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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 3

Most fluctuating in quality were the cattle. Durhams, Herefords, Alderneys, Devons, Ayrshires, dairy and farm stock, all were fairly well represented: on the…

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Agricultural and Dairy Implements

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 3

The display of implements and machinery was far ahead in advance of the ordinary. Three Sydney firms, F. Lassetter and Co., Limited, McLean Bros. and Rigg and…

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The Export Butter Trade. Supervising the Home Markets

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 3

AMONG the passengers by the R.M.S. Ormuz, for London, were Mr. W. A. Foley, of the firm of Foley Brothers, of…

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Helping the Farmers

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 5

The British Government intend to spend £1,000,000 in constructing new railways in Great Britain to assist outlying farmers…

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Co-operation among Farmers

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 June 1895 · page 6

MAJOR C. J. BERRY, arguing for co-operation among farmers, writes as follows to the Tulare (U.S.A.) 'Register ' : -- " One…

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Farm Rentals

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 6

THE present month is usually the period in which farms on the Clarence are leased either for cane or maize, and as is…

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Freetraders and Farming

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 4

ALTHOUGH the world hears considerable, especially about election, time, of the multitudinous benefits the farmer reaps from a protectionist policy, the…

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Egg-bound and Crop-bound Fowls

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 July 1895 · page 3

IN reply to a correspondent, who wrote asking who he was to treat egg-bound fowls, the 'Town and Country…

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Butter Factory

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1895 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of directors was held on the 12th inst. and it was decided to pay suppliers of milk 4d per gallon for period from 28th May to 25th June ultimo. The quantity of milk…

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Tho Shipment of Live Cattle to Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 6

WE have been favored by Messrs. Hill, Clark and Co., the well-known firm of cattle salesmen of Sydney, with a few…

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The Butter Trade. LONDON, July 26

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 5

MESSRS. NELSON BROTHERS, in reviewing the year's butter trade, state that the supplies to the English provinces have been insufficient, but that the quality of the butter…

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Loans to Farmers

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 2

THE granting of loans to farmers at low rates of interest is an accomplished fact in Victoria. The Commissioners of…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 4

A CONFERENCE of representative farmers and settlers from all parts of N.S.W. was held at Cootamundra last week. The conference sat three days…

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Cattle Export Trade

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 4

THE fates have most decidedly failed to look kindly on the movement to ship cattle from the Macleay to the metropolis and elsewhere. The cattle-men who took…

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Working Up the Dairy Standard

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 5

THE British Dairy Farmers' Association have adopted the following standards for dairy cows in the United Kingdom…

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Cattle Export Trade

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 3

The Times, in an article on the Australian cattle export trade, suggests that a permanent embargo be placed on the importation of all store cattle…

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Poultry Farming

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 2

THE article on poultry in another page of tis issue from a Sydney paper, brings before our [?] of those productions of the farm [?] too long overlooked…

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The Cattle Export Trade

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 4

An up-river correspondent writes:--"I wonder at out would-be exporters of cattle bearing so much from the N.C.S.N. Co., now when cattle are falling off in condition at…

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Green Crops v. Bare Fallow

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 2

WE extract the following from the 'Australasian.' It contains a lesson which may prove useful in these districts--…

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Why Boys Leave the Farm

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 5

Farmer Hardfist What under the sun is the reason that boys are such no-account critters nowadays? Here is our son Jasper pretty nigh crazy to leaxe the old farm and try to get a job…

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