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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Wingham and Upper Manning co.-op. Butter & Bacon Company

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the above Company was held in the Federal Hall, Wingham, on Saturday afternoon last, when there was a fair…

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Lads for Farm Work

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 9

IT is a Wealthy sign to see the number of boys and young men who are now yearning for the country life. Each year brings an increasing number of…

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Stroud Butter Factory

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 8

The Stroud Butter Factory report having manufactured during fortnight ending September 12th 1908 7l40lbs of butter. Suppliers were paid 116s…

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Sheep and Lambs

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 2

Just now these animals are causing a good deal of anxiety to both shepherd and owner. Suckling ewes seem to be always hungry, and finish off…

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Farm and Dairy Original Article All Rights Reserved Vines: Disbudding and Stopping

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 2

Very great care must be brought to bear on the final disbudding of the Shoots, as any accident to one of those left may cause a permanent…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 7

A MEETING of the shareholders of the H. D. Dairy Company was held at Wauchope on Wednesday to consider a resolution to be submitted to empower the directors to…

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The Stopping Place is Dairying

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 12

The man who is looking all the time for a stopping-place in dairying is not very likely ever to make very much of a success of it. Stopping…

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Motor Dust and Growing Crops

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 12

The British farmer has raised an objection to motor cars. At a largely-attended meeting of farmers, recently held at Lancaster, England, men who farmed…

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Farm and Field. Farmyard Manure

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 12

In Australia very little attention as a rule is given to the saving of farmyard manure. The farmyard manure produced in France is calculated by Mr…

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DAIRYING STATIstics

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 6

We make no apology for constantly insisting upon the necessity for the systematic testing of the individual members of the dairy herd with a…

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A Record Farm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Manawatu (N.Z.) Standard giving authentic returns from a 50 acre form in the Glen Oroua district,…

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

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 7

THE half-yearly meeting of share-holders of the above company was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Theatre Royal. Mr. Jas, Campbell,…

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Butter Boxes from Straw

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 7

IN future the boxes containing butter shipped from Queensland to Great Britain are to be made of straw, and a £50,000 company lias been formed to work the business. Butter boxes hitherto have been…

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Sheep for the Hastings

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

DURING a recent visit to this part of my district have been more convinced of the adaptability of it as a sheep producing centre. Starting through Rollands Plains I inspected 250 sheep at Mr…

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Bedding Plants

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

An important point to be observed in using tender plants for the summer decoration of the flower garden is to see that they are all gradually, but…

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The Farmer's Horse

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 5

Where is the "man on the land" without his horse? So important is his horse that as much care is bestowed, if not more, than…

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Profitless Dairying

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 6

"Dairying is all right if you don't have to pay for labour," is the dictum of many operators of the industry after many years of practical…

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The Farmer's Pig

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

The farmer's pig generally gets plenty of vegetables, either in an out[?]un, in the home close, from the vetch cart, the Cabbage fields, the clover…

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Orth Coast Dairy Lands

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 3

The extraordinary progress made by the famous North Coast District of New South Wales is one of the most striking developments of settlement…

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Correspondence. We are in [?] way identified with the opinions expressed by Correspondence. "Power in the Butter World." to the Editor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 3

SIR.--At the half-yearly meeting of the Wingham' Factory the manager is reported to have stated :--" They have heard a lot about' power in the butter…

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