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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. Green Manures

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 5

A[?]ost any herbaceous plant has some value when ploughed under as a green manure. The weeds that get a foothold in the garden and…

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North Coast Dairying. Factories in Conference

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 2

At Colt's Harbor on Wednesday a conference of delegates from the various butter factories, convened by the Northern Central Rivers Butter…

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Butter Boxes and Trees

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 9

In the last "Bulletin" a letter much to the point appears. This is how it reads:-- Dear Bulletin,--If they don't look…

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Central North Coast Dairying. Factories in Conference

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 6
Also in The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer

A CONFERENCE of delegates from the various butter factories, convened by the Northern Central Rivers Butter Factories' Association, was held at Coff's Harbor last week…

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The Dairy. a Man Who Does Things

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 9

A year ago at a farmers institute in Highland county Chio a mangot on the platform and read a paper on smallage that could be written only…

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Farm and Field. Original Articl[?] Chemistry and Agriculture

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 May 1914 · page 5

The connection of chemistry to agriculture may appear to many farmers a remote one. That the work done with a lot of mysterious apparatus in some…

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Much Cry and Little Wool

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

Persons of a satirical turn of mind are asking how many more meetings will have to be held before meetings will have to be held before money enough to send an Australian…

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A Sheep "Rub."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 2

A sheep rub in the paddock. In which stock grass is a great pre[?] against loss from the sheep getting cast. A fat sheep…

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Farmers Should be Students

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 9

It is a well known fact that nothing stands still for any great length of time; things either go forward end improve, of go backwards and…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Soils for Oats

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 5

The crop will grow on thin and poor soils and on soils overcharged with iron better than any other cereal. The oat is very partial to nitrogen, although…

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Dairy Companies' Amalgamation. (To the Editor.)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 3

Sir,--By your courtesy I beg to point out the impracticability of the scheme for an amalgamation of the Jones' Island and Purfleet Dairy,…

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The Settler. Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 3

The annual report of the C.F.S., to be presented in Lismore on the 16th inst., shows a net profit of £15,893, out of a turnover of £1,499,837. The…

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Silos for Farmers

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 7

Following a system in vogue in Victoria, the New South Wales Government will shortly institute a scheme for financially assisting dairy…

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Nut Margarine v. Butter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 9

The extent [?]which margarine is competing with butter in British markets, and the probability of the competition becoming even keener as th…

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Lady Farmers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 9

Sedgewick, a community in that district of the Western Canadian prairies, known as Central Alberta, is six thousands miles distant from…

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Farm and Field. Original Article. Breeding and Feeding

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 5

The old stock question, "Can butter-fat be fed into a cow, or it is a matter, of breeding?" has recently been subjected to scientific investigation, and…

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Hints for Dairymen

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 9

Milk and its products being chiefly food for human consumption, require treating in all stages with scrupulous cleanliness. Cleanliness ranks first in dairy routine…

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