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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Duck Farming

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 6

(Notes issued by the Dept. of Agriculture.) ATTRACTIONS AND DRAWBACKS. The Poultry Expert devotes his…

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Farm & Field. Original Articles Value of Protein

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 3

In colder countries, where hand-feeding is systematically and generally practised, dairymen naturally study feeding problems very closely. They…

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Wheat

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 1

Despite the fact that the Railway Department elated that there is ample space at the Rozelle sheds for wheat stacking, and also two acres, at…

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Farmers' Conference

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 6
Also in The Gloucester Advocate

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference decided to support the organisation's executive in assisting to obtain land for returned soldiers…

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Dairy Industry Act

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture has received information from the inspectors under the Dairy Industry Act that there are quite a large number of dairy farmers…

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Dairying Ix Winter

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 4

During the winter seasons, operations in connection with the dairying industry slacken off considerably, and consequently this is the most suitable…

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Dairying in Winter

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 3

The winter months are the quiet period in the Dairying Industry, and it is during this quiet period that the working plant and at[?]sils of the dairy should be…

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Butter Market Mr. Grahame's Views

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 3

Speaking at Lismore a few days ago, the Minister for Agriculture. Mr Grahame, said that, personally, he would never be one who would agree…

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Factory Site at Chatham. Correspondence Between M.R. Dairy Coy. and Railway Commissioners

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 4

In February last the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., Jones Island, were notified by the Railway. Commissioners that they had, been…

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Duck Farming. Attractions and Drawbacks

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 8

Last week's references to the above subject presented the Poultry Expert's opinion on the two classes of ducks most popular, in this State—the Ayles…

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Dairying in Argentina

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 3

During the last two months of the year 1915, an Exhibition was held at Cordova, an important provincial town in the Argentina Republic. It…

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"Farmers, Take Notice of This." ('Mick O'Grady in Bega 'Southern Star.')

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 2

Farmers! Take notice of this. If it's butter or cheese you'd be selling. On your farm, your allotment or tend your factory, dairy, or dwelling…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Acid Soils

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 3

As every farmer knows, the presence of acidity in a soil is injurious to vegetation. It gives rise to some well-known plant diseases, such as…

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The Butter Market

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Customs Mr Tudor on Friday referred to the fact that the Queensland Government endeavored to sell 2000 cases of butter by auction on…

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Farms for Returned Soldiers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 July 1916 · page 1

A number of homestead farms for returned soldiers are being prepared in the Forbes district. They will become available on July 31, but all…

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The Dairy Inspector

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 8

The Dairy Inspector has been flying round, writes a South Coast papier. There was never such a man for cement since the days of Deeming…

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Butter Trade

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 4

The annual conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries Association of N.S.W. was opened on Wednesday at the society's…

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Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 2

Messrs Carlton and Trenbath hold a special sale of cattle on Thursday next 3rd August when they will yard 500 cattle comprising Durham and…

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The Chatham Site for Butter Factories

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 4

In order, partly, to lift from the relative obscurity of the "M.R: Times'' the advertisement of the Secretary of the Railway Commissioners appearing in the issue of that Journal of 26th instant, we notify our readers that until 9th August the Railway…

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