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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

424 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 22

Fixing the Price of Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

A good many co-operative dairy factory men present the Sydney show took the opportunity to discuss with one another the question of fixing the prices of butter in Sydney. There is a strong…

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Real Test of Butter. Continuous Judging Competition. Nineteen Factories Represented

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 10

Another stage was reached in the judging of the butter by the disposal of the continuous competition. This is the real test of the general outputs…

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Dairy Farmers Union

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

At a large meeting, representative of nearly the whole of the dairying districts of N.S.W., held in the Protestant Hall last week, it was decide to form a Dairy…

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Fixing the Price. Dairymen Awake at Last

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

From Jones's Island comes the news of a great awakening:— "Following on the meeting of delegates of factories held at the Berrima…

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Handling Farm Manure

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 2

We must have air and water to have the proper fermentation to make manure. If the proper amount of water is lacking it burns and becomes white…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 8

A meeting of the Wingham Branch of the Fanners and Settlers' Association was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening, when the…

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State Potato Farms

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture proposes to start farms for the growth of new clean seed potatoes, to supply farmers…

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Butter Grading

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

It is [?] that the manager of the North Coast Co operative Company, Byron Bay, has a special privilege under the Customs…

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Cattle Stealing

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

Henry Edwards, a selector on the Upper Hastings, and manager for Mr. W. A. Andrews, was charged with stealing, about the 12th June, 1909…

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Opposition to the Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

The following letter is reprinted from "The Land" : — TO THE EDITOR. A meeting of more than ordinary…

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The Macleay River Farmers' Union

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 5

THE quarterly meeting of the Executive Council of this Union was held at Mr. O'Halloran's rooms on Saturday morning last, and delegates were…

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H. D. Co-operative Dairy Co

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Directors of the above company was held at the factory on Morning last. Mr. Jacob Healey (Managing )Director), occupied the chair, and there were also present—…

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Rating of Farm Lands

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 7

With reference to a letter dated February 20, presented to the Department of Public Works from Mr. W. V. W. Thompson, with regard to…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the Gloucester branch of the above-named association was held in the School of Arts on Saturday night last, with Mr. Fairbairn in…

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The Macleay Farmers' Union

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

WERE the subject not of such grave importance to the farmers of the Macleay we should be inclined to look upon last Saturday…

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Original Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents under this heading.] Farmers' Union and Farmers and Settlers' Association. To the Editor of the Macleay Chronicle

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

SIR,—Mr. M. G. Rudder in stating his case for the Farmers' Union, seems to have overlooked the fact that the majority of the farmers will not be…

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The Settler. the Farmer Feedeth All

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 7

My lord rides through his palace gate, My lady sweeps along in state, The sage thinks long on many a thing And the maiden muses on marrying…

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Belmore River Farmers' Union

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the above was held at Mr. P. Bannon's on Friday night, April 28th, to consider certain utterances made by Mr. P. O'Halloran…

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Butter Factory Returns. Bowra Company

Nambucca News · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 4

The secretary and manager, Mr. A. Bennett, reports :--Manufactured for the month of March 29,710 lbs butter of which 625 lbs were second grade. This shows…

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Assisting the Farmer

Nambucca News · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 4

WHATEVER the opponents of Labor may have to say about the caucus and its influence upon those submitting themselves there to, they cannot,…

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