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Farming & the land, 1911

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Farming Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

EXERCISE is essential for all classes of young animals. One needs but Watch the playfulness of lambs, calves, colts, or even pigs, to observe the relation between…

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The Dairy. Clipping Cows

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 5

Though cows should not be clipped all over like a horse (writes the "Canadian Farmer"), part clipping has its advantages. As the weather begins to get cold…

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Brains in Farming

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

One of the most instructive addreses at the recent conference of the British Association at Sheffield, was that delivered by Mr. Christopher…

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Practical Agriculture. Original Articles All Rights Retsrvad. - the Dairy Cow

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

The dairy cow is sometimes referred to as a machine that manufactures milk. This is practically true; therefore she requires to receive the…

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Dairying

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 7

The following particulars in connection with the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Coy. are interesting :—Suppliers were paid 914d for…

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Farm and Dairy Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 3

IN a competition for a prize offered by a Melbourne firm of seed vendors for the heaviest cabbage grown from their Swedish…

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Experimental Farm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

At Saturday's meeting of the Upper Maiming A. and H. Association, the question of outting up for settlement the land so long set apart for experimental farming…

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Keeping Pedigrees of Stud Sheep

Nambucca News · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

A method of keeping pedigrees of stud, sheep on the dam's side, adopted years ago by the late Mr. G. Clark East Talgai is all lambs dropped…

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The Dairy. Butter Fat and Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 2

Tie Bahcock test shows the actual fat content in the milk of cream. When we make butter we mix with the butter fat salt and water, hence…

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N.S.W Butter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 3

The following extract from the London letter of the " S. M. Herald" does not inspire a great deal of confidence…

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Electrification. Interesting Experiments. Seed Wheat Treated

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 12

The system of using electricity in agriculture has not yet even passed into the stage of systematic experiment; it has been mentioned, and has been tried…

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Among the Farmers Dairying at killawarra. [For the CHRONICLE.]

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 3

The creeks have been merrily flowing, Where the dry, sandy hollows have been, [?] once more all the paddocks are…

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The Dairy Success in Dairying

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 5

The profit in dairying, as in any other business, depends upon the margin between the market price of the product and the cost of production…

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Experimental Farm Site

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 10

At a Committee meeting of the Upper Manning A. and H. Association on Saturday last, several of the members spoke strongly against the…

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Fodder for Dairy Cattle

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 7

In the interesting report of the Victorian Department of Agriculture for the year 1907 to 1910, recently published, there is…

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Farm and Dairy Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 6

A fairly extensive area is under maize at Killawarra this year, though the crops are a trifle backward, owing to formers being unable to prepare…

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Macleay River Farmers' Union. Annual Meeting

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 5

Oh Saturday last the Annual muting, of the above Union was held at Mr. P. O'Halloras office, Lempsey, there being present—Messrs. J, H, Betts…

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Butter Grading

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 4

In the course of a chat with the manager of one of the principal co-operative butter factories of Queensland, a "Farmer and Settler" representative broached the…

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Droving Disaster. Sheep Kill Each Other. an Appalling Shambles

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 9

A Winton wire states that the particulars are to hand regarding the disaster to Lucknow sheep, bound from Avon Doyns. They show that…

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Farm and Dairy. Co-operative Ownership of Stallions

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 2

A few years ago an agent came to our neighbourhood to sell a horse which had been in the neighbourhood for two seasons previous. Of course…

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