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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Dairy Meeting. Important Discussion. Re Cream Launch. the Matter Warmly Debated

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 8

THE regular meeting of Directors of the H.D. Co-operative Dairy Co. was held at the factory office on Monday last. Mr. Healey, Managing Director, occupied the…

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Milking Cows by Music. Extraordinary Farming Experiments

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

Not only may it be said that music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, but it also has power to produce fresh, good milk from a cow…

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Dairy Items. Wingham and U.M. Co-op. Butter and Bacon Co

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 3

The above company paid suppliers for December 8 1/4d to 9 1/4d The Secretary tendered his resignation, which was accepted at the meeting last…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes [?] W. Maize-growing Methods Worth Practising

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 19

Early Leaming is the variety of maize most favored on the Grafton experiment farm for the early crops, and Yellow Dent for the late ones…

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Increase Fodder Crops

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

The energetic cultivation of fodder forms the basis of both the successful maintenance of live stock and of crop production. Such a system enriches…

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[?]Crop Comple[?]tition. a Fine Yield

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 19

Though the competition held at Cowra during the past harvest was gradually reduced by one defection and another to one grower, that one…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 5

Articles under this heading are kindly supplied hy the State Agricultural Department…

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Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Company. Annual Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

THE ninth annual meeting of shareholders of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co. was held in the School of Arts, Beeohwood, on Wednesday last. The Chairman of Directors, Mr. J. Healey…

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The Farm. Vetches As Fodder

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 10

For dairy cows, vetches, or as it is sometimes called '"tares," are among the catch crops suitable for sowing in autumn. For a dairy…

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Cost of Wheat-growing

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

The principal of the Bathurst experiment station, New South Wales, Mr. R. W. Peacock, submits a statement concerning the past year's operations…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Live Stock. the Feeding of Pigs. Lucerne's Place

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

Recent references in these "Notes" to the value of lucerne in the production of pork has turned attention to a paper written some years ago by the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 8

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

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The Dairy. Rearing Calves. Hints for Beginners in Dairying

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 9

In order to secure strong, healthy calves, it is essential that the cow be well oared for previous to giving birth. She should be well fed…

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The Farm. Bacon Curing on the Farm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 11

This is an art by no means so simple as some people think. I have tried my hand at it a good many times, and the peculiar thing…

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Sheep on the Farm

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 6

"I regard a flock of sheep (says a South Australian farmer) as the cheapest, best, and most sufficient agricultural implement…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Sherwood Branch

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held in the Sherwood ball on the 3rd inst., the president (Mr. Davis) in the chair…

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Butter Lower

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 7

The Coastal Farmers' Society, in its reported issue at the end of last week said that "owing to the unsatisfactory state of the London market…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Dairying. Yanco As a Dairying Proposition

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 15

Following a close inspection of a representative part of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, the Dairy Expert has confessed the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 13

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

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Intensive Farming

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 9

An old country journal rather [?]tiricully makes reference to the tendency toward intensive farming as follows…

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