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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

284 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 15

Wingham Butter Factory

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 2

The lost issue of the "Dairy Bulletin," which contains details of the recent butter competition in Sydney, shows that the Wingham and Upper…

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£40,000.000 Stg. Our Golden Wool This Season's Clip Purchased

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 1

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. write: Everybody in Australia is interested directly or indirectly in the announcement that the…

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District News. Comboyne. Comboyne Dairy Company

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 5

The annual general meeting of shareholders in the above-named company was held in Mr. T. Jones's hall on Wednesday last, the 18th inst…

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Our Golden Wool. This Seasons Clip Purchased

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., write:—Everybody in Australia is interested directly or indirectly in the…

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Sheep's Head

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 7

Take two sheep's heads, three carrots, one onion, one pint Maitre d'Hotel sauce. Soak the heads in cold water; scrape and clean them thoroughly; remove the…

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Butter Box Difficulty

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 1

AUSTRALIAN dairy farmers way be regarding altogether too lightly the serious difficulty that is impending in connection with the supply of butter…

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Comboyne. Butter Factory Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 8

THE annual meeting of the Comboyne Co-operative Butter Factory was held on the 18th inst Mr. W. Muscio, Chairman of Directors, presided, and…

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How to Disinfect a Cattle Barn

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 2

It is always good practice where a contagious disease of any kind has gained access to the herd to disinfect the entire stable. In fact, this is…

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Local and General News. H. D. Dairy Company

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 4

THE half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Hastings District Cooperative Dairy Co., Ltd., will be held at Telegraph Point on Tuesday next, 31st inst., at 11 a.m…

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The Farm. Oats in Pig Fatte[?]

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 7

Experiments have been corned our in America to compare the valve of oat milling offals and barley meal for fattening pigs. The oat feeding…

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Dairy Examinations

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 5

THE Department of Agriculture has arranged to hold a theoretical examination for certificates of competency in cream grading and milk and cream…

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Dairy Utensils

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 3

NOTWITHSTANDING the present acute shortage of milk and cream cans, also of material to make them, we are still in the fortunate position of being able…

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The Dairy. Some Hints to Milkers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 2

Do not let the children learn to milk by beginning with good cows. They are not strong enough to get all the milk, they worry the cows…

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Dairying

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 4

THE Manning River (Jones' bland) Co-operative Dairy Company's returns for June show suppliers were paid is 3½d choicest commercial butter, and is 2½d for second…

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Iniquitious Butter "Famine."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 5

"Northern Times" (Newcastle):— It does seem ironical that whilst day after day the public is being deluged with lugubrious warnings that a…

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The Butter Problem

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 3

The "Tenterfield Star" discussing the butter problem, says: If this oversea trade is practically cut off, as seems likely, it stands to…

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The Butter Shipping Trouble

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 2

At the present time there are 200,000 rabbits stored in Sydney awaiting shipment, in addition to that some are also stored, elsewhere…

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What's the Good of a Hawk? Friend or for of the Farmer?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

Of what use to man is this great army of hawks, harriers, and falcons we see or read about? There was a time when these hawks…

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Mr. Hughes and the Butter Question. Full Text of Prime Minister's Reply

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 6

Through the courtesy of Mr. C. J. McRae, president of the P.P.U., we are enabled to give the Prime Minister's reply to the recent deputation…

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Prime Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 4

There was a keen demand for fat cattle at Winghain Stock Sales on. Wednesday On account of Messrs Margery Bros., Cooplacurripa, two…

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