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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Deputation. Model Farm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

Advantage weft taken, on Friday last, at the Show Grand, for a deputation of district representatives, to wait upon Mr. W. Campbell, Government…

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Upper Manning Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

CAPTAIN Ricketts and Mr. Job Taylor, two gentle-men well-known and highly respected in the Manning district, have just completed a five days' tour of the…

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An Enterprising Dairyman. Installation of Milking Machines

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 6

MR. Harry Plummer, of Clybucca, is the first dairyman in the district to install milking machines, in his dairy, and he is to be commended for his enterprise. Our reporter…

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Winter School for Farmers

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 9

MR. ERNEST WEEKS, secretary of the Macleay A. H. and I. Association, has received a circular giving particulars of the proposal to hold a Winter…

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Queensland Maize Crop

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

It is confidently expected that the Queensland maize crop this year will be a record one. The figures for the year 1904 05 were:--Area under…

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Local News. a Dairying Matter

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

At a meeting of the Directors of the Macleay Co-operative Dairying Co., Kempsey, on Tuesday, it was decided to make an alteration in the system of…

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Second-class Land on the Macleay. a Successful Farmer

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 7

A CORRESPONDENT signing himself Carpe Diem supplied the S.M. Herald with the following interesting account of Mr. W. J. Sergeant's place at Trial Bay Creek…

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Butter Commission

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 4

Giving evidence before the Butter Commission, the Agent General for Victoria advocated the prohibition of blending, as colonials prefer their butter sold honestly…

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Compulsory Grading of Butter

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 4

THE matter of the compulsory grading of butter is becoming the question of the hour. New Zealand has long been admitted as the colony in the Southern Hemisphere which…

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The Shipping Question. Suggestions to the Farmers. To the Editor

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 6

SIR,—My letter of last week ran into too great length to enable me to embody some suggestions to the farmers at this particular juncture. Before doing so allow me to direct attention to two little…

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Blackleg in Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

Writing in the "Macleny Chroniole," Mr. E. Kearney, Inspector of Stock, says:—I have reason to fear a severe outbreak of blackleg in this district at any moment, and…

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Diseases In Cattle. Interesting Reports From the Stock Inspector

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 5

MR. E. Kearney, Stock Inspector for the Macleay, District, has given us (Macleay Argue) the following interesting information for publication:--LAMENESS IN CATTLE…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Breeding Corn

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 2
Also in Macleay Argus

LESS attention has been given to the breading of corn and the selection of seed than has been given to the cultivation and maintaining of the soil…

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H.D Dairy Co

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Directors of the H.D. dairy co. was held at the Factory on Tuesday 15th inst. the month of April showed the largest output since the…

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Farm and Field. Farm Animals in the United States

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 3

A return of the numbers of farm animals in the United States on 1st January has been issued by the Department of Agriculture, at Washington, with the…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 8

CIRCULARS are now being issued to Secretaries of Agricultural Societies of the proposal to hold a Winter School for Farmers at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. These classes…

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New Dairy Factory Co

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 3

A meeting of the provisional directors of the U. M. Co-operative Dairy Co. took place in the School of Arts, Taree, last Saturday. Mr. J…

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Upper Manning Co-operative, Dairy Co

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 3

THE Provisional Directors of the above company met on Saturday afternoon last in the School of Arts, Taree. There were present:--Messrs. Jas. Crittenden…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Selection and Treatment of Brood Sows

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 2

THE first and most important thing to do in the raising of pure bred hegs is the selection of the brood sow. No other animal on the farm will give its owner such…

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