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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

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Dairying in Winter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 4

DURING the winter season operations in connection with the dairying industry slacken off considerably, and consequently this is the most suitable period to overhaul the working plant, and thereby…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 2

THE regular meeting of directors of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co. was held on Tuesday last. Mr. J. Healey, Chairman of Directors, presided, and there were also present—Messrs. J…

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The Farmers Boy

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 1

A Chotham farmer appealing unsuccessfully at the Cherisoy Rural Tribunal, England, for the exemption of his son declared that it was impossible…

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Farm & Field. Original Articles Sulphur and Cereals

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 3

Some time ago reference was made to a series of experiments which had been initiated at the Ballarat Agricultural School Farm in Victoria, with a…

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"Farmers, Take Notice of This!"

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 8

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

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Sheep on North Coast

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 6

Owing to the difficulty of getting suitable labour to carry on dairying, Mr. E. R. Dob&on, Hyde's Creek, Bellingen, has been experimenting…

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The Dairy Industry Act

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 3

SUSPENSION OF REGULATIONS. In order to make quite certain of the position with regard to the regulations under the new Dairy Industry…

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Gloucester Horse and Cattle Sales

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

Messrs Calton and Trenbath report two very successful sales on Wednesday and Thursday last. They sold 150 horses and 600 cattle. Horses made…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Principles of Manuring

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

Before one can properly understand the manuring of crops it is necessary that one should grasp the governing principles. Lack of knowledge…

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Dairying in Argentina

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 4

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

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Farmer William Squires

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 2

Mr. William Squires, one-time, [?]oxer, who has been following farming persuits with considerable success at Goonoo Goonoo…

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Mr. Briner and the Dairy Act Regulations

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 8

Since the Minister of Agriculture promised to send an Inspector of Accounts to Lismore, to meet factory managers in conference, concerning…

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The Butter Factory. Dairy Science School. Welcome to Instructors and Students

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

THE opportunity was afforded to the Managing Directors of the Hastings District Cooperative. Dairy Co., Ltd., on Friday last to meet and extend a cordial welcome to the instructors and…

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Farm & Field. Original Articles Dairy Farming

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 3

The dairying industry has increased in leaps and bounds of late years. This can be plainly seen in a perusal of the annual export returns. The popularity of…

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Dairying. v Hard, Caked Udders. an Affection of Young Cows

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 4

"IT is probably alarming to most dairymen, but especially to the beginner, when a heifer that has been raised with much work and trouble, approaches calving with a big, hard…

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Queensland Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 2

Still in a mess with its handling of butter, the Queensland Government has on hand 13,131 boxes of butter, equal to 328 tons…

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Dairy Science School

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 4

The Hastings District Dairy Co's factory at Port Macquarie was chosen by the Department on this occasion as the locale for the holding of a…

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The Dungog Dairymen and Farmers Milk and Ice Co

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 2

For the information of our suppliers and dairymen of the district generally we have pleasure in reporting a highly successful…

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Dairying

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 5

(Notes issued by the Department of Agriculture.) Once a dairyman can be induced to start keeping records of the…

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Farm and Held Original Articles. Increasing Soil Food

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 3

Cultivation increases crop area. Supposing the soil of an arable field is in little lamps of a uniform size of one-inch cubes; that is, the lumps are one…

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