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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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TELEGRAMS. Sydney, Tuesday, Cattle Market

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

Bullocks, £5 to £12 17s, cows £4 to £10 17s 6d. STOCK FATALITY. Fifty head of cattle dropped dead…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Tuesday Night. The Price of Butter

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 4

The wholesale price of butter has been lowered by a penny all round…

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Double the Butter Product

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

Only a few days ago a good lady butter market sent for me to come and test her cows. There were seven in the herd, three of which went below 3…

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The "Smoko" Sheep Shearing Machine

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 8
Also in Macleay Argus

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M'Dougall's Non-Poisonous Sheep Dip

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5
Also in Macleay Argus

If there is one question more than another of interest to this State it is te important of an staple product-wool. To effect and increase of even a quarter of a [?] in…

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Important Hints for Wheat Growers

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

A great deal of valuable work has been done in various ways in endeavouring to improve, the method of wheat culture. Some of the results have confirmed…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Eye Valuable As a Catch Crop

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

NITROGEN is the fertilising element most easily lost from manures and soils, also it is the most expensive. The readiness with…

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The Dairying Industry

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

Before a conference of gentlemen interested in dairying pursuits, held on the ground of the Royal Agricultural Society last week, and presided over…

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Government Agricultural Exhibits. The Experimental Farms

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 6
Also in Macleay Argus

The large crowd which thronged the building where the exhibits from the Governmental farms were displayed told its own story of deep interest and the desire to…

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The Dairying Industry. Representative Conference

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 11

BEFORE a conference of gentlemen interested in dairying pursuits, held on the ground of the Royal Agricultural Society, and presided over by Mr. Throsby, manager of the…

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Siberian Butter, &c

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 4

ONE of the last places one would expect to find competing for a share in the butter business is Siberia. It is ascertained, however, that the export from that country at present amounts to between 95,000cwt…

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M. R. D. Dairy Co. a Record Month

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2

THIS company had a record month in March. The receipts for butter for the month were £4124 8s 5d, and suppliers were paid at the rate of 8¾d per lb for first-class commercial…

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Correspondence. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents. The Farmers Union. to the Editor of the Macleay Chronicle

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 3

SIR,—That this, which ought to be one of the most advantageous ard prosperous institutions on the Macleay, has not hitherto been a success, is certainly not for want of…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Celeriac or Turnip-rooted Celery

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

THIS plant partakes of the general character of the common celery in flavour, so far as the leaf is concerned, and is simply a variety with a…

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Asparagus—a Good Profitable Crop

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

With proper care an asparagus plantation can be made to last for years, and it seems strange that people who make any pretension to growing vegetables do not…

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To Those in Want of a Good Farm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 4

MR. T. Jones, a late resident of Robertson, writes us (Southern Mail) as follows from the Comboyne, Manning River:—"The survey is completed of the following farmsin the famons Comboyne Sorub, which…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Millet

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 3

THERE are at the present time several varieties of millet--each of them having particular characteristic qualities, suitable for various…

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