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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Bowraville Dairy Co. Ltd. Annual Meeting

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 2

The Annual Meeting of the Bowraville Dairy Company was held on Saturday in the School of Arts. At the time of commencement there was…

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Apple Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 2

Sweet apples are needed for this purpose. Some housekeepers, however, use half sweet and half sour ripples. Boil a gallon of fresh, sweet…

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The farmer and the Bull

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

MR. TOM OLIVER, of Warrendine (says the "Orange Leader"), went through an experience the other day that he does not care to have repeated. It appears that a…

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Interesting to Dairymen. Mr. Percy Basche's Opinions

The Northern Champion · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 6

Mr. Percy Basche, of Basche and Lowney, the well-known agents in Sydney (of which firm Mr. George Jeffery is the Kempsey district…

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Fencing on the Farm Do it Well

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 4

"It always pays to have a good strong fence round the firm, is there is nothing more annoying than to have crops eaten down…

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Southern Wheat Stacks

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 2

Mr. Jesse T Bird left at this office some samples of 1916-1917 and 1917- 18 wheat. During Show time the Minister for Agriculture arranged for…

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Children's Corner. Vegetable Wool

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 8

A recent' speaker said that cotton had been cultivated for 3000 years and the most valuable part the plant thrown away until 15 or 20 years ago. The…

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Value of Dairy Industry

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 2

Speaking at a social gathering under the auspices of the United Purebred dairy Cattle Breeders' Association in Sydney, Mr. J. T. Cole, the president,…

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Butter Factory for Bobin

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 4

MR. J. A. GRANT, Manager of the Wingham Butter Factory informs us that at a meeting of the Directors of the local factory, held on Thursday. it…

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The Drought Cycle. a Warning to Farmers

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 2

Lecturing at the Royal Showgrounds Sydney, last week, Mr Potts, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, warned farmers to…

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The Pioneer Farmer

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 6

In company with a city friend with whom I was spending a holiday in the country, I was riding past a beautiful farm on the Upper…

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Soldier Settlers. Wheat Farming at Forest Vale

Macleay Argus · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 6

The Minister for Lands (Mr. W. G. Ashford) has received a report of the harvest results obtained at the Forest Vale share farm area, near Condobolin…

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Butter Factory for Manning

Macleay Argus · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 4

There are at present three butter factories on the Manning, sand now it is intended to erect a fourth. The directors of the Wingham Butter Factory…

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The Wheat Guarantee

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 2

It is gratifying to learn that the guarantee of 4s. per bushel at station for wheat grown this season or next, has given confidence to farmers, and…

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Water on the Farm The Requirements of Live Stock

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 4

The question of the suitability of water for stock differs from the previous question of its suitability for irrigation in several particulars. Whilst…

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Compulsory Wool Purchase in America

Macleay Argus · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 1

A Washington message says the Government has decided to compulsorily buy all wool now warehoused at the price prevailing in July last…

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Butter Scotch

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 2

Three cupfuls of brown sugar, three fourths of a cupful of water, one tablespoonful of butter, a pinch of soda, flavour with vanilla. Cook…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 6

A MEETING of the Directors of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was held on Tuesday last, Mr. G. Lindsay, Managing Director…

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Dairying Diseases of Calves And Some Simple Suggestions

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 4

Two interesting addresses on the diseases of calves occupied a recent meeting of the Kyogle Branch of the Agricultural Bureau. Mr. G…

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