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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Parsley and Butter

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 5

To be served with calf's head and boiled fowls. Ingredients. -- 2 tablespoons of minced parsley. ½ pint of melted…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 7

The factory report for January shows that "The butter market closed with a good demand for best butter at 100s per cwt…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Pig-styes in Summer

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 17

At this season the more the pigs can be kept outside of the stye the better it will be for their health and also their owners' pocket. The…

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State Butter Factory

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 4

MR. MORTON, M.L.A., in opening the Shoalhaven show, referred to mr. Perry's proposal to establish a State butter factory. He had seen it stated…

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State Butter Factory

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 6

A number of residents of the Berry district discussed the Government proposal to establish a State butter factory. The proposal was condemned…

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Will Butter Values Improve?

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 19

AT the half-yearly meeting of the Coastal Farmers' Society, held at Bega a few days ago, it was stated that "the price of butter would…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 7

A REGULAR meeting of the directors of the H.D. Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., was held at the factory office on Tuesday last. There were present—Mr. Jacob Healey (Chairman), Messrs. G. Lindsay,…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Bees: the Closing Season

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 17

Except in the heather districts, no surplus honey can be hoped for now, and therefore, all bee-keepers should at once commence the usual work of…

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John Vane, Bushranger. [All Rights Reserved.] Being a true narrative of his career -- illustrative of varied phases of country life fifty years ago -- in which his experiences as bush boy, gold seeker, cattle stealer and a member of the notorious gang of bushrangers led by Ben Hall, which terrorised the countryside in the early sixties, are faithfully depicted. Chapter Xxiv. We Discover a "Plant."

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 8

LEAVING Spring Creek early in the morning we made for the mountain called Black Hill and there stayed for a day and a night, receiving…

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The Dairy. Hay Tea for Calves. How It Is Made

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 9

When full supplies of milk are not obtainable, hay tea is a beverage that young calves are fond of, and it suits them well. "The idea of using it…

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Co-operative Dairying. Danish Successes

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 9

Some interesting remarks on the influence which the co-operative system has had on Danish agriculture have been made by the British Consul in…

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Farm and Field

Nambucca News · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 8

The old-fashioned idea that the special compound manures possessed some peculiar and mysterious virtue unattainable in mixtures prepared on the farm…

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Fixing Butter Prices

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8

AT the conclusion of the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Lismore Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, on Friday afternoon last, the secretary,…

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State Butter Factory

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 3

SHOULD the department of Agriculture definitely decide to take over the Berry Butter Factory it should be a step to the general benefit of…

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Correspondence. Dairy Inspection. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8

SIR, -- I consider that the existing system of dairy inspection is practically useless in improving the quality of butter at present produced…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Destroying Leaf Eating Insects

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 17

Arsenate of Lead is a comparatively new insecticide, and has been tested thoroughly by practical fruit growers and market gardeners, and has largely…

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John Vane, Bushranger. [All Rights Reserved.] Being a true narrative of his career -- illustrative of varied phases of country life fifty years ago -- in which his experiences as bush boy, gold seeker cattle stealer and a member of the notorious gang of bushrangers led by Ben Hall, which terrorised the countryside in the early sixties, are faithfully depicted. Chapter XXV. (Continued)

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 6

Starting early in the morning and evading all the public roads; we passed through Stringy Bark (now called Newbridge) and down by…

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Berry Butter Factory

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

There is apparently no accounting for the vagaries of the human mind. Here we have a proposal on the part of the Government to…

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Foot-rot in Sheep. Methods of Treatment

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 9

Footrot may be caused by splinters or other matter getting into the foot. It Is most common amongst sheep running on boggy pastures, especially it they…

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The Dairy. Cleaning Dairy Utensils. Foundation of Success. Some Useful Hints

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 9

Whatever may be the conditions under which the modern dairyman works, the bedrock principle, which must always be adhered to V success is to be…

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