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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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The Farm Apprentices

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 3

There is still room for a few apprentices at seeveral of the Government Farms. At Cowra experiment farm, for instance, there is…

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When to Cut a Crop for Silage

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 16

The time at which to cut a crop for silage varies with the different varieties usually ensiled. Thus, maize, one of the principal crops grown for…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Mr. H. D. Morton Expounds His Political Principles

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 8

MR. HARRY MORTON, member for the Hastings and Macleay, met a meeting of delegates from the various branches of the Macleay District branch of the…

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Dairy Science School at Grafton

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 11

THE Minister of Agriculture has approved of a short Dairy Science School being held on the Clarence River during the forthcoming…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 14

Articles under this heading are kindly supplied by the State Agricultural Department :— FALLOWING…

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Cattle Movements I

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 8

On Tuesday morning' a train load of starving stock arrived about five o'clock. On leaving Mr. MoMaster's property outside of Quirindi, there…

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Raymond Terrace Butter Factory

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 3

The summary to the report of the Raymond Terrace Butter Factory is interesting reading. It shows that the factory has been…

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The Margarine Menace. Displacing Butter in England Australia Suffers Trade of Alarming Proportions

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

If there is (says the Telegraph) one industry more than another in which Australia looks for material expansion as a concomitant of smaller…

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Labour and Land. Farmers Position

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 12

Referring to his recent speech' at Young, on the town and country ques-tion, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Trefle, said that Mr. Wade was going…

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Third Party Wanted. to Represent the Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 12

At a special meeting of the Kempsey district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on Monday morning Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Dairying. Advancing the Industry. United Dairy Cattle Breeders' Association

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 19

During the Royal Show week there was inaugurated in Sydney a movement that has for its object a union of breeders of all classess of dairy…

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Department of Agriculture. Winter School at Wollongbar Experiment Farm

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

THE object of this school is to provide at the slack period of the year, a practical course of intensive instruction, the school being intended…

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Important to Dairymen. New Regulations

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

FOR the information of dairymen we are asked to state that it is necessary for them to obtain a copy of the Dairy Manual and Pure Food…

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Practical Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially written for this column All Rights Reserved Cultivating the Oat Crop

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 17

Oats being one of the most useful of our cereal crops, a short note on this subject may prove of interest to those engaged in its cultivation. The…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 12

Articles under this heading are kindly supplied by the State Agricultural Department:— PRESENT PRICES FOR FODDER…

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Sheep-stealing. Chinese Sentenced to 12 Months

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 7

Moree, Tuesday.—Ah Gunn, a Chinese, was charged with stealing sheep on May 23, and on or about May 27, the property of Bull Bros.,…

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Farming Notes. Lucerne Growing, with or Without Irrigation

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 2

Taking into account the specially valuable character of lucerne in all classes of stock keeping, it is not desirable that a wrong impression…

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Dairying. Contagious Abortion. The Bacteria in Milk

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 12

investigation by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry have demonstrated that the bacteria which causes abortion in cattle may also…

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Dairying on the Manning

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 3

A conference, comprising directors of the three butter factories on the Manning, as well as the managers of such factories, has just been held…

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The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Ltd

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 2

Last week the twelfth annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was held in Lismore to receive the annual report and balance-sheet, the…

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