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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Live Stock Post Mortem Examinations. Their Value To the Farmer

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 8

At the Narrandera cranch of the Agricultural Bureau the Stock Inspector for the district recently drew the attention of stock owners to the…

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Continuous Wheat Growing. Comparisons from Cowra

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

A feature of the continuous wheat experiment at Cowra Hint must not be overlooked, has been the steady failure of the yield where wheat was grown…

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Shortage of Butter in America. Openings for Australia

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

"The United States can take all the butter this great continent of yours can produce, and it would not br enough to relieve the present shortage."…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

Those Notice are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department AGRICULTURAL. No. 107…

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24-Year-old Steak. Hope of Preserving Dormant Life in Wheat for 3000 Years

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 7

A 24-year-old beef steak is mentioned by Mr. R. Whymper in an interesting article on Mummy Wheat in this month's issue of "Knowledge."…

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Dairying Silage for the North Coast Save Superbundant Pasture

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 8

The Inspector of Agriculture for the North Coast makes an appeal in the June "Agricultural Gazette," for the increased use of silage as some…

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Facts for Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

It may not be possible to increase the fat content of milk by any special process of feeding, but it is comparatively easy to increase the…

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Boudoir Dairy English Farmer's Joke

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 7

One of the Portland (Dorset) dairy farmers, who have had friction with the Sanitary Committee about cowshed regulations which the farmers…

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The Settler. Utah Boys Raise Larger Crops of Fine Potatoes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 7

What the Corn Club has been for ten years and the Tomato Club for five years, the Potato Club has become in Utah and adjoining states…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Pastoral. Sheep on the North Coast. As a Factor in Improvement of Pastures

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 5

In a report on a recent trip through the Manning district the sheep and wool expert reaffirms his opinion that sheep can be made a profitable…

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Butter Market

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 4

Prescott Ltd, report, June 7: The movements of the market have rather surprised buyers. The rain, followed by cold weather, has cut down supplies much…

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GRASS v. WHEAT

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 5

"Among the appointments which I have created, the Minister for Agriculture continues, "there are several of more than ordinary interest…

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Wheat 3400 Years Old

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 16

An account of the attempts to grow corn from wheat grains discovered in the tombs of Egyptian mummies is given in "Knowledge." All these attempts…

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Farming, and the Future Farm Laborer

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 7

"Of all the occupations followed in Australia during the last ten years," "said Mr. Messenger at a recent meeting of the Davenport branch of the…

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A Farmers' Parliament. the Approaching Conference of the Farmers' & Settlers'

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 2

THE annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales will take place in Sydney on July 7th…

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Theory in Farming

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 4

The true theory of farming embraces a knowledge of the cause of things, while true practice consists in a right understanding of the effect of the…

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Wheat 3400 Years Old

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 3

AN account of the attempts to grow corn from wheat grains discovered in the tombs of Egyptian mummies is given in " Knowledge." All these attempts have failed, and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal superivision of the Hon J. L. Trens, Minister of Agriculture, and are beed assiuly on the exparimaster of the Department. NO. 108. AGRICULTURAL…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agricultural More About Lucerne Clean the Ground

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 4

In urging lucerne upon the attention of farmers in the drier districts as we did a fortnight ago, emphasis was placed upon the necessity for…

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The Farm. How Legumes Re-made a Farm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 2

A short but effective story told by Walter W. Finley in the May number of "American Agriculturist::— At one time I depended on wheat…

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