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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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On an Australian Farm. Chapter Iv. an Unappreciated Present

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 12

"IT woan't take 'n long alvengin' th' rest to-morrow," old John observed thoughtfully, closing and bolting the heavy barn door that creaked on…

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Belmore River Farmers' Union

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 19

A MEETING of the Belmore River branch of the Farmers' Union took place at the residence of Mr. J. Reilly on 26th inst. The President (Mr…

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Poor Maize Crops. Unsaleable Shipments

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 15

MANY of the produce merchants of Sussex-street consider that the new season's maize that is coming to hand at the present has never been in a…

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Heads of Wheat

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 12

Mlle. Lideal (a poet): "What a marvellous and beautiful spectacle it is to see the heavy heads of wheat rising and falling at the caprice of the gentle…

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Agriculturist & Grazier. Feed for Dairy Cows

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 6

The substitution of peas or horse beans for oilcake in the feeding of dairy cows has been the subject of some Dutch…

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Making Dairy Butter on the Farm

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 4

Cleanliness must be observed in every department of butter making. Not only in the dairy itself, but also in the stables, and its surroundings. No…

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Correspondence. Difference in Butter Pays. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 6

SIR,-- Referring to Mr. E. F. Battle's letter in your issue of the 6th inst., re difference in butter pays, it will be readily seen by the figures given that…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.) Keeping Records in Dairy Herds

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 4

The great advantage from keeping such records will be at once apparent. All who have thought upon the subject are agreed as to this. But even the…

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On an Australian Farm. Chapter V. the Tail of the Shirt

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 12

A BRIGHT and cheerful morning. The fruit trees, and the hawthorn hedges that ornamented the farm lands were all in bloom. A warm…

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New Solution of Mottles in Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 12

According to a bulletin just issued by the New York experiment station the question of what causes mottles in butter has got to be fought all over again…

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Farm and Field. Ensilage in the United States

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 12

Silos in the United States are more numerous than haystacks in Australia. That the converting of green fodder into ensilage has become common on farms…

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Agriculturist & Grazier. Live Stock on the Farm

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 6

It is admitted all the world over that live stock on the farm means an addition to its fertility and the speedy improvement of…

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Differences in Butter Pays. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 15

SIR, -- Mr. W. J. Caldwell, in your last issue, makes a very poor attempt to answer my letter about the difference in pay at his Factory as compared with…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (Copyright.) Concentrated Feed for Dairy Cows

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 5

In areas where the production on the farm does not meet the needs of the cows, and to dairymen located in proximity to cities who purchase…

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Bowraville Dairy Company

Nambucca News · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 6

Directors of the above company have now pleased and smiling faces, for the world is going very well with them, in respect to…

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Discarding Cows in the Dairy

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 5

In city dairies cows are frequently discarded because they are no longer giving milk in paying quantities. The owner sells them and puts another…

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Wollongbar Experimental Farm

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 14

OWING to the large number of applications received by the Department of Agriculture from young men anxious to undergo a course of practical training…

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On an Australian Farm. Chapter Vi. the Trials of Travel

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 12

PETER, dressed like a shop window, in a loud check suit, a cunning looking tweed hat -- the only one of its kind in the land -- a high coloured…

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Farm and Field. Decrease of Sheep in France

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 12

The number of sheep in the different countries of Europe, excepting in Russia, and to a less extent in England has been steadily decreasing for a number of…

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Origin of Purple Straw Wheat

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 12

Mr T. H. Calaby, of Mount Barker, South Australia, has still got a sample of the famous wheat grown on his mother's farm over thirty years ago…

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