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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Oxley Island Farm. Visit to Mr. J. W. Evans's Homestead

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 3

A representative of the "Northern Champion" visited the farm occupied by Mr. James W. Evans, on Oxley Island, recently, and had a general…

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The Dairying Industry. (To the Editor.)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 6

Sir,—Wake up Australia! The appeal of Sir Joseph Carruthers is well timed and should arouse those responsible for the wellbeing of the…

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Australian Butter. Price Fixing Is England

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 10 July 1917 · page 3

Representations were recently made by the Minister for Agriculture to the Imperial authorities regarding the question of fixing prices in Eagland for…

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Australian Butter Price Fixing in England

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1917 · page 3

Representations were recently made by the Minister for Agriculture to the Imperial authorities regarding the question of fixing…

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A. & B. Butter Factory

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Avon and Barrington Dairy Co. was held on Saturday the 7th July…

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Home From Ruhleben. What Hun Guards Would Do for Butter

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 7

"The German soldier guards at Ruhleben frequently asked us for a loaf of Danish bread, and would run as far as Berlin if we promised a small quantity of butter," said…

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Loans to Farmers and Settlers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 4

THE Commissioners of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales announce that they are prepared to receive applications from farmers and settlers for…

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The Dairy. Cows Wanting Salt

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 7

The large percentage of salt that is drained out of the average cow's system in the milking is a point that escapes the attention of many dairy…

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Police Court. Taree, June 9, 1917. (Before Mr. F. F. Potts, P.m.) About a Dairy

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 5

Albert Hardy was charged with failing to keep clean his dairy premises at Snake's Gully, near Tinonec. The defendant pleaded not guilty;…

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Live Stock. Farm Slaughtered Animals Economical Methods of Skianing

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 1

The heaviest loss that most farmers suffer in connection with the killing of animals and preparation of meat on the farm is due…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 4

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference decided in favor of income tax being levied on the average income for the three previous years…

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The Recent Pastoral Award

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 2

Not often do farmer! and settlers see eye to eye with the squatters on any matter. But the Farmers and Settlers' Conference was as unanimous…

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The Wheat Pool

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 2

Naturally the condition of the wheat pool, and other questions arising out of the action of the Government, occupied the attention of the Farmers…

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Walked on Butter

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 7

"For two months," says the "Muenchner Neueste Nachrichten," "a man came three times a week regularly to a small town in Bavaria, obviously from the country,…

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Canada's First Farmer

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 2

The first farmer settler in Canada who lived on the produce of the soil was boots Hebert, an apothecary from Paris, who landed at Quebec…

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Electrified Oat and Potato Crops

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 2

According to the "Electrical [?]," a Miss Dudgeon, of Dumfries, Scotland, has for some years conducted important experiments and…

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Dairy Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 5

The regular meeting of the directors of the Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co. was held on Wednesday last. Mr. G. Lindsay managing…

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"New Joan of Arc." Farmer's Daughter "Invested with a Divine Mission."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 7

France has a new Joan of Arc, who believes herself invested with a Divine mission to deliver her country. Her name is Mlle. Perchaud. She is twenty…

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The Middle Northern Rivers. Great Progress in Dairying

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 4

During the past 12 months a very marked advancement in the production both in quantity and quality of butter and cheese has been shown…

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Dairy Education in N.S.W. Temporary School at Port Macquarie Factory

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 4

The first Dairy Science School conducted by the Department of Agriculture, was held in August, 1908, at the Berry Central Factory. The…

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