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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Government Wheat Guarantee

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

The decision of the Government to wind up the old wheat pools and give a guarantee of [?] a bushel as a minimum first payment on next year's…

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Price of Beef Cost of Fattening Cattle. Various Opinions Meat Bill Increases

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 3

The chairman of Bovrll, Ltd., states that the cost of rearing a 9 cwt a[?] 10 cwt steer on Bovrll's Australian Estates does not amount to 60s…

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Pig and Cattle Sales

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 May 1918 · page 4

Mr. T. Gollan (Secretary to the Saleyards Committee) has furnished us with the following particulars relating to business conducted at a committee…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. the Value of Lucerne

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 May 1918 · page 6

Being a deep feeder, lucerne is one of the best drought-resisters, and in those localities where summer drought is of regular occurrence the present…

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Next Year's Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

Mr. Greene announced In the Horse of Representatives on, Wednesday afternoon that negotiations were in progress for the sale of next year's…

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Price of Butter

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

A Now Prices order, Issued on Wednesday, advances the price of butter in New South Wales and Queensland by Id per lb. wholesale and retail,…

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Australian Wheat

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

It Is understood that negotiations are proceeding between the Common, wealth and a neutral country for the sale of about 20,000 Ions of Australian…

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Whose Fault Is the Waste of Produce? Farmers Blame Agents: Agents Return the Compliment Sunday Times

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 3

Casino, Saturday—Sonic time ago the Sunday Times told how representatives of the P.P.U., In going over the produce saleyards in Sydney.,…

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Butter Factory Proposal

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 3

The necessity for a local up-to-date co-operative butter factory, situa[?] centrally for the convenience of both the Bulga and Bobin settlers was…

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Mrs. A. [?]. Butter III

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 4

GENERAL regret will be felt at the announcement that Mrs. A. B. Butler's state of health has rendered medical attention necessary. The lady mentioned is now…

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Anthrax in Wool

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 4

THE Departmental Committee for the Prevention of Anthrax infection in wool has found it impracticable to disinfect bales without opening them…

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Wingham Butter Factory

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 2

GOOD progress is being made with the branch Factory at Bobin. All the roofing iron and most of the timber is now on the ground, and a start will…

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Bobin Butter Factory

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 3

The following statements were put before the shareholders of the proposed new butter factory at Martin's— between Bobin and Bulga,—and after…

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Encouraging Wheat Growing Government Assists Farmers 5/- Per Acre for Fallowing

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 2

"For some time past," sold Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, "my Department has been conducting experiment plots throughout the wheat…

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America to Send Ships for Austrailan Wheat Mr. Hughes Sees President Wilson

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Hughes (Australian Prime Minister.), Mr. Joseph Cook (Minister for the Navy), and an Australian party, and also Mr. Massey…

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Pastoral. Rabbit Destruction. Fumigation

The Northern Champion · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 2

Fumigation is a method of destruction that, a carefully attended to, accounts for many rabbits. The best time of the year to lumigate is the winter,…

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Inbreeding of Dairy Cattle. How Far it is Safe

The Northern Champion · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 2

A correspondent lately addressed the following questions to the Department: How far is inbreeding in cattle safe? A young bull (Durham) served heifers…

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Dairying. Lessons in Cow Testing. a Feature of a Fair

The Northern Champion · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 2

That the dairy farmer should know exactly what each cow in his milking herd is doing in the way of milk and butter production was illustrated in a…

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The Coastal Farmers' Co-op. Society, Limited

Macleay Argus · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 4

The eighteenth annual meeting of shareholders of the above Society takes place at Bellingen on Thursday, 20th inst., when the balance sheet to March…

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Dairy Science School

Macleay Argus · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 4

A Dairy Science School will be held by the Department of Agriculture at the Bowthorne Co-op. Dairy Co.'s Factory, Morpeth, from June 17th to 22nd…

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