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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

420 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 21

Relinquishing Dairying

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

Dairying is a trying occupation and the last twelve months has seen many pro[?]ent dairymen in this as well as other districts, giving it up in…

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Farm and Held Original Articles. Tending the Young Pigs

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 3

Young litters of pigs may be guarded from the danger of crushing by the mother, by having a fender made of a scantling or rail fastened, say, eight…

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Butter Prices

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 2

Application has been made to the Connections Commission for an increase in the price of butter. Members of the Commission have promised…

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Butter Grading

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 2

Mr Steele, manager of the H.D. Factory has received the following letter regarding cream:—"It will be necessary for you to exercise grate care…

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Kempsey Butter Factory

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 3

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Macleay Co-operative Dairying Company on Friday last, Mr. James Campbell was elected chairman for the…

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Blacks, Cattle Duffers and Tyson

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 4

Mr W. N. Hutchinson, in a recent Sunday issue of the "Sun" gives some of his Queensland experience with the blacks. He was in charge…

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Dairy Industry Act

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 2

Complaints have been made to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr W. C. Grahame) that certain farmers are being harassed under the recently…

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Dairying and Cattle Fattening

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

WINTER prospects on the Upper Manning and, other puts of the boast are splendid just now. The ground has been saturated, and while some centres have received more others, others, generally…

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Price of Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Knox, Berrima District Company, who made application for a rise in the price of butter last week, speaking on this matter said he was astonished at the action of the agents in not…

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Inferior Butter Enforcing Cream Grading

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 3

In a report received from the Agent-General for the week ended January 14 last attention is drawn to the fact that brands representing New South…

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Farm and Held Increasing Soil Food

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

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

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High Butter Prices Argument Against Export

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 2

Melbourne Monday.—Replying to the protests of the Victorian en-operative butter distributing companies against the continued prohibition of…

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Women Run a Farm

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 1

On a fruit, tomato, and asparagus farm at Eaton, near Norwich, where formerly 200 men were employed, practically all the work is now being done…

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Winter School for Farmers. Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 2

Arrangements have been make for the annual winter school for famers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 20th June to 15th…

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Dairying Utensils

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 2

As is generally known, we lay ourselves out to supply every article required in connection with our great Dairying Industry…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 2

THE regular meeting of directors of the Hastings District Cooperative Dairy Company was held on Monday last Mr. G. Lindsay (one of the managing, directors), occupied the chair, and all the…

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Dairy Cows

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 4

MANY good dairy cows and heifers have recently found their way to the butcher's block. The high prices offering for animals fit to kill for beef gave dairymen excellent…

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Farm & Field Original Articles Good Farming Is Dry Farming

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

Much is said at present regarding dry farming. Those methods are only good farming methods. In good fanning it is necessary to have the soil in a good…

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Dairy Industry Act

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 6

The first regulations under the provisions of the Act have been issued but the only one of im[?]diate interest to the cream supli[?] is…

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Cattle Prices

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 2

According to an exchange, a South Grafton cattle dealer; who has been 46 years in the district does not endorse the view that cattle will be…

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