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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Farm and Field. Original Article Soil and Lime

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 5

If a soil is deficient in lime, it is essential that this deficiency should be made good, otherwise the crops will suffer both in bulk and vigour…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

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

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The Farmer's "Missing Link."

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 3

An Iowa woman has supplemented a lifetime on the farm by inventing a corn harvester and baler which recent field tests have demonstrated to…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 2

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

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Butter Mushrooms

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 6

Ingredients.--3 quarts of. fresh mushrooms; 3ozs. of butter, 1 small teaspoonful of. salt, 4 teaspoonful of fiowdered mace, a little cayenne--…

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Milk and Butter Tests

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

Fourteen cows competed for the Royal Champion Butter Fat Test, any breed, giving the best butter fat results, under the Babcock test, and…

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Continuous Butter Judging Competition

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 7

THE following details of the recent continuous butter judging competition at the Royal Show were kindly forwarded by Messrs Hawken & Vance to Mr. J. J. Steele…

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The Wheat Exhibit

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 6

Prominently displayed in a court specially set apart for them and appropriately termed the "Farrar" Court in honour of the memory of the late…

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Butter[?] and Other [?] Comparative Nutritive Values

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 3

FROM England we have had very [?] reports of the investigation to show that the nutritive value of margarine is quite equal to that of butter, the result of the publication…

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Illawarra Cattle. Judge: Mr. Winter Warden

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 4

This breed improved its position as compared with last year and made an impressive display. The bulls stood out as being an exceptionally fine lot,…

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N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association. Sheep Show, 1st to 4th July, 1914

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 8

The prize money has been increased to a total of £990 1[?]s., and when compared with 1913, it will be found that in the fanners' section the class for…

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The Farm. Handling Manure

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 9

A progressive young Swiss dairy man, who called at our office a few days ago, told as that some time ago he purchased a manure seprator…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 5

THE regular meeting of Directors of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co. was held on Monday, last the 20th inst. The Chairman of Directors, Mr. Jacob Healey…

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Model Irrigation Farm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 6

Whoever conceived the singularly happy idea to establish a miniature model irrigation farm at the Show should be proud of the result which…

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Dairy Breeds make a Grand Display

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 4

What light it may be She display of dairy [?] of the best on were many, and the…

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Imposing Pictures in Farm Produce

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 5

A TO more impressive object-lesson of the varied and diversified products which can be grown by progressive L farmers in different parts of the State…

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Regulate Price of Wheat

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 6

COWRA branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in recent meeting decided that the time is ripe for the farmers to regulate the price of their…

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Wingham Butter Factory. the Milk Question

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

The Board of the Wingham Dairy Company make the following report: The Directors have been making the fullest inquiries into the possibilities…

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The Settler. the Marketing of Butter

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

G. W. Gordon, Raleigh, writing in reference to the disadvantages under which the Central Northern Rivers labour in regard to the marketing of…

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Wingham Farmers & Settlers' Association. Annual Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

THE annual general meeting of the above was held on Monday evening. Mr. G. A. Andrews (President) occupied the chair, and there were also in…

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