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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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The Branding of Cattle

Macleay Argus · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 11

FROM time to time representations are made throughout the Australian press of the great injury done to the hides of cattle by the system of branding practised by…

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The Indian Famine. the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 4

THE following further acknowledgment has been received by the Farmers and Settlers' Association from the Government of India, for donations of wheat, &c., from the farmers of New South Wales:—…

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Intensive Farming

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 3

A GOOD many visitors to the Paris Exhibition have remarked the magnificent specimens of vegetables displayed. Mr. J. McKay says that in the vicinity of Paris thousands of acres are devoted to…

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The Farmers Column

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 6

In is proposed in the column week by week. as far as possible, to treat upon subjects of immediate interest to farmers from the standpoint of actual observation, and…

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Export Butter Trade

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 3

The proposal to adopt the system of Government inspection in the butter export trade has always been strongly opposed by Sydney merchants, who…

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A Foolish Farmer

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 8

The old saving about a cob[?]er sticking to his last has been exemplified in a rather expensive manner to a Guyra farmer who essayed to become his…

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Interesting Dairy Test

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 12

To determine whether your cow is in calf or not, the following remarks by 4 writes in an American journal will be of interest:—"The cow to be…

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Indians as Farmers and Fishermen

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

THE Red Indian of Canada is always (Daily Graphic save) an interesting study, and so many persons will receive with pleasure the information that he is more and more giving up his nomad and hunting…

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L[?] Weather and Crops

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 2

The long-continued drought is seriously affecting crops and pastures everywhere on the lower river. Farmers are anxiously scanning the…

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Wheat Growing

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 6

It is somewhat surprising that there is not a more general planting of wheat ns an extra I crop on the Macleay. In reply to queries on this head one is generally told that it…

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The Farmers Column

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 6

It is proposed in this column week by week, as far as possible, to treat upon subjects of immediate interest to farmers from the standpoint of actual observation, and…

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Spring Rust in Wheat Crops

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 7

The Wheat Experimentalist has received complaints from farmers to the effect that their wheat crops are becoming very rusty, and asking what is the…

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Australian Butter and Honey in London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 8

INQUIRIES recently made have thrown some light (says the London correspondent of the Melbourne Age) upon the mysterious disappearance of Australian batter and honey which figure largely on ships'…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Farm Separators

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 9

There are many indications that the farm separator is becoming more and more a factor in the creamery industry. Manufacturers and dealers report a large…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. the State Elections

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 5

The executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association met in the Queen Victoria Markets, Sydney, recently for the purpose of framing the…

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Broom Millet Culture a Most Profitable Crop

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 8

WE have during this week been favoured with a visit from Mr. J. Foster (Foster and Son. Sussex-street, Sydney), who is on a short visit to this district, mainly for the purpose of giving a word of…

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Farmers and Settlers' Platform

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 9

The Farmers and Settlers' Association, at a meeting held last week at Queen Victoria Markets, Sydney, decided on the following platform in…

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Farmers and Labourers

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 6

AGRICULTURALISTS are wroth with the Government for fixing a minimum wage of 7s per day for the "professional " labourer, thus at once destroying the inviolable law of supply…

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Murder in a Train. a Farmer Killed and Robbed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 3

A terrible tragedy is reported to have occurred in a train on the London and South-western Railway on Thursday. Just after the train left Surbiton…

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Spring Rust in Crops

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 7

The Wheat Experimentalist has received complaints from farmers to the effect that their wheat crops are becoming very rusty, and asking what is the…

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