Leases. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 3

The decision of the Privy Council in the case of Allison V. Burns, was today made. The record in the Supreme Court anticipated the result of this…

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Farmers in Victoria

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

The Melbourne Argas of last Tuesday gives the following report of a meeting held in Victoria during the week previous. It should be carefully…

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Farmer. Horticultural Notes

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 3

PLANTING TREES.-- Under ordinary circumstances twenty feet is close enough to plant trees around the house. It tall growing varieties are selected they will afford…

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Protection For a Farm Gate

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 3

A constant sort of annoyance on the farm is the destruction of gates by careless drivers. Let a new gate be put up and some one is sure to injure or completely break it…

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Fat Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 3

Analyses of the prize and other cattle exhibited at the late Smithfield fat stock show are again interesting reading. As was the case last year the daily gain in weight…

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Deaf-ears in Wheat

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 3

The professor of agriculture at Adelaide has reported upon another trouble for farmers. Specimens of the wheat plant which had died from…

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Tons of Wheat destroyed by Rust. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 3

The estimated loss through rust in wheat in the Tamworth district alone this year is over £50,000…

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