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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

317 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 13 of 16

Butter Factory Managers' Salaries

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 3

The question of the salaries that butter factory and creamery managers receive is undergoing discussion. There is, no doubt, a tendency amongst many…

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Local News. Store Cattle

Macleay Argus · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 8

This description of stock are realising almost record prices throughout the colony. At Goulburn, a week ago, 3000 head were placed at prices…

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The Dairying Industry

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

SINCE the Australian Dairying Co. established an up-to-date butter factory in Port Macquarie, the district has been singularly unfortunate as to the weather…

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Farm and Garden Homing Pigeons

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 9

To those who intend to go in for Homing pigeons this is a very good time for making a start. Plenty of young Home's can be bought now just as they are able…

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Smallest Sheep in the World

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 7

The very smallest of all the kinds of sheep, says a contemporary, is the tiny Breton sheep. It is too small to be very profitable to raise, for, of course, it…

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Paying and Non-paying Dairying

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 4

DURING the past year, a factory manager in Victoria writes, we have paid one of our suppliers £12 per cow for each cow milked in a herd of 16, and five of the…

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Farm and Garden Giant Onions

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 9

How to Grow Giant Onions' is the title of a little book which may be published. But a book is hardly needed to tell the little story. Those who want to…

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Farmers and Shippers' Association

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 5

A MEETING of the Committee of the above association was held in the Belmore Hall, Taree, on Wednesday afternoon last, when there was an attendance of about 18 persons…

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The Position of the Farmers' Union

Macleay Argus · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 8

No one on this river can conscientiously accuse the Argus of want of sympathy with the Farmers' Union, and in criticising this organisation we…

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The Maize Crop in the States

Macleay Argus · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 6

MAIZE is cultivated from the most easterly county in Maine to the most westerly in the State of Washington, and from the valley of the Red River in the north to the…

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Smallest Sheep in the World

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 September 1900 · page 7

The very smallest of all the kinds of sheep, says a contemporary, is the tiny Breton sheep. It is too small to be very profitable to raise, for, of course, it…

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Farm and Garden. Selecting Good Layers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 9

That the majority of hens are capable of producing many more eggs than they usually do is undoubted. The Statements sometimes made that the hens in certain…

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A Pearl Farm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 2

There is only one pearl farm in the world. It is in the Torres Strait, at the northern extremity of Australia, and belongs to James Clark, of Queensland. Mr. Clark, who is…

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The A D. Co.'s Butter Export Scheme

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 September 1900 · page 3

A MEETING of suppliers to the Australian Dairying Co. was held in the Belmore Hall, Taree, on Monday afternoon last. The object of the meeting was to explain more clearly the export scheme for…

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A Pearl Farm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 September 1900 · page 2

There is only one pearl farm in the world. It is in the Torres Strait, at the northern extremity of Australia, and belongs to James Clark, of Queensland. Mr. Clark, who is…

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The Cattle Market

Macleay Argus · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 5

OUR pastoralists are going to enjoy a fine time so far as values for their stock are concerned. Fats are still on the upward grade, and up to £12 per…

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The A. D. Co's Butter export Scheme

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 7

Mr. J. M. McLellan, the General Manager of the above Company, accompanied by Mr. H. Sinclair, local manager, has been visiting the various…

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Farm and Garden Gardening

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 9

Clematis, which are amongst the most showy of town flowering plants, are growing most rigorous this season, and will make good displays anon, when attended…

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The Law and the Dairy

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

"I hear that the great law firm of Gouge and Gobble has engaged extensively in the dairy business," "You don't say!"…

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The Law and the Dairy

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 October 1900 · page 2

"I hear that the great law firm of Gouge I and Gobble has engaged extensively in the dairy business." "You don't say!"…

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