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Farming & the land, 1907

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Succession of Wheat Crops

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 7

Mr Prout, of Saw bridge worth, Herefordshire, England, the "Mark Lane Express" states, has grown wheat year after year profitably, with the aid of…

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Footrot in Sheep

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 7

In the very old days, when the sheep were mostly merino, footrot was Incessant. and men used to be turned on to out the long hoofs off, with a mallet and…

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Australian Farmers Should Be Satisfied

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 2

SOMETIMES a good deal is heard about Australian settlers being dissatisfied and making a change in their location. Not infrequently Canada is tho chosen…

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Farm Labourers As Immigrants

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 7

THE Government's immigration policy is maintaining a steady inflow from the United Kingdom of farm-labourers and strong, wilting lads, who have by…

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Farm and Field. An Chio Farmer on Potato Growing

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 7

In a recent issue of the "American Agriculturalist" there is an article on potato-growing by one of the best potato experts in the State of Ohio. The…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Improved Dairying

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 2

In dairying, one should at first select the right kind of cows, only those cows which will return the greatest amount of milk for the feed and…

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Dairy Farming

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 2

Ensilage will work quite a revolution in the methods of feeding dairy cows one of these days. Hitherto, the difficulty has been in providing a winter…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Feeding Dairy Cows' in Winter

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 2

How to feed the dairy cows' during the winter period, is sometimes a complicated matter, not only how cheaply they may be fed, but also in order to…

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Dirt in the Dairy

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 6

The first principle in handling milk, and, perhaps, the most important, is to keep out as many bacteria as possible. This requires care and attention to a great many details, but…

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A Lament on Farm Life

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 7

The sweet dairy farm, For me bath no charm, I heed not what critics may say, Some say I am lazy, and other I'm crazy,…

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Macleay River Co-operative Dairying Co. Half-yearly Meeting

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 7

THE semi-annual meeting of the shareholders in the above Company was held at the old Methodist Church in Smithst., Kempsey, on Wednesday afternoon…

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Emmer Wheat

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 7

One of the grain crops which is becoming popular among the Canadian fanners, who are feeding everything they raise, is Emmer, which is a kind…

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Farm and Filed. Treatment of Growing Foals

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 7

The question of the proper feeding of the growing foal whilst It is at the dam's foot is one upon which the opinions of experts differ a good deal. Some owners…

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Farm and Dairy. Foriginal Article? [All Rights Reserved.] Mangolds for Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 2

Now that the season for supplying cattle with mangolds is upon us, it will be well to remember that for the first few weeks they should be given…

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Correspondence. Imported Dairy Cattle. (To the Editor.)

Macleay Argus · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 7

SIR, -- In your issue of 13th, ultimo [?]here appears a dying screed from the pen of that mighty champion of abuse, the great Frank McCaffrey. Venomous…

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New Packing for Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 6

Attention has been attracted in Germany to a new method of packing butter, which has been tried with satisfactory results in connection with shipment from Melbourne…

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New Packing for Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 6

ATTENTION has been attracted in Germany to a new method of packing butter, which has been tried with satisfactory results in connection with [?] from Melbourne…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Improved Dairying

Macleay Argus · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 14

In dairying, one should at first select the right kind of cows, only those cows which will return the greatest amount of milk for the feed and…

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Motel Farm for the Manning

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 6

A well attended meeting of representatives of all parts of the Manning Wallamba districts took place in the Sample room, at Mr. W…

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Experimental Farm for the Upper Manning. Public Meeting at Wingham

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the Mayor of Wingham, to urge on the Government the desirability of establishing a model farm on the Upper Manning, was held at the Australian Hotel on Wednesday…

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