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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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Cure for "Blown" Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 November 1893 · page 8

A HOM[?]PATHIC doctor, whose authority is vouched for (says the 'Auckland Weekly Times') has been recommending a very…

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[?] Sugar Beets and Potatoes. How Much They Are Worth an Butter Production

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 3

In bulletin [?] of the lown agricultural college, Professor Wilson gives the results of feeding experiments to determine the value of sugar beets and…

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Chicago Dairy Tests

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 2

THUS the Queenslander on this subject:—The little Jersey has, to use a colonial colloquialism, "knocked spots" out of the Guernseys and Shorthorns at the milking tests at…

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Dairy an Creamery

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 3

One swallow does not make a summer. One good dairy bull or cow of a beef breed does not prove at all that dairymen should go in for that breed as…

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Australian Advantages for Butter-making

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 8

WHEN we get fairly into the butter export business, it will be found that there are very special advantages in our…

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The Champion Farmer

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 8

ON June 17th, 1892, Mr. Blunkskill, of Wagga Wagga, received a telegram from the Director of Agriculture in…

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Farming Finance

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 8

ANY farmer with a mortgage over his estate is a less happy man, as a rule (writes "Thistledown" in the AUSTRALASIAN),…

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The Stability of Dairying

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

AN American dairy journal says:—For near a quarter of a century have we preached with tongue and pen to the farmers of America on the stable and steadfast character of the dairy…

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Hastings River [?]erative Dairy Company, Limited

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 4

THE adjourned half-yearly meeting of the above company was held is Kilmurray's Hall. W anchope, on Monday evening last. There was [?] attendance of shari-holders and [?]…

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Gleaned for Farmers

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 3

No matter how good the pasture is, a little dry hay is good for the cattle. It is hardly worth while to raise a calf that does not eat well, no matter if its…

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The Farmers and Freetrade

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 8

A BERRIGAN telegram to the S. M. Herald says:--A large meeting of the Farmers' Union was held on Saturday, Mr. Gorman, the president,…

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Progressive Dairying

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 8

IF reports be true, it seems probable that in the near future milking machines will be as common as other implements…

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The Brunswick Baby Farming Cases. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 7

At the Supreme Court criminal sittings yesterday Frances Knorr, alias Minnie Thwaites, who was convicted on Friday of wilful murder in…

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Dairy Conference at Grafton. Grafton

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 7

A conference of representatives of dairy companies in the Clarence district was held yesterday, when it was decided to bring under the notice of…

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700 Tons of Butter in one Ship

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

THE P. & O. Co's. Massilia took from Sydney on Monday, November 13th, the largest shipment of butter that has over left the colonies. This steamship was some time ago fully…

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New South Wales Dairying

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

THE official retains state that there are in New South Wales 264 dairy factories, using plant and machinery of the value of £131,000. The number of people engaged…

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W [?] The Farmer and Stockkeeper

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

THE [?] potato[?] by a [?]ted the effectiveness of which is vouched for by Professor Schribeaux, of the French National College of Agriculture…

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Gleaned for Farmers

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

No matter how good the pasture is, a little dry hay is good for the cattle. it is hardly worth while to raise a calf that does not ear well, no matter if its…

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Saltless Butter

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 8

ON many occasions we have told it as a fact that the best butter used in London and Paris is entirely free from salt…

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Dairying on the Richmond

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 8

THERE is an account of a visit to the Richmond River, contributed to the 'Kiama Independent' by a Mr. James…

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