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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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To Keep Butter Sweet

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 12

A farmer's wife writes that after an experience of many years she finds no plan nearly so good as the simple one she always adopts, viz., to wrap tie butter in…

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Conflicting Systems of Manufacture of Butter

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 12

MR. M'VEIGH, manager of the Berry Central Butter Factory, has issued an appeal to the dairy farmers, warning them against what he says is unfair…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Difficulty in Churning

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 9

DURING cold weather one of the chief difficulties in butter-making results from hard fat granules and cream with a high viscosity…

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Farmers' Organisations

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 6

AT Tamworth this week the annual convention of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association is being held, and is deemed to be of such importance that…

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Government Bee-farming

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 10

MR KIDD, State Minister for Agriculture, has given instructions to have the apiary at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College brought up-to-date, and so re-designed…

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Industrial Farms. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 24 July 1901 · page 2

The State Minister for Lands has requested that a reserve of 40,000 acres of good land on which it it proposed to start industrial, farms should…

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M. R. Dairy Company. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 July 1901 · page 3

SIR,—Per[?] the again to say something on the subject introduced by Mr. Stinson. Co-operative companies differ altogether in their aims from ordinary commercial companies. An ordinary company…

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The Week's News. for Watering Butter

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 6

A Brierley Hill, Staffs, on Thursday, Messrs. Pearks, Gunstan and Tee, Ltd., of Bayer street, London, were summoned for selling [?] at [?] Hill containing five…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Conference

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 4

No more important gathering bag ever been held in the interest of the country districts, and of the State as a whole, than that which has recently sat in conference at Tamworth…

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The Farmers' Column. the French Bean

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 6

THE Richmond River papers of the past week publican article from Mr. C. W. Duffy on the value of Canadian Wonder beans, as a marketable product for local…

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Bellinger Butter Co

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 8

The annual meeting of this company was held last week. The profits for the year were £61, and for this the Board recommend the payment of 4 per…

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Careless Cattle Branding. a Loss of Half a Million

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 7

AN important conference took place at the Stockowners' Exchange, Spring-street, on Wednesday afternoon between the Master Tanners and Currier's Association of New…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. How to Grow Early Tomatoes

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 9

THE important point in growing early tomatoes is to have the plants strong and as far advanced in growth as passible before transplanting…

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Interesting Dairy Test

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 3

To determine whether your cow is in calf or not, the following remarks by a writer in an American dairy journal will be of interest:—"The cow to be tested is, of course, milked separately, and as soon as…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 9

Among the resolutions passed at the conference sitting at Tamworth were the establishment of local Government, with subsidy equal to the…

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The Farmers' Union. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 7

SIR,--In the event of the present Farmers' Union being wound up I would suggest the immediate formation of a combination of the farmers of the Macleay--the term farmer…

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The Farmers and Settlers

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 11

REPLYING to the deputation from the Farmers and Settlers' convention, the Premier said the Government intended to give what relief it could to those already on the land and also…

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Macleay Farmers' Union

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 August 1901 · page 9

A MEETING to consider the advisability of winding up the Union was held at Nock's Victoria Hotel on Saturday last. The President, Mr. E. Rudder, presided, and before…

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To Keep Butter Sweet

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 5

A farmer's wife writes that after an experience of many years she finds no plan nearly so good as the simple one she always adopts, viz., to wrap the butter in half…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 5

On Wednesday last a large representative meeting of dairymen and others interested was held in Croker's Hotel. Representatives [?]ere present from Rollands Plains Telegraph…

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