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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

284 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 15

Special Cattle Sale

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 5

Messrs. Carlton and Trenbath will conduct a special cattle sale at the shire yards, Gloucester, on Wednesday next, 15th August, when they will…

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Farm Training for Women

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

THE Agricultural Department has taken over from the Department of Labor and Industry the training of twenty women students, who for…

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Of Interest to Dairymen

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

A Queensland surveyor has invented a speed indicator for attachment to separators and the invention is now working satisfactorily at Gatton (Q.)…

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England's Oldest Farmer. Attends Cattle Market in His 100Th Year

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 2

On a peaceful, old-fashioned farmstead in Cornwall I have discovered (writes a correspondent of the "Daily Express") probably the oldest farmer in England. This is Mr…

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Cattle Trains Abandoned Newcastle

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 2

Strikers abandoned six trucks of cattle near the Woodville Junction on Tuesday. A stock train on the North Coast line has also…

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Big Dairy Figures

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 3

MR. C. J. McRAE, President of the Primary Producers' Union, speaking at the P.P.U. meeting in Murwillumbah on Wednesday, referred to the prosperity of the…

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The Middle Northern Rivers Progress of Dairying

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 8

MR. P. G. HAMPSHIRE, Dairy Instructor, writing in the " Agricultural Gazette," suys :-During the past twelve months a very marked…

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Dairy industry Examination

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 4

A THEORETICAL examination for certificates of competency in cream grading and milk and cream testing ender the provisions of tie Daily Industry Act will be held on 31st…

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"White Wheat."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 4

City and suburban flour mill employees have been advised not to handle flour or wheat arriving by rail as the Union Defence Committee…

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Butter Quality Influence of Pasteurisation

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 1

A few days ago the Minister for Agriculture justly hailed with satisfaction the fact that New South Wales butler was now valued in…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 5

The regular meeting of Directors of the Hasting. District Dairy Company was held in the board-room on Tuesday last. Mr. J. Healey, Chairman of Directors,…

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Cattle Saleyards

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 4

A. number of country Councils who have instituted cattle saleyards have found them very profitable investments. For example, Inverell Council…

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Butter Famine Threatened

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

Mr. G. S. Stening, director of Messrs J. Mackey and Co., Ltd., returned to Sydney on Monday, from an extensive tour through the butter…

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Make Wool from Blue Metal

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 4

Woodburn Shire Council has a very fine basalt quarry within the Municipality of Coraki. At present it is making no use of the stone which is…

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England's Oldest Farmer

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

On a peaceful, old-fashioned farmstead in Cornwall I have discovered (writes a correspondent of the "Daily Express") probably the…

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Bowraville Dairy Co. Ltd. Annual Meeting

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Bowraville Dairy Company, held in the School of Arts on Saturday there was a large and representative…

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Sheep-raising on the Central North Coast

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

The coastal district of New South Wales will, in my opinion, grow prime mutton and wool. We have heard it said that it…

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Land Resumptions. How the State Lands Department Does Things. Purchase of Grantham Stud Poultry Farm

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 3

Mr. Loy asked the Secretary for Lands:—(1) What was the aggregate purchase money of the Grantham poultry farm? (2) (a) How many…

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Farming. How to Drench a Cow

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 1

The Government Veterinary Department advise:— When drenching a cow the head should not be held too high, and there should be…

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A. & B. Butter Factory Half-yearly Meeting

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1917 · page 3

The usual half-yearly meeting of Shareholder of the Avon and Barrington Co-operative Butter Factory was held on Saturday last,…

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