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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Women as Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 3

The managing director (Miss Emerson) of the Women Co-operative Farmers, who carry on their, pioneer work at Heatherfield, Sussex, made…

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Mould on Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 9

It is important that everyone who handles batter, either as manufacturer or as dealer, should know something about the nature of mould. He…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved. How to Obtain Good Crops

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 8

An average crop of hay extracts from the soil about 50lb. of nitrogen, an equal quantity of potash, and 13lb. of phosphoric acid. A question often…

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Is a Dairy Registration Fee Enforcable ?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 3

EVERY person before commencing business as a dairyman in a municipality must register his premises at the local council and every dairyman must at the end of the year…

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Town Topics. Butter Pay

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 4

For January butter Macleay Co-operative Dairy Company paid 6[?]d. first, and 8¾d, second. The manager, Mr. W. J. Caldwell, reports cream…

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Dairy Inspector Cox

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

In the course of av letter to Mr. J. A. Mannix. Mr. Cox, late Dairy Inspector on the Macleay, intimates that his case has been referred to the…

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State Dairy. Sydney

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 4

The Minister for Labor has announced the proposed establishment of a State Dairy on the industrial farm at Randwick to…

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Agricutural & Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 3

Articles under thin heading are kindly supplied by the State Agricultural Department:-…

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Advance in Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 2

The dry spell which for some time past has prevailed over the dairying districts of the State has caused a marked shrinkage in the butter output…

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Effective Butter Worker. Method of Construction

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 2

For the farm dairy there Is nothing' nicer than the V-shaped lever butter worker. It Is not expensive, and is a great saver of time and strength,…

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Commercial. Maitland Fat Stock Sales. Fat Cattle

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 3

At the municipal saleyards yesterday theer was a very large supply yarded. Consignments consisted of a fair proportion or good to prime…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, under the per[?] of the Hon J. L. [?] of Agricultural and are [?] No. 143. AGRICULTURAL…

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Mixed Dairy Farms a Scale of Points

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 3

The following scale of points which has been prepared by the Chief Inspector and the Dairy Expert will probably be found useful i judging…

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The Dairy. the Tamworth. a Great Baconer

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 2

"The demand for lean bacon has steadily Increased of late years, end the studmaster has not fatted to realise In the Tamworth a keen rival to the…

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Dairying. Bad Flavors in Milk. The Inf[?]nce of Atmospheric Conditions

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 2

Seven rules for the prevention of bad flavors in milk and cream are given in a newly issued book by Mr. G. Sutherland Thomson, who was at one time…

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State Cows. Mr. Estell on Dairying

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 8

In addition to the State brickworks' lime works, quarries, pipe factory, clothing factory, Joinery, tallow works, and the bakery, the Ministerial head…

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Increase Fodder Crops

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 8

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

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Farm and Field. Original Article. Influence of Seed Selection

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 8

How necessary it is for a farmer to exercise care in the selection of the seed that the commits to the ground is being increasingly demonstrated. In…

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Butter for America

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 7

A deputation of the Queensland co-operative dairy companies last week urged Mr. Barnes (acting-Premier) to take steps to provide facilities for…

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Agricutural & Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 3

Articles under thin heading are kindly supplied by the State Agricultural Department:— ANOTHER BULLETIN…

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