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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Butter Market

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 4

Butter, 107s…

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Fight. Young Farmers Accept Challenge. Pledged to Unload Black Wheat

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 4

The gage that was thrown down by the rural workers has been accepted by the farmers in the Young district and should there be any trouble in…

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Butter Pays. Month of January, 1911

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 6

Byron Bay, 10d and 9d. Macleay River, 9½d and 8½d. Wingham, 10d and 9d. Manning River Co-operative Dairy…

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Farm and Station. Local Margarine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 6

THE margarine question has now attracted the attention of all concerned in the dairying industry as its serious nature is fully recognised. That margarine is more…

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The Dairy. the Dairy Temperament

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 9

In the Wisconsin Experiment Station Bulletin No. 217, the various cows in the station herd are described and analytically studied. Quite…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 4

THE usual monthly meeting of directors of the Hastings River Dairy Co. was held at the factory on Monday last. Mr. G. Lindsay presided, and there were present—Messrs. Secombe, Bransdon…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. All Rights Reserved Acid Soils

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 8

As every farmer knows, the presence of acidity in a soil is injurious to vegetation. It gives rise to some well-known plant diseases, such as…

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On the Manning. Dairying Htt Hard. Lessons in Cultivation

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 10

The "Daily Telegraph" published the following under the heading "The Soil." All the early-sawn maize crops in the Manning River District will be…

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Local Butter Factory

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

Tho half-yearly mooting of tho share holders of the above was held at tho factory on Saturday last. Mr. W. Hendorson, chairman of…

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The Comboyne Butter Factory. Official Opening Postponed. Notes by the Way

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

On Friday last, in company with Councillor T. Irvine, writer set out for the Comboyne. The chief item of attraction was the official opening…

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M.R. Dairy Company. New Factory to Be Built at Chatham. No Amalgamation

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

One hundred and twenty-five shareholders rolled up on Monday, full of expectancy, to the above meeting. Proceedings commenced at 2.30 and were…

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Upper Manning (Wingham) Dairy Company. a Successful Year

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. Geo. S. Hill presided over an attendance of 25 shareholders in the above Company on Saturday afternoon, at the Federal Hall, Wingham…

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Comboyne Butter Coy

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 5

Saturday, the 21st, was to have been a gala day at Comboyne, the occasion being the opening of the Co-operative Butter Factory, but owing to wet…

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The Value of Sheep on the Farm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 9

Mr. J. A. Sndhols one of the most particular farmers and graziers in the Kalangadon district S.A. says "The Observer." [?] an interesting paper…

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Margarine. Its Competition with Butter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 5

Among the visitors to Taree Show was Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, Government Dairy Expert. It is some 16 years or so back that we first met him…

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A New Zealand Sheep Auction

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 7

Last on the list at the Matawhere sheep auction recently was an aged ewe, whose shrunken sides and generally emaciated condition augured that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 2

These Notes are Issued every week, under the personal supervisors of the Hon. J. L. [?] Minister of Agriculture, and are based easily on the experiments of the Departments. No. 145. DAIRYING…

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M.R. Co-Op. Dairy Co. Ltd

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of the above factory was held in the Hall at Croki on Monday last. There was a good attendance, including a number of…

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Big Gas Well on a Farm. Tapped at a Depth of 350 Ft. 5,000,000 Ft. Daily

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 7

A well on the farm of George Hornby, of Evansville, Ind., four miles north of this city, is producing 5,000,000 feet of gas a day and experts say this…

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Manning River Dairy Coy. No Amalgamation. New Factory to be at Chatham. A Long and Lively Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 2

There Were 125 shareholders in the Kingston Hall, Croki, when Mr. D. A. McDonell (Chairman) opened proceedings at the half-yearly meeting of the…

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