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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Dairy Farmers Association of N.s.w

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 3

A State Council meeting of the above association was held as the office, Pitt Street Sydney, recently, Representatives from the chief…

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Sir Rider Haggard at Yanco. Dairying in Denmark

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 8

Sir Rider Haggard visited the Murrum-bidgee irrigation area last, week, and opened the new butter factory at Leeton. In declaring the latter open, he said that he had…

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Rotation of Crops

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 2

Prof. J. H. Shepperd, N.D. Agricultural College, says:—Maize and potato crops well cultivated save moisture, destroy weeds, rid the land of…

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The Farm. Farmers Neglecting Lime

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 2

It is Said that farmers as a class are rather neglecting the use of lime; they are depending too much on chemical manures, and omitting…

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SUPERPHOSPHATE. The Profits Farmers May Make

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 6

It was one of the peculiarities of last season that the use of fertilisers in connection with wheat was profitable in nearly every part of the State. A…

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A Hongkong Dairy

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 5

Mr. .J. B. Donkin, of the Meat Trade and Abattoirs Board, who is on a trip to the East, states that in Hong Kong itself he looked with…

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Dairy Produce Charges. Concession on Ton Lots

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 5

The statement that Sussex Street merchants claimed that the system of charges for butter boxes and cartage was now working satisfactorily…

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The Dairy. Building Up a Dairy Herd. Feeding

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 2

In feeding dairy cows we should consider that we are caring for animals which have been artificially bred and developed. "Nature…

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The Farm. the Application of Nitrogenous Manors. (The Journal of the Agricultural Department, Tasmania.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 11

Spring is the period when a rapid uprush of vegetation takes place, a natural response after the period of rest which has occurred in the…

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Dairying Industry. Important Interstate Conference. Margarine and Butter Substitutes

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 4

A conference of representatives of Australian co-operative butter distributing firms was held in Sydney for three days last week to deal with various matters of…

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The Farmers and Settlers and Others

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 6

The query why farmers don't join the Farmers and Settlers' Association is very easily answered. Why they don't form an association for their…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Irrigation. Maize and Potatoes

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 19

In the case of maize, there was a greater increase in grain by applications of water up to 10 inches, but with over that quantity of water…

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Wheat Food Values for Poultry

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 4

Many poultry keepers who are used to feeding their birds on various meals have very little idea of their composition. And now just a few words on the…

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Practical Agriculture. Original Articles Specially written for this column. All Rights Reserves Moisture in Butter

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 4

The maximum amount of moisture in butter allowed is 16 per cent., and in a contention that this maximum was too low, the point was submitted to a…

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Where Farm Students Get To

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 2

Mr. Trefle, Minister for Lands, has had a return prepared, showing the disposition of youths who enter the various Government agricultural…

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Farmers' & Settlers' Association. Meeting of District Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 15

Mr. C. A. Hill, J.P. presided over the meeting of the District Council of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association at McKune's rooms, Central…

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Japan's Demand for Australian Butter

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 2

Mr. Suttor, Commercial Commissioner in the East, has written to tho Premier, denying the suggestion contained in a letter from Yokohama,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Pig's Mating Sows with Boars Points for the Season

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 4

Discussing the mating of pigs the Principal of Hawkesbury Agricultural College names May as the best month so that the young pigs will be…

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Dairy Farmers' Association of N.S.W.

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 4

A Stale Council meeting of the above Association: was held at the office, Pill-street, Sydney, recently, Representatives from the chief dairying districts of the State were…

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Cheese From Butter Milk. Details As to Technique Manufacture From Wisconsin. (Extracts from Bulletin 211, Wisconsin Experiment Station, prepare by J. L. Sammis.) Waste of Buttermilk Unnecessary

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 11

Large quantities ol buttermilk have been wasted every year at Wisconsin creameries, by letting this by product run into drains or streams,…

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