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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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The Butter Commission

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 13

MR. R. J. FAIRBAIRN, ex-manager of the Farmers' and Settlers' Co-operative Co., requests us to publish the following letter from himself which was printed in the…

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The Butter Business

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 6

That the butter business ranks high is beyond a doubt seeing that even His Excellency Governor Rawson is having a cut at it, and vigorously denouncing…

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H.D.C. Dairy Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of the above Company was held on Tuesday last at Beechwood, Mr.J.Hibhard, Chairman of Directors, presiding. There were about 40…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Raising Turkeys

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

DAMP or low swampy land is not a good location for raising turkeys, the ideal being gravelly, light soil through which flows a small stream. For the very…

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The Farmer and Dentist

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 9

An old farmer in Scotland once went to have a troublesome tooth extracted. Said the dentist, after looking at the offending molar:—…

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Commercial News. Farmers' & Settlers' Co-op. Society. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 11

Maize market opened firmly to-day at slightly higher prices, white maize 2s 6d, yellow 2s 7d; potatoes £6 to £7, early Rose, variety suitable for seed £9; pig market…

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Our Export of Butter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 8

Our bluff State Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, speaking at the opening of the Kiama show last week indulged in some straight talk, which should have…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Brahmas

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 2

THE Brahmas have an especial attraction for fanciers who wish to keep small flocks. They stand confinement the best of all breeds, and do about as well in…

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Co-operative Dairying Movement

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 2

THE movement in favor of forming a Cooperative Dairy Company, with the object of establishing a factory in the vicinity of Kempsey, appears to be gaining ground,…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Pumpkins As a Dairy Feed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

MANY burners frequently feed pumpkins to dairy cattle with satisfactory results, while others feed them with comparatively little benefit. It has…

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Lime on Farms

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 7

THE United State Bureau of Agriculture have issued an interesting pamphlet on the relation of lime and magnesia to plant growth. The result of very elaborate and…

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A Wheat Combine. Chicago Operators' Scheme

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 10

Reports from Chicago state that Mr. Charles M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel Corporation, Mr. Gates and others, have arranged a great…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Breeding for the Dairy

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 2

SOME farmers leave the young calf with the cow for several weeks. That is considered to be ruinous, not to the calf, but to the milking functions of…

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M.R Cc-op. Dairy Co

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 3

The half yearly meeting of the above company was held in the Federal Hall, Wingham, on Wednesday afternoon last Mr. R. Malcolm,…

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M.R. Co-op. Dairy Co

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 5

Mr. Evans, manager of the above company, has received the following very flattering reports from Messrs. Bartram and Son with regard to their butter shipments to England…

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Dairying on the Comboyne. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 4

SIR,--In yours of 22nd inst. I note a letter from your Comboyne correspondent. He states correctly that a meeting was held in the school house on Saturday, 11th inst, in connection…

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M. R. Co-operative Dairy Co. Half-yearly Meeting

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 3

THE 25th half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Company was held Federal Hall, Wingham, on Wednesday afternoon last…

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Dairymen and the Over-run

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 7

MR. M. A. O'CALLAGHAN has an article in the February number of the Agricultural Gazette which should be of more than ordinary interest to dairy farmers in this district. It…

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Government Grading of Butter. Favored by London Agents

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 4

MR. CROWE (the Victorian dairy expert) in a letter to the Minister for Agriculture, states, in reference to a report of Australian produce in England on the subject of grading…

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Macleay Co-operative Dairy Company

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 10

A MEETING of provisional directors of the above company was held at Barnett's Victoria Hotel, on Friday night last. Two canvassers were appointed to obtain…

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