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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

154 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 8

The Export of Surplus Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 4

DAIRY farmers and produce agents met in great numbers at the offices of the Fresh Food and Ice Company on Friday last, to decide on some action with a view to…

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Four Crops in one Year

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 2

DESIRING to ascertain what and how many crops can be grown on the same ground in a year, I made the following experiment. In August I gave the land a heavy dressing of…

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The Successful Farmer

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 July 1893 · page 8

THE farmer who knows only how to turn a good furrow, prepare the soil for the seed, stop the growth of weeds, and…

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What Protection does for the American Farmer

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 8

THE San Francisco 'News Letter ' says :--When a man deliberately steps into a vat of boiling water, it is impossible…

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American Farming in Loss. a Forecast Be the Secretary of Agriculture

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 2

THE Hon. J. M. Rusk, in the North American, drawn a picture of farming in America a hundred years hence. In the first place, he says that the United States will contain a…

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High Farming

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 3

AN Englishman, settled in the States, gives his home experience to his neighbours. He says:—"I came from England and any Father was a practical farmer, if [?]uay use that…

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[?]mer Housing Show Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 7

Comfortable and roomy quarters are essential in preparing cattle for show. Stall feeding is not the best system for show animals. Clean well-haired beasts do not…

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Rations for Dairy Cows

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 3

EXPERIMENTS at the Wisconsin station by F. W. Woll indicate (B. 33) that the heavy feeding of dairy cows is profitable. A cow producing a full flow of milk should receive…

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Pen Eilage for Dairy Cown

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 6

PEAS furnish a food rich in nitrogenous compounds, of which the dry matter contains about 12 per cent., or about twice the nitrogen in ordinary silage, H. Snyder, of the…

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Dairy Notes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 2

Breed your own cows—Dairymen will have to breed their own cowa, and the foolish slaughtering of calves will have to stop. Several sensible men will have to club…

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The Largest Farm in England

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 8

THE honor of possessing the largest farm in England must be given the owner of Withcall Farm, near Louth, in…

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Assisting [?] our Farmers

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 5

With a view to enabling agriculturists to obtain kainit and potash salts at a more reasonable price, steps have been taken by the Department to…

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Hastings River Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 4

THE Directors of the above Company met in their office at the factory on Saturday last at 7.30 p.m., when the first payment under Mr. Sharp's management was made, and…

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A Profitable Bee Farm

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 August 1893 · page 8

The 'National Advocate' of Bathurst, in an interesting report of Mr. Petersen's 10-acre farm at Wattle Flat, gives some…

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A Profitable Crop

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 August 1893 · page 3

THE C. R. Advocate' says :-- We have been shown some fine specimens of sweet potatoes at J. S. Dunnet and Co.'s produce…

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Failure in the Potato Crop

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 3

THE Ulmarra correspondent of the Clarence Examiner writes :-- Some experienced farmers attribute the loss which is occurring here in the potato…

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Dairying and Creameries

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 3

UNDER the auspices of the C.P. and A. Society, an interesting address on the above was delivered on Monday evening by Mr. H…

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The Pastoral Industry. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1893 · page 3

SIR,--One of the most illogical and absurd features of the later phases of the ceaseless conflict between labor and capital in Australia is the persistency with which the…

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A Word in the Ear of Tenant Farmers

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1893 · page 3

IN a colony as sparsely populated as this, and teeming with natural wealth, it is a striking anomoly that there should be not only a plethora of unemployed, but also a…

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Four Crops in Eight Months

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 7

L. T. MORGAN, Silver Bow Co., Mon., writes us that, when living in Delaware, he often ruined four full crops between March first and November first, in the following manner:…

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