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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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The Cattle Trade

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 May 1891 · page 7

Within the past few years the trade in live cattle and dressed meat between America and London has been steadily increasing. The trade in dead meat is in the hands of four large…

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The Travelling Dairy. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 May 1891 · page 5

Mr. Neil Harper has been appointed to take charge of the travelling dairy, which is to be sent to the different districts of the colony under the…

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Cotton Farming

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 May 1891 · page 3

To the American farmer cotton comes nearer bringing its true value one year with another than any other product of the…

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Rust in Wheat

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 7

The wheat plant, like all other species vegetable and animal life, has its blights on diseases, designed by nature to check over production. It was decreed by Providence that…

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Reduction of Duty on Wheat in France. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

France has reduced the importation duty on wheat to 2 francs per hundred kilogrammes…

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On the Farm. the Unlucky Farmer

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 7

It is well to get a question once in a while [?] it sets one a-thinking. Some of us are inclined to use set phrases, the meaning of which we may not exactly comprehend. For…

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The Travelling Dairy

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 3

Mr. Neil Harper, formerly an experienced dairy farmer in the South Coast district, has been appointed by the Minister…

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The Alleged Cattle Stealing Case

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1891 · page 3

At the Grafton Police Court, before the P.M., R. Waugh and G. Johnston, were charged with cattle stealing. The case was commenced on the 1st inst., and…

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The Travelling Dairy

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1891 · page 2

The new travelling dairy plant was inspected at the Show grounds yesterday. The Minister for Agriculture was present…

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The Wheat Trade. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 4

A revival has taken place in the wheat trade. In Calcutta there are 40,000 tons awaiting shipment…

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The Dairying Industry

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 5

AT the present time when our farmers are bemoaning the sad state of the maize industry and considering how unprofitable it has been for years…

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Another Cattle Stealing Case at Grafton

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 5

At the Grafton Police Court, on Thursday, the 14th, A. M'Pherson and Dugald M'Pherson were charged with stealing a white cow, the property of J. Brathfield…

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Farmers' Union at Lismore

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 6

The adjourned meeting for the consideration of the proposed farmers' union was held on Saturday, when 35 members…

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To the Farmers of the Macleay. Per Favor Macleay Argus

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 4

I desire to call your attention to a valuable work published monthly by the new Agricultural Department of this colony. It is entitled Agricultural Gazette…

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Loss in Weight of Cattle in Transit

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 8

The Agricultural Department of the Irish Land Commission has issued the following particulars relating to a lot of twelve twenty- two months old Shorthorn cross bred bullocks…

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The Composition of Butter

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 7

This subject was recently dealt with be[?] one of the scientific societies by Dr. P. V[?] Without going into analytical parti[?], [?] may be of interest to note the gist of what [?]…

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Intercolonial Sheep Show. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 4

The Intercolonial Sheep Show opened yesterday at Moore Park. There were a large number of first-class exhibits…

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Want of Unifom[?]ty in Farm Animals

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 7

Men that take up breeding who have [?] for a series of years engaged in a pursuit w[?] uniformity was an indispensable requisite [?] likely to wonder why the individuals in a [?]…

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Fabulous Poultry Farms

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 6

It will perhaps astonish many of our readers, says the 'Queen,' to learn that no such things as poultry farms exist anywhere…

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Dairy Cow Register

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 6

The British Dairy Farmer's Association have adopted the following standards for dairy cows in the United Kingdom:…

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