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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. TREE-PLANTING

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 19

FOR SHADE, TIMBER, AND FODDER. IN the recent dry summer there must have been many farmers who deplored the absence of tree shelter on…

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Butter Exhibits at Royal Show

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 8

Nambucca--represented by Bowraville Dairy Company--Stood well in prominence at the Royal Show, Sydney. Alstonville secured first award…

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Broom Millet. Complaints About New Crop

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

There were numerous complaints from manufacturers last year about the condition in which broom millet was being marketed, and attention was drawn to…

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Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co., Ltd. Factory Report for March 1912

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 2

The market closed at 112[?] per cwt., with an upward tendency. Export of best butter to London has practically ceased. There has been a very decided…

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Farmers' & Settlers' Association. Gladstone Branch

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 13

THIS branch met on April 3rd. Mr. C. P. Gralton (President) occupied the chair, and Messrs. W. Brown, Ainsworth, Turner, T. Brown, Pugh, Fugler, Lindsay,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 14

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

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Butter Factory Employees

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 5

"NORTH COAST" writes in the "Sydney Morning Herald":-I notice that Mr. Galloway, secretary of the Cold Storage Employees' Union, has been making certain…

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The Butter Factory Dispute To the Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 8

Sir,—In last Saturday's issue of your paper Mr Henderson asserts that I made an erroneous assertion in stating that I received better…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 4

THE monthly meeting of Directors of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co. was held at the factory office on Wednesday last. Mr. J. Healey, Managing Director, occupied the chair, and there…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Dairying. Milking Heed Records

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 19

THE value of herd-testing is illustrated in the records of the 1911 milk yields for the Hawkesbury Agricultural College dairy herd…

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Bowraville Butter at Sydney Show

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

Three exhibits were sent from Bowraville Butter Factory to the Royal Show, Sydney and the result reflects the highest credit on the…

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Cream Grading Wanted. Straight Talk by Butter Factory Manager

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 3

The question of effecting a considerable alteration in the system of cream grading is one which confronts the managers of most factories on the coast at the…

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Agricultural Pastoral Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 14

Articles under this heading are kindly supplied by the State Agricultural Departments:— A VALUABLE LEGUME…

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Butter Boxes. Effects of Poor Material

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 14

The Dairy Expert has noted lately that a number of butter factories have been using an inferior sort of wood for the export of butter. The…

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Farmer's Misfortune

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

A Dairy Farmer at, [?]…

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L-k-g Milking Machines Great Boon in a Dairy

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 10

Some of our friends are r keeping back their orders for L-K-G Milking Machines because they are unable to pay cash for the total amount of the…

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To Reform Parliament. Dubbo Farmers' Proposals. Payment by Results

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 9

At the last meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association Messrs. A. Craig and J. Sawyer were appointed delegates to…

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Cattle Exhibits. Fat Stock and Butter Markets

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 3

With an increased number of entries the beef-cattle classes—147 this year against 131 of last year—Mr. John smith, the Judge had no easy task in…

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Sheep

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 3

It is becoming a well recognised fact that good displays of sheep are not looked for at our Royal Easter Show, owing to the greater importance…

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Butter-fat Test

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 3

The 12th annual Royal Champion Butter-fat Competitions attracted four cows less than were nominated last year. Nevertheless the results…

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