Dairying on the Macleay
WHILE travelling over the Macleay district from time to time, one is struck with the marked, progress in the dairying industry, through far from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mid North Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1908
353 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 18
Border Leicester Sheep
The Border Leicester is one of the best of our long-wool breeds of sheep and is a variation in type from the old English Leicester and Lincoln…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Household Recipes. Specially Written For this Colun All Rights Reserved. Croquettes of Sheep's Brains
Ingredient — Soak the brains in cold water, mixed with a teaspoon of vinegar, tor half an hour. Boil in milk, to which a hule salt has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Dairying Industry
[TO THE EDITOR PORT MACQUARIE NEWS.] SIR,—I have read with great interest your reports of the dairy meetings, and we can now see how things are going. This industry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and Garden ORIGINAL [?] (All Rights [?]) MANURES
The point to be intoned is that these occupiets who pin then faith only in one manure are working on an un-ound basis. to take a case in…
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Mr. FRED TURNER, F. L. S., writes to the Herald:—I read with interest that the New Zealand Agricultural Department had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter. MR. A. D. Foley Interviewed
MR. A. D. FOLEY, representing Foley Bros., Ltd., of Sydney and London, who has only recently returned from London, where he has been conduct…
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IN another part of this issue we publish the result of an interview with Mr. A. D. Foley, which by dairymen will probably be understood as a practical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Farms
MR. SCHEY, Director of Labour, looks with satisfaction on the results of the working of the labour farms during the past year. In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farm and Garden Original Articles, (All Rights Reserved) Rotation of Crops
There does not appeal to be sufficient regard paid to the question of rotation crops in these days, and it is generally found that the two crops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Meeting
A MEETING of the Hastings District Dairy Factory Directorate was held on Tuesday last. There were present—Messrs. J. Hibbard, Senr. (Chairman), J. White,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pearl Oyster Farming
In the Bay of Ago, Japan, a curious sort of farming is carried on. This is the more or less artificial production of pearls. The farm is divided into two…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Improving the Dairying Industry
THERE is no doubt whatever that the amount of butter produced by our dairy herds is very small in comparison with the number of cows milked, and that a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy. Water in Butter
The American standard (writes the "Washington Star"), allowing 16 percent, water in butter seems behave a dangerous tendency in its practical…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Butter Advanced
Butter will advanced 12s to-day, making an advance of 16s for the week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inspecting Cattle
THE Cloncurry bench have just disposed of an interesting droving case. Auriol Baker, stock inspector, proceeded against D. J. Patterson, drover…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Thert of Sheep
A POLICE court case of unusual interest was heard before the Police Magistrate at Carcoar last week, when C. B. King, district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Value of Catch Crops. How to Grow Them
The growing of catch crops formed the subject of discussion at a recent meeting of farmers at Crystal Brook, one of the most northerly districts of South…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers' and Settlers' Conference
The annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' was opened. The report referred to the continued growth and influence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Testing Dairy Cows
A United States agricultural "Bulletin" suggests that the fat test may be made at frequent intervals, say, once a week. Another bulletin…
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