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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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"Black" Wheat

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 3

We are determined not to entertain the idea of colored settlement Instead of that, we are declaring some of our own people "black"…

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Bellingen and Rowraville. Peaceful Pastoral Scene. Productive of Milk and Honey

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 8

We need not introduce Mr. W. Mogford Hamlet to all our readers. On his own admission he is known to our local police aud the Postmaster…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 2

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

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Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 2

Messrs. Clift and Trenbath report At our sale on Wednesday last there was a fair yarding of stock and good attendance of buyers, although the…

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Age of Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 11

For the purpose at settling any disputes at any time that may arise owl of protests made against exhibitors who show animals out of their class…

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Crops Don't Need Hot Sun

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 2

Farmers will be interested to learn, on the authority of a French scientist. Prof. Huntz, that just as good harvests can be expected after…

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A Farmyard Comedy. I.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

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A Ton of Farmyard Manure

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 11

Of a ton of fresh farmyard manure about three-quarters consists of water. It contains also from 55 to 65 lbs. of ash and about 500 lb of…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

THE regular, meeting of Directors of the Hastings District Co-operative Daily Co, was held in the factory office on Monday last. Mr. G. Lindsay presided, and there were…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. Functions of Fertilisers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

Every farmer who reads an agricultural paper knows that the essential ingredients which it is necessary to restore to the soil as plant food to make…

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Homestead Farms. Liberal Conditions of Tenure

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 2

Intending settlers are anxious to know the conditions surrounding a homestead farm, which will in future be the tenure under which most of our…

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Educating Farmers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

The best and most profitable work that farmers' unions in dairying districts could do would be to give attention to these practical matters…

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Cocoanuts or Cattle

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 8

At the Herd Testing Conference in Lismore [?] Wednesday in responding to a vote of thanks, Mr. O'Callaghan said he would like to…

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In and Around Sydney. Quiet Morning at This Cattle Sales

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 3

The following is just a glimpse of what ordinarily takes place at the cattle and. sheep sales at Flemington. A carter driving his horse and…

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Agricutural & Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 3

Articles under thin heading are kindly supplied by the State Agricultural Department:—BAD FLAVOURS IN MILK…

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Margarine. Danger of Inferior Butter Growing Cocoanuts Instead of Cows

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 2

At the herd testing contest held at Lismore last week, Mr. O'Callaghan, Government Dairy Expert said that in his opinion the dairying…

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The Dairy. Cooling Milk by Water

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 2

The use of cold water on the farm for refrigeration or cooling is of much importance. The ordinary well water, at least until 1st August…

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Dairy Meeting. Vote of Sympathy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 8

THE twentieth half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy [?] Arts [?]…

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Farm and Field. Original Article Salt As a Fertiliser

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 8

Some plants more than others are benefited by dressings of salt applied to the soil. Thus mangold wurzel and beetroot still preserve the ancestral love…

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Preservation of Farmyard Manure

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 8

The manure heaps will soon be accumulating again, and it behoves every farmer to take the necessary measures to stop waste of the fertilising…

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