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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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American Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 7

The Farmers Free List Bill was further debated on Monday in the House of Representatives. Mr. M. B. Madden (Wisconsin)…

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Practical Agriculture. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. Dry Farming Is Not Fallow

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 2

Dry farming is generally understood to be the method of ploughing land and keeping it well stirred during one season so as to hold enough…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

A meeting was held at Stratford on Saturday, 6th May of the Farmers and Settlers' Association. There were seventeen members…

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Indian Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 9

One of the first things to impress the stranger on landing in India is the prevailing presence of the cattle, for wherever one goes the patient…

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Butter Grade Regulations

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 6

At a conference of directors of Victorian co-operative butter factories in Melbourne on Tuesday, a protest was entered against the Commerce Act…

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Cattle in Japan

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 2

There are in Japan nearly one and a quarter million cattle, or nine per square mile. This number is small compared with England, but it must…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 2

These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Hononary Minister for Agriculture, (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based…

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Shortage of Labour on Dairy Farms, L-k-g Milking Machines to the Rescue

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 9

We read constantly in the newspapers of the difficulty in obtaining experienced milkers on dairy farms, and the difficulty will probably…

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Dairying.—How to Improve

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle) has decided upon the issue of a weekly bulletin dealing with matters of interest to farmers, and he seeks the co-operation of the country press in his…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 6

In connection with the forthcoming winter school for farmers, to be held at the Hawkesbury College during the four weeks from June 19 to July 15,…

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Dairying Notes. Dairying

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 4

Anyone studying the returns from the dairy herds, and noting the number of cattle employed in dairying in the State, must realise that there is…

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Lime in Farming

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 2

It is not possible in every instance indicate certainly whether liming is needed. It will be needed sooner or later on all light uplands where…

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Farmers and Shippers'

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 6

Mr. H. J. Hammond announces in this issue that the annual meeting of shareholders in the Manning River Farmers and Shippers Co-operative Coy., Ltd., will be…

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Pedigree Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

By the steamer Macquarie, on Sunday last, two head of Jersey cattle—one cow named "Brighton's Fairy" and one heifer earned "Brighton Exile," arrived in Fort Macquarie, their destination being…

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PASTORAL. The Lamb Trade

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 11

As a component in mixed farming, the raising of lambs under an intelligent conception of the requirements of the trade, and the principles of…

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Butter Factory Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 10

Tho local butter factory manufactured 41457 lbs. of butter for four wesks ended April 29th, 1911. Suppliers were paid 9d for firsts…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 11

These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Hononary Minister for Agriculture, (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 3

A MEETING of dairymen was held in the Temperance Hall, Wauhope, on Wednesday evening 10th inst., to take stops to form a Herd-testing Association for the Hastings River. The…

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Dairy Factory Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

THE monthly meeting of the directors of the Hastings River Co-operative Dairy Company wan held at the factory on Monday. there were present—Messrs. J. Healey (chairman), J. White, H…

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Farmers and Settlers Association. Wingham Branch

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the above was held at the School, of Arts, Wingham, on Wednesday evening, when there was a fair attendance of members present…

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