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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Farmers' & Settlers Assco[?]ation. Willawarrin Branch

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 9

THE monthly meeting was held on 4th inst. at the Willawarrin Hall. Present -- Mr. Jas. Notley, chairman in the absence of Mr. J. W. Henry,…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 14

THE District Council of the Macleay centre of the Farmers' and Settlers' met at McKnne's rooms in Central Kempsey on Saturday last. It was…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 4

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

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Farming Notes. a New Fodder Plant

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 2

Mazzagua is a native of Northern Nigeria, Africa, and has been cultivated with considerable success in Queensland. At the Warwick State…

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L-K-G Milking Machines. Great Boon in a Dairy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 3

SOME of our friends are keeping book their orders for L-K-G Milking-machines because they are unable to pay cash for the total amount of the plant; but we ore only too pleased to arrange reasonable…

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Factory Records from Dairy Herds on the Manning

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 6

Writing in the "Agricultural Gazette" for May, Mr. P. G. Hampshire (Dairy Instructor) has the following interesting article in reference to some Manning River…

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Rawdon Island Parents and Citizens' Association. "Our Farm."—second Prize Essay

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 5

OUR farm is situated on the extreme West end of Rawdon Island, twelve miles from Port Macquarie, and is named 'Sunny-Side.' There being no hills to the east the Sun rises…

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The Value of Science in Dairying

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 8

Many of the older schools of dairy farmers think that what was good enough when they started business is good enough to-day but they must…

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Butter and Cheese

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 2

At the annual conferrence of Australasian butter and cheese factory managers, opened in Melbourne on Tuesday, the question of moisture in butter and the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Pitting Potatoes. Styles of Pit Recommended

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 19

Experiments with various styles of pits for storing potatoes have been conducted in Ireland in the last few years, and the results…

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L.K.G. Milking Machines. Great Boon in a Dairy

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 8

Some of our friends are keeping back their orders for L-K-G Milking-machines because they are unable to pay cash for the total amount of…

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Winter School at Wollongbar Experiment Farm

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 8

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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Bowraville Dairy Co

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 5

The manager, Mr. A. Bennett, reports:--Manufactured for the month of April 34,334 lbs. of butter, of which 5,460 were second-grade, being an…

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Dairying. to Get Milkers

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 19

That the best cows must tend to produce the best stock is self-evident; but mathematical proof is worth having. Professor Wing, of Ithaca,…

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Work on the Farm

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 17

Wheat sowing is pretty well over now for the present season, but the majority of fields planted require something or other doing to them, and on that…

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Practical--Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially written for this column. All Rights Reserved. Grazing Forage Crops

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 17

In consuming forage crops on the land where they grow more especially autumn ones offers a good chance to give the soil a fertilising. Troughs…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 14

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

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A Useful Lick. For Cattle That Chew Bones

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 13

The chewing of bones is a debased habit characteristic of cattle that are grazing on land deficient in lime and various salts. The veterinary officers…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 3

THE annual general meeting of the Rawdon Island branch of the above association was held in the School of Arts hall, Rawdon Island, on Monday evening, 13th inst…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 4

THE regular monthly meeting of the directors of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co. was held at the factory on Monday last. Mr. J. Healey presided, and there were also present…

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