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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Jersey Butter Tests

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 9

I have before me (says a writer in the "Mark Lane Express") the records of some American Jersey tests under the auspices of the American Jersey Cattle…

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Ophthalmia In Sheep

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 9

Mr R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experiment Farm, New South Wales, reports in the November number of the "Agricultural Gazette" of…

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The Home Butter Market

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 3

A CABLE in Saturday's Herald stats that the butter market is excited. Danish is quoted at 134s and 136s. Sales ex India and ex Tongariro…

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Washing Dairy Utensils

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 9

In America lime water is largely used instead of soda for washing dairy utensils. Prof. Farrington says:—The creameries, which years ago…

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The Dairy Bull

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 9

The selection of a dairy bull is a difficult matter. For the dairy herd one must have a bull that can produce milkers, if he is to really improve the…

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Maize Crops

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 3

MR. MICHAEL SHEPPARD, of Sussex-street, Sydney, has just returned from a visit to several of the principal maize areas in Queensland. An…

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The Dairy. Operating the Home Separator

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 9

The points of importance in the proper order in successfully operating a horse separator are as follow:—First.—The speed of the separator…

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Farmyard Manure and Fertility

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 9

During the recent European International Agricultural Congress, Professor Stoklosa read an interesting paper on the subject of Farm Manure and…

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Editorial Notes. Lectures to Farmers

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4

Lectures are not, as a rule, sought after in this country as they are in England and America. It generally happens that unless a lecturer has a…

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Farm and Field. Anthrax Bacillus

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 9

Some curious facts have been observed, says "Medical Notes and Queries," in the varying powers of resistance to the anthrax bacillus, among…

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Australian Butter in London

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

Never since Australia first shipped surplus butter to the home markets has the price been so high as at present. For a month it has been steadily rising until the…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Pasture Land

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 2

It is a bad practice to now and then lay old pasture land for mowing. Excellent fattening pastures have been half ruined by following this plan…

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Dairying Industry. Improving the Milk Yield

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 10

The more I am brought into contact with the dairy farmers supplying milk to our large cities the more I am convinced that silage is an immediate and…

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Fish Farming

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 2

Under suitable conditions, and followed in a proper manner, there are few pursuits more profitable than fish farming. This does not mean that…

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Gloucester Butter Factory-

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2

On Saturday, afternoon a special meeting of the shareholders of the Avon and - Barrington Co-Operative Butter Co., Ltd., Gloucester, was held…

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Cattle Deliberately Shot. Sydney

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 4

Sixteen head of cattle belonging to a farmer at Casterton, Victoria, were deliberately shot and destroyed. The police are investigating the crime…

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Correspondence. Cheese and Butter. To the Editor

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 8

SIR,—I have been requested by several gentlemen in this district to write something about cheese and to show which is most profitable to the dairyman, especially…

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The Butter Market. Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 7

A hundred and fifty shillings was realised to-day in London for a number of Secondary butters shipped by this Society on' factory account when…

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Sheep Culture on the Coast

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 4

Being one who threw the best 10 years of life away fruitle sly trying to make sheep pay on country that was not intended by nature for the industry—although other had…

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Avon and Barrington Butter Factory Company. Extraordinary Meeting

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 8

An extraordinary meeting of. the Shareholders of the above company was held in the School of Arts on Saturday last, 15th February…

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