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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

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Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 August 1892 · page 5

The Clarence and North Coast Farmers' Association report that progress is satisfactory since John See & Co. took charge of their consignments…

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Experiments in Cattle Feed

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1892 · page 8

Experiments as to the effects of feeding cotton seed and cotton-seed meal on butter production indicated that the…

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The Biggest Dairy

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1892 · page 7

The biggest dairy in the world is at the Queen model farm, situated about a mile from Windsor. It is the most perfect, as well as the most expensively erected dairy in the world. It is 30ft. square the…

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New Money for Every Farm Home

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1892 · page 3

There is no doubt, that people become prosperous less by the money they make, than by the money they, save, and this is particularly true of…

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Butter Export. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 4

The Agricultural Department propose to appoint an officer to examine and brand all butter exported by sea from the colony…

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Correspondence. to Farmers. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 5

SIR,--I am compelled so frequently to vogage between the district and Sydney that matters which deeply concern our farming community arrest my attention, and I would…

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A Cute Old Farmer

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 8

Old Farmer Heagle, in Chemung, needed water for his stock (says a writer in the New York "Sun", and began to…

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Aberdeen-Angus Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 8

It is scarcely too much to predict that the Aberdeen- Angus cattle of Scotland will soon have an established place…

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Wool Sales

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 5

The bidding at the Londen wool sales is reported as brisk…

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The Butter Export Trade

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 8

The resumption of the export trade in butter from the colonies to England will shortly take place. but so far nothing…

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The Benefits of Butter

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 8

Dr. Hutchinson makes the following earnest plea for the free use of butter:--No dietetic reform would, I believe, be…

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Grading of Butter

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 3

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received a report from the officer appointed to make inquiries with reference to the proposal for the…

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Pea-Nuts an Australian Crop

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 3

This valuable edible oil-yielding plant grows luxuriantly in Northern Australia. It is a lowly soft plant, not unlike wellgrown clover to the…

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The Pig as a "Farm Hand."

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 October 1892 · page 8

Unless it is in the Bega district, the pig is not yet recognised in New South Wales as the helper he can be made…

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The Travelling Dairy

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 October 1892 · page 6

Authority has been given by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture for arrangements to be made for another series of visits of the travelling dairy to…

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National Prizes for Sugar-cane Farms

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 3

THE prizes for the above are £30 and £20, there being no entrance fee. Regulations for the competition are printed below in full, and intending…

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Maize Farmers' Troubles

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 6

The subject selected by the writer of this article is by no means new, but will admit of almost unlimited discussion, and as the Argus has often…

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Our Young Folks' Letter. a Cochineal Farm

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 November 1892 · page 2

A most all young folks know that the little insect called the cochineal furnishes, when its body has been dried and reduced to powder, a colouring matter of a beautiful red, peculiar to itself. This circumstance…

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Exportation of Surplus Butter

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 November 1892 · page 3

The South Coast and West Camden Cooperative Company quote as follows :--"The export season for 1892-3 has now fairly commenced, and up to date we have packed…

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The Baby Farming Cases. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 November 1892 · page 5

The inquest on the bodies of the infants found at Macdonaldtown is still proceeding. Fifteen bodies have been unearthed. Mrs. Makin fainted…

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