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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

365 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 19

Smut in Seed Wheat

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 3

Smuts in all farm crops are caused by parasitic plants. The life stages of these smuts are two—the mycelial, or growing, and the reproductive or spore stages…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Farm Separator Cream

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 3

HARM separators have been introduced faster than the spread of knowledge concerning the requirements to run them properly, and…

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Coastal Farmers Co-Operative Society. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 9

Maize market advanced to 6s to-day, stock a most exhausted and shipments show marked falling off. We have been holding recent shipments…

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Coopernook. M. R. C. Dairy Picnic

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 20 August 1902 · page 3

On Saturday last the employees of the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Coy gave a picnic in the company's newly acquired steamer "Yankee…

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M. R. Co-operative Dairy Co. the Employees Picnic

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 August 1902 · page 3

On Saturday last a large and representative party of ladies and gentlemen accepted the invitation of the employees of the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Co. to a trip up…

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Horrible Murder of a Farmer

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 August 1902 · page 4

August Tisler bag confessed to the murder of Edward Sangall, at Dandenong, Victoria. Hs declares deceased's wife drove him to the commission of the crime…

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Bloating of Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 2

ON the subject of bloating or poisoning of cattle by green fodder, a correspondent to a contemporary writes:— Now, a little unripe sorghum or planter's…

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The Same Old Butter

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 14

A friend of mine has just had a most unpleasant experience. He has married a widow, and by some coincidence took her to the same hotel where she stopped with…

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M. R. Co-operative Dairy Co. Monthly Returns. Butter Factory

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 5

The pay-sheet for the month of July showed the following results :-- Suppliers were paid for 49,606lbs. 1st grade butter, and 13,543lbs. 2nd grade, at…

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The Berrima District Farm, and Dairy Co., Weekly Report

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 2

Butter.— Fairly good sales at quotations the market may hold a time if not forced higher; b[?]con selling well; cheese source in good demand eggs,…

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Screens for Protecting Garden Crops

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 3

Cloth is sometimes used as a substitute for glass over cold frames, but the material is heavier than cheesecloth. The cold frame is built in the usual…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. Cheese Making Simplified

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 3

PROFESSOR Babcock and others have made known the results of some years' investigations concerning the preparation and…

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The Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society, Ltd., Report

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 2

Butter.— The week closes with all choice brands cleared at 1s 8d. Cheese.— Supplies are light and prices again advanced, prime brands…

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Coastal Farmers Co-Operative Society. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 9

Shipments show an increase, this with rainy conditions in the interior has caused buyers to hold off, prime ruling 6s 3d, with easier tendency…

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500 sheep Drowned in a Water Hole

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 4

At Charleville, Queensland, a mob of sheep were taken to a water hole when they rushed into the water and 500 were drowned…

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The Same Old Butter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 3

A friend of mine has just had a most unpleasant experience. He has married a widow, and by some coincidence took her to the same hotel where she stopped with…

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The North Coast a Visitor's Impressions. Fortunes in Butter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 7

A gentleman who has just returned to Sydney after a trip from the Richmond along the North Coast to Brisbane related his impressions to an…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Sorghum As a Soiling Crop

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 6

ALL forage plants are subject to change, from a normal growth, in extremes of temperature — also by humidity and vailed fertility…

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The Dairying Industry

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 5

ONCE more have dairymen in this district been called together in conference to devise the best means of placing the dairying industry on a sound basis. It…

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Manning River Co-operative Dairy Company. Annual Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 5

THE annual meeting of shareholders of the above-named company, was held in the Oddfellows' Halt, Croki, on Wednesday afternoon last. There was only…

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