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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

57 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3

Adulterated Butter

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 3

UNDER the heading "How Imported Butter is Adulterated," an English contemporary gives the following gratuitous…

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An Interesting Farmers' Union

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 3

IN a recent published Foreign Office report, an account is given of a very interesting little agricultural union which…

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Inbreeding with Jersey Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 2

No subject has received more attention from stock breeders than that of "breeding in-and-in," that is, of continuing to breed from a single family without any admixture…

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A Tumut Farmer on the Grain Duties. Ruinous Prices Due to Over Production

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 6

Mr. G. CLOUT, a leading farmer of the Tumut district, ridicules such statements as "If the duty were repealed, maize…

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Dairying in Queensland

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 3

ONE of the striking features of the agricultural growth of the colony has been the extension of dairying. Dairying has…

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American Methods of Wheat Production

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 3

MR. J. M. Sinclair, who was sent from Victoria to America to inquire into the methods of wheat production, has…

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Suicide of a Farmer

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 4

A farmer from Penrith, 71 years of age, suicided by shooting himself with a revolver at his son-in-law's house, Surry Hills, to-day. No reason is…

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Randolph the Roamer. [?]S South African Experiences. the Boer Farmer Described. [?] Personifies "Useless Idle Ness." Lion- Hunting Adventures

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 7

Lord Randolph Churchill appears [?] have had some doubts as to the dvisability of publishing in book [?]orm the letters which he wrote in…

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The Potato Crop

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 6

IT is quite refreshing in these days of "depreciation" and sorrowing over depressed markets to read in a Melbourne…

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Kempsey Police Court. Friday, March 1st. (Before Messrs. J. W. Wilson, W. T. Dangar and Dr. Gabriel, Js.P.) Alleged Cattle Stealing

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 5

Wm. Henry Rowe, of Mungay Creek, pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing from Verge's run at Trial Bay Creek, about June 9th, 1893 a yellow, baldy cow,…

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Agricultural Societies and Farmers' Institutes

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 3

AT the recent conference of Agricultural Societies, Mr. W. S. Campbell (of the Department of Agriculture) read an…

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Kempsey Police Court. Friday, March 8th. (Before Messrs. J. W. Wilson, W. T. Dangar and Dr. Gabriel, Js.P.) Alleged Cattle Stealing

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 4

The bearing of the charge of cattle-stealing against W. H. Rowe was continued. Jas. Landers was called and gave evidence, at the…

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The Cattle Trade and the Macleay

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 4

ONCE more we desire to impress upon the stock-raisers of the Macleay the desirability of taking a hand in the rapidly-expanding cattle export trade…

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The Live Stock Trade. Frieght on Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 5

A MEETING was held at Hayes' Hotel, Kempsey, on Saturday night, to take into consideration certain phases of the live stock trade, prior to an…

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Lights and Shades of Farming

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 3

THE Principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, in his annual report read at the recent presentation of prizes,…

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Co-operation in Farm Work

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 2

THE perusal of Sir A. Cotton's article on "Deep Cultivation," recently reproduced in the 'Agricultural Gazette,' has…

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Maize as a Hay Crop

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 6

IN view of maize being so low in price in Victoria, "Thistledown," in the 'Australasian,' suggests the making of it into…

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A Great Cattle Range

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 May 1895 · page 2

According to the New York journals, the great plateau between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra, comprising the territory of Utah and the state of Nevada…

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Comparative Prices of Wool

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 May 1895 · page 2

The following statement is taken from the Economist: -- During the current series of colonial wool sales recently held in London, prices have sustained a further…

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Cattle Export from the Macleay. Meeting in Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 May 1895 · page 6

A PUBLIC MEETING to receive Mr. H. W. T. Lee's report concerning the prospects of opening up a live stock trade between the Macleay and Sydney was held at Hayes'…

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