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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) a S' Lo

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 8

I usually get 12 to 15 tons of silage from an acre, I have two silos which hold about 730 tons. When filling the silo I keep two men tramping around…

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Boric Acid in Butter

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 2

Some months ago the Minister of Agriculture approved of the Dairy Expert Undertaking a series of experiments to determine the best quantity of boric…

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New South Wales Butter for South Africa

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 2

The attention of the Minister of Agriculture has been drawn to the fact that considerable quantities of butter are arriving in South Africa from the…

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The Dairy. the Care of Cheam. Conditions for Ripening. Three Distinct Methods

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 9

In the production of sourness or a ripe condition of cream there are at least three well-known method, which are subject to variation. The…

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Dairying in Japan

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 9

There was a time when milk was regarded in Japan with the same abhorrence as cheese in China. Recent statistics, however, show that time has…

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Farm and Field Food for Pigs

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 9

The pig is a universal cater, capable of turning to good use a wide variety of foods. This is not to say that all sorts of food will do so long as they satisfy…

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Handling Soils for Spring Crops. the Right Understanding of Rotation—all Crops Want the Right Kind of Seed Bed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 3

in the fire place in handling a soil for spring crops there ought to be a certain adaptability of the crop to the soil. A crop has a likeness…

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Storing Farmyard Manure

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

Farmyard manure can be—and very often is—considerably depreciated in value by bad management. . During the time it is kept before being…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles, (All Rights Reserved) Feeding Fowls

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

Where a number of fowls of all ages are kept together, there is consider able dithculty in feeding them, so that the young get their due share without…

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Dairymen

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

Dairymen are reminded that the trips of the arena boats will be altered during the X[?] holidays, and particulars of which will be found in oar advertisement columns…

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"Wonder Wheat": an American Wheat Story

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 2

PARAGRAPHS have been in circulation recently is the press concerning wonderful returns from wheat grown in Alaska. It was asserted that the…

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Government Farm Exhibits

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

AT a meeting of the Port Macquarie Agricultural Society last week, the President Mr. Geo. Bransdon said that since last meeting he had visited the…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 2

A MEETING of the directors of the H. D. Co-operative Co. was held on Tuesday evening. Present:—Messrs. J. Healey (Chairman), G. Lindsay, T. C. Munday,…

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