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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Settle as Share-Farmer. Mr. Ashford's Scheme

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 3

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, lias in hand a scheme of general land resumption, by means of which, subject to Cabinet approval, he hopes…

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Police Court. Taree, Tuesday, May 23. (Before Mr. F. F. Potts, P.m.) Unclean Dairy Premises

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 5

J. T. Bird, dairyman, Killawarra, was charged on an information laid by Sergeant Thompson, with falling, after written notice had been given,…

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Dairying. a Personal Epexrience. On Yanc[?] Irrigation Area

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 4

The experience of the Dairy Expert with the demonstration farm that be look up at Yanco four years ago at his own expense…

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Upper Wallamba Co-operative Dairy Coy., Ltd

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 3

There was a good attendance, above 60 shareholders being present at the special meeting of the upper Wallamba River Co-operative Dairy Co.,…

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Hints for Dairymen

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 7

Milk and its products being chiefly food for human consumption, require treating in all stages with scrupulous cleanliness. Cleanliness ranks first in dairy routine…

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Soldier Farmers

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 6

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, who is on a tour of inspection of the estates in connection with the repartriation scheme, addressed a number…

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A Huge Wheat Ship

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

An interesting problem in arithmetic is suggested by the departure from Port Arthur, Ontario, of the freight carrier, W. Grant Morden, for…

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Record Price for a Farm

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

A FARM situated at Purfleet, on the Manning River, has changed hands at £138 an acre. This is a record price for a farm on the river. Some very high prices are being…

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Farming Property for Sale

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

ATTENTION is directed to an advertisement in this issue offering for private sale 400 acres of C.P. and A.C.P. land at Bottle Brush Creek, Rollands Plains, in the estate…

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Dairying on the Hastings

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

UNDER the above heading the "Sydney Morning Herald" makes some pertinent remarks on the position of the dairying industry on the Hastings…

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Butter Grading. Prices Readjusted

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 6

Owing to the fact that a considerable amount of second-grade butter has been sold retail to consumers at first-grade prices,…

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Diseased Cattle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4

The President of Manning Shire (Councillor Wells) stated the other day that he knew diseased animals were being sold for slaugh­ter, and some of the meat went into human…

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Kinks in Kitchen [?] (G, L. Martin; Dairyman, North Dakota Experiment Station.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 7

Butter-making on the farm is com­monly done in the kitcken in the winter time, and at irregular intervals. The cream is usually…

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Diseased Cattle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

The President of Manning Shire (Councillor Wells) stated the other day that he knew diseased animals were being sold for slaughter, and some…

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Queensland Cattle

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 5

Discussing the fall in the cattle market, the Chinchilla paper remarks:—The drop in the market in general right throughout the Downs, and also…

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Butter Fectory at Tuncurry

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 2

A gentleman from Tuncurry informs as that at a meeting held there a week or so ago it was decided to erect a butter factory at Tuncurry…

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Dairying Cream Quality. Improvement on the Northern Rivers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 1

"Now that the Dairy Industry Act has been in operation for some time, it may be of interest to consider what effect this new…

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Wauchope Butter Factory

The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 5

The newly-established butter factory at Wauchope was officially opened on Thursday. Amongst the visitors to the cere…

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Quality of Butter

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 5

CONSIDERABLE misrepresentation in taking place at present in regard lo the quality of butter being sold to the public, the deception occurring more particularly in…

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The Butter Industry

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 1

TO THE EDITOR PORT MACQUARIE NEWS. SIR,—Your leader in last week's "News" hits nail right on the head, but there is another nail that…

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