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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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Farms in China

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 2

Small as the farms are, many of them being less than an acre in extent, the Chinese farmers obtain wonderful results from their work. Three crops a year are…

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Cattle and their Prices

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 3

THE drought is expected to make a substantial difference in stock values. Before its prevalence cattle of all…

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Charge of Alleged Cattle Stealing

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 5

AT the West Kempsey Police Court on Tuesday, September 17th, Joseph Campbell was brought before Captain Davies, P.M., on the charge of stealing one cow,…

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Creamery v. Private Dairy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 4

SOME people consider that for butter-making the private dairy is more economical than the creamery. This may be the case under exceptional circumstances, [?] when the farmer is…

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Mutton Sheep for Farmers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 4

IT is from the wheat districts that sheep and lambs for export have to come. Sheep and lambs, I mean, that are up to weight that command big prices in the old land—the sort…

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Young Cattle Wanted for the British Markets

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 4

THE salesmen who have been operating with Australian cattle sent to London report that for [?] sent alive there will be an immense demand at prices that will prove…

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The Farmer's Burden

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 7

While parasites affect our fruit, and nearly everything we raise has its enemy, the chief monster with which farmers have to contend is the mortgage, which eats like leprosy. At…

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Farm Life and Health

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 7

Farmers are the longest-lived of all the laboring classes, and if they lived up to their privileges, their longevity would be greatly increased. There is no place like a farm for…

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Cold Storage. for Our Eggs Butter &c

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 4

A SHORT time ago the N.C. Company intended fixing up cooling chambers in their boats, provided sufficient support was promised. But like most mooted advantages for…

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Game Cocks Minding Sheep

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1895 · page 3

To hear of game cocks actually taking the place of dogs to look after and drive sheep will astonish many. Our squatters,…

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Dairy Dots

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1895 · page 7

A dairyman is not one who milks cows but one who produces food through the cow. It is not the natural condition of a cow to give milk in winter unless you surround her…

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Green Crops v. Bare Fallow

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1895 · page 4

WE extract the following from the AUSTRAL ASIAN. It contains a lesson which may prove useful in those districts. "The Northern farmers, who attempted dairying and…

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Hastings River Co-operative Dairy Co., Limited

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

THE Half-yearly General Meeting of Shareholders in the above Company was held at Wauchope on Monday week The attendance was a small one Mr. D. Bain J. P…

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N.s.w. Wheat Yield

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 December 1895 · page 4

This is estimated to turn out for the current season at 7.8 bushels per acre as against 10.9 for last harvest, giving an aggregate decrease of over…

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The Dairying Industry

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 December 1895 · page 5

DR. JOHN HAY, the Shoalhaven millionaire, and heir of the Berry estate, recently returned home from a trip to Europe…

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A Big Farm

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 December 1895 · page 2

THE largest farm in the United States is situated in the southwest of Louisiana, being 100 miles from north to south and…

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The Late London Dairy Show

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 December 1895 · page 2

OF 31 prizes awarded at the last of these shows, 19 went to butter made from the milk of the Jersey cows, and these…

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