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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Farmers' Dispute

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

AT the Orange police court on Tuesday, William Simpson Hawke, fanner and orchardist, of Brandy Creek, was proceeded against before Mr. H. Malone, P.M., for…

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Wheat Versus Meat

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

The latest discovery that has been made in the "Wheat or Meat" controversy has been made by those people who profess to know everything, but…

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Poultry Farming

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

Another incident of some importance was the visit of a number of poultry "experts" to the Grantham Stud Poultry Farm, and to the farms…

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Purfleet Butter Factory. the New Building

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 6

The [?]ectors of the Upper Manning Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., (Purfleet), have accepted the tender of Standard Waygood, and, Hercules,…

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Wheat or Meat.? Serious Position Is Revealed

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. Ashford said that he had considered the question solely from an economic standpoint. As a business proposition he asked…

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Local and General News. Farm for Sale

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

ON Saturday next, February 2nd, at 2 p.m. sharp, Mr. A. Wade will sell by auction at Kendall, under instructions from the executors, the splendid farm of the late…

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Modern Dairying

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

The benefits of labor saving machinery in the dairy are probably more appreciated than in most industries. The Dairying…

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The Wheat Problem

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Ashford, the Minister for Lands, indignantly protests against the imputation that he desires to reduce the area under wheat to the…

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Meat or Wheat

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 1

The meat short age in England is the most acute yet recorded. Queues assembled at Smithfield at 5 o'clock, and the stalis were…

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Live Stock. Barbed Wire Cuts Some Suggestions for Farmers

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 4

Unsightly soars, the results of barbed wire cuts, materially depreciate the value of colts and horses when the times comes for…

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Wingham Cattle Sales

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

There was a big attendance at the fortnightly cattle sale at Wingham on Wednesday, stud it included many buyers…

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Labour in the Dairy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 6

DURING the present heavy milking season, which has intensified the shortage of labour in many districts, this difficulty can be largely minimised, if not entirely…

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Hastings District Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. Half-yearly Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 4

The 28th half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the above company was held in the Beechwood School of Arts on Wednesday last. Mr. J. Healey, Chairman of…

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Wheat or Meat ?

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

The committed of practical men which was appointed by the Government to advise to the relative merits of wheat growing and stock-raising…

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General News Krambach Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

Upwards of 1300 head of cattle were sold at the big cattle sale held at Krambach by Messrs. The sale started…

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The Farm. Small Rural Industries. Mint Cultivation

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 7

Mint (Menthu) includes the Pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium), also Spearmint (Mentha viridis), which is cultivated for culinary purposes, besides…

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Bread From Underground Wheat

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 7

An ingenious method of dispensing with a large part of the labour, hitherto considered necessary before grain can appear in the form of…

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Upper Hastings Co-op. Dairy Company, Ltd. Annual Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 4

THE second annual meeting of shareholders of the above company was held at Wauchope on Thursday of last week. Mr. A. Muscio, Chairman of Directors, presided,…

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Cattle Saleyards

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 3

The undertaking of cattle saleyards, said the President, Councillor J. R. Higgins, in his annual report at last Shire meeting, continues to prove a financial…

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Big Store Cattle Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Dodgery Ltd., and II. York and Son, in conjunction, held a very successful store cattle sale on Saturday at Singleton Yards,…

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