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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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The File on the Farm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 6

THE file on the farm it a more important tool than many fanners, who during all their lives have never filed the cutting edge of the hoe blade, are aware of (says an American…

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The Melbourne Baby Farming Cases. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 5

The Victorian detectives will arrive here on Wednesday, to take over the man Rudolph Knorr, and the woman Minnie Thwaites, who are in custody…

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Farmers' Unions

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 4

Now that the general election is rapidly approaching, the question of the formation of farmers' unions is one which demands attention. Labor…

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Experiments in Butter Making

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 3

MR GILCHRIST Or[?] Farm Bellshill and assistant [?] on agriculture at the Glasgow Technical College gives the following as the result of his experiments in butter…

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The British Markets For Cheese And Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 2

REGARDING the provision market in Great Britain, Messrs. John M'Nairn and Co., under date Glasgow, July 27, write as follows :—The market for colonial cheese is now…

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All-round Farming

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 7

ONE can fill a barrel with large apples and then add a considerable number of cherries without increasing the bulk The barrel will also take a large quantity of shot and…

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Dairy Ensilage Experience

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 3

AT a recent farmer's institute held at Oswego, N.Z., Mr. Gilbert said that on the same farm where he formerly kept thirty-four cows he now keeps 100. The…

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Winter Feed For Dairy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 3

POLLAND and bran ere at low prices this sea son and never before in all the history of butter making in N.S. Wales has so much of these feeds been used to keep up the stock…

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Farm Yard Manure

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 7

THOUSANDS of farmers do not realise the value of their yard manure, and thousands more have no idea of the waste which takeS place in manure not thoroughly well cared…

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The Farmer a Manufacturer

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 7

THE real live farmer himself is a business man He conducts the business of farming in no haphazard way but makes a careful study of methods and machinery Perfect…

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Bas Farms National Prize Competitions

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 6

THE following are extracts from the report of Mr. A. Gale Judge in the above competition GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF STOCKS An [?] was that generally chosen…

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Use Farms. National Prize Competitions

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1893 · page 2

THE following are exdtracts fro[?]the report of Mr. A. Gale, Judge in the above competition. As already state the largest hee-keeper in the world is Mr. har[?]son and the results…

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Turnips as a Second Crop

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1893 · page 6

"The [?] is the only crop I know of that can be depended on to mature with late sowing," says a New jersey farmer. "The cool nights of early autumn suit it…

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Farm and Garden Pole or Running Beans

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1893 · page 6

Popu[?] Plans for Giving Support to time and other Ranning Var[?] The plan must universally practiced for giving support to the running…

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Dairy Tests at Chicago

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 8

As the reports of the dairy tests at the Chicago Exhibition continue to reach us they become increasingly interesting. Latest…

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Does Farming Pay?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 2

"DOES farming pay?" asks a writer on agriculture in an exchange. 'Well, I've read some very learned articles on the subject, hat I think it boils itself down to this conclusive…

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Something Like Dairying

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 6

THE Mudgee Guardian given the following [?] of the work there for the month [?] of the night factories now in [?] the district:—"Daring the [?]…

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The Dairying Industry

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 6

MR. DAVID WILSON, the Victorian butter expert, has returned from Europe. In an interview with a press representative, he stated that by improving the breed of dairy…

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Bee Farms. National Prize Competitions

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 6

THE following are [?] report of Mr. A. Gale, judge in the [?] A FAR greater attention is now given to queen rearing than was the case two years…

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Good Butter

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 8

"THAT which is worth doing is worth doing well." The little private dairy cannot always make sure of making best…

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