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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Sleepy Cream

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 5

Cream does not ripen well at too low a temperature, and, as a rule, says an English dairyman, it gathers a bitter flavour, which becomes distinctly…

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Butter Pay

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 4

Mr. W. J. Caldwell reports that Macleay Co-operative Dairying Company, for the month of March, paid 11½d for 1st and 10¾d for 2nd…

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Stud Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 2

Sydney Show this year has been many stud cattle change [?] and this district has been enriched by several aristo[?]ratic [?] beasts. Mr…

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Original Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents under this heading.] the Dairy Bill. To the Editor of the Macleay Chronicle

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 3

SIR,—I again brave space in your valuable journal to refer to the Dairy Bill as it will affect the producers. At the opening of the Show Mr. Morton, our member,…

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The Dairy Bill

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 8

IN leaders in two issues the Northern Courier has dealt aptly with the threatened Dairy Bill And done much to enlightened the dairy farmers in its…

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Butter Factory Returns

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 7

Mr. J. E. Reynolds informs us that the Upper Bellinger Co-operative Dairy Coy (Bellinger) manufactured for the month of Febry. 53,590 lbs…

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Price of Butter Fixed

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

The State Executive, at a meeting on Saturday last confirmed a recommendation from the Necessary Commodities Commission dealing with the price of…

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Help for Farmers

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 8

In view of the improved position of the Commonwealth Bank as disclosed by recent reports, the governor of the institution is now…

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Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 2

The action of the Government, on the recommendation of the Necessary Co[?] Control Commission in fixing the price of butter in New…

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Prize Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 2

FIVE head of pure-bred Jersey heifers arrived in Port Macquarie by steamer Macquarie on Wednesday last, consigned to Mr. James Gamack. At the auction sales in connection with the Royal…

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Price of Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 5

THE State Attorney-General (Mr.Hall) stated on Saturday night that the Government pursuant to a recommendation of the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, had that day issued a…

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Butter Price Fixed

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 2

The state Attorney-German (Mr. Hall, announced on saturday night that the Government pursuan to a [?] of the Necessary…

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Butter. Government Fixes the Price

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 9

Mr. Hall Attorney-General, stated on Friday night that the Government, acting on a recommendation of the Necessary Commodities Commission, has…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. What Is the Soil

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 5

The soil of a farm is not a mass of inert matter, but is composed of varied substances almost as complex as those derived from organic life. When the…

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The Butter Trade

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 8

Next Friday the advisory committee, dealing with the butter business since the fixation of price by the Necessary Commodities…

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More Stud Cattle

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 3

Mr. R. M. Easton purchased the Devon Bull Trus Type at the recent sydney sales. The bull was bred by Mr. Amos of Werris Creek…

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The Sheep and the Goats

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 2

DESIRING to send a representative to the opening of the Wauchope section of the N.C. Railway, we communicated with the Member for the…

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Stud Farm

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 3

Messrs c.a. and T.M. Hooke have achieved such success with their stud stock that it is their intention to enlarge the stud farm. it is reported…

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Dairying. the Butter Industry. Its Present Position

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 18

Notwithstanding that the war has so distinctly enhanced prices as to allay in part the anxiety of a year ago about the fate of second quality…

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Butter Famine in Tasmania. Hobart

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 11

There is a butter famine in Tasmania. The wholesale price is 19 per lb…

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